"What you know about fear...doesn't even come close."

2003

1h 38m

6.3(2969 votes)

Horror

Overview

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jessica Biel

Erin Hardesty

Jonathan Tucker

Morgan

Andrew Bryniarski

Thomas Hewitt (Leatherface)

Erica Leerhsen

Pepper

Eric Balfour

Kemper

Mike Vogel

Andy

R. Lee Ermey

Sheriff Hoyt

David Dorfman

Jedidiah

Lauren German

The Hitchhiker

Heather Kafka

Henrietta

Creative team

Directed by: Marcus Nispel
Written by: Scott Kosar
Produced by: Mike Fleiss
Michael Bay

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