2006-06-28 18:23:07 · 17 answers · asked by luther 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Partly, Ed Gein lived in my mother's hometown and was arrested when she was in grade school. Her mother use to threaten to take her to his house whenever she was bad. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of the Lambs and Psycho all use events of his life in their stories.
2006-06-28 19:11:48 · answer #1 · answered by Tommy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
some people say it's loosely based on ed gein from plainfield wisconsin
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Ed Gein's crimes became widely known after Robert Bloch's novel Psycho was released in 1959, followed a year later by Alfred Hitchcock's seminal film adaptation; Gein was widely believed to be the basis for main character Norman Bates (Bloch later denied this in an interview). ***Also, the crimes largely inspired Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre*** and Alan Ormsby's Deranged, as well as parts of Thomas Harris' novel The Silence of the Lambs (in the form of the character Buffalo Bill). Gein's story was adapted into its own movie, In the Light of the Moon, starring Steve Railsback as Gein and Carrie Snodgress as Augusta. A movie released in 2003, House of 1000 Corpses, directed by Rob Zombie, contains a scene in which the character Captain Spaulding recreates Gein's crimes as part of his amusement park ride. The film American Psycho also referenced the crimes.
2006-06-28 18:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by jbslass 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.. The director got his inspiration for the film one day when spotting a display of chainsaws. However the character Leatherface was based on Ed Gein who was a Wisconsin farmer who robbed graves. His own mother allegedly engaged in necrophilia and cannibalism, and murdered at least two women in the 1950s (one of whose corpses was found hanging naked — decapitated and disembowelled — in Gein's residence).
2006-06-28 18:40:28 · answer #3 · answered by BabyBoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's loosely inspired by real-life murderer Ed Gein who apparently did wear human skin but did not murder his victims with a chainsaw.
2006-06-28 18:30:36 · answer #4 · answered by Miss U 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes in 1974 it is true story do the research on the net.
2006-06-28 18:26:32 · answer #5 · answered by . 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - but it was not as messy as the movie made it out to be. Based on a true story - but not a true story. scary movie, though.
2006-06-28 18:31:59 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was based on a killer in the 1950's named ed gein who did what leatherface did{i don't want to go into details} but more than that it's all fake
2006-06-28 18:32:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is based on a story story
2006-06-28 18:27:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think it was based on some factual events.
2006-06-28 18:26:06 · answer #9 · answered by outlawsister1973 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, though they did take some artistic liberties in the plot
2006-06-28 18:28:17 · answer #10 · answered by txaknababy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋