Is the Texas chainsaw Massacre based on a true story? If yes, then where did it really happen?

Answer 1

Everyone claims this happened in texas. Well hate to burst everyone's bubble. this movie is fiction but the character of Leather face is based on Ed Gein from Wisconsin.


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).

The creator of the original TCSM was living in Wisconsin when the news of Ed Gein's acts was made public.

Answer 2

In 1974, the classic thriller by Tobe Hooper, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has many Geinian touches, although there is no character that is an exact Eddie Gein model. This movie helped put "Ghastly Gein" back in the spotlight in the mid-1970's.

Answer 3

The Real Leatherface of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Thomas Hewitt AKA Leatherface is a fictional character. However, the Thomas Hewitt character was inspired by Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein, who never used a chain saw but did have a grotesque fascination with human body parts and liked to decorate his home with them as well as create masks and clothing with skin from his victims.
• Is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre a True Story?
• The Connection Between Thomas Hewitt and Ed Gein

there is also a movie based on ed gein called ....what else Ed Gein
It wasnt too bad either better than the original TCM I personally thought it was pretty boring....please no flack from folks over that its just an opinion we all have em they are like a**holes sometimes you just cant keep em quiet.

Answer 4

Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on a man (well i wouldnt call him a man) in Plainfield, Wisconsin by the name of Ed Gein. Ed Gein murdered many women and used there skin as a costume. More information can be found on the internet. But here is a link to give you a start.

Answer 5

The action picture, like the flicks Psycho, Deranged, and The Silence of the Lambs, grow to be loosely inspired by utilising Ed Gein. Gein did positioned on human skin, yet he acted on my own and did no longer use a chainsaw. in spite of the certainty that the action picture's beginning might have one have self belief that the activities are actual, it is basically a scare tactic, noted as the fake rfile technique, to frighten the audience. The action picture grow to be filmed from 1e4da3b7fbbce2345d7772b674a318d5 July 1973 - 14 August 1973, mutually as the hollow narrative claims that the activities befell on 18 August 1973, so it would be impossible for the action picture to be consistent with surely activities which had no longer befell on the time of filming. Libraries in Burkburnett, Texas and interior sight Wichita Falls often get carry of requests for copies of newspaper articles bearing directly to the fake surely activities. [5]

Answer 6

No. That has been the rumour for years, but it is based loosely on a killer known as Ed Gein.

Contrary to popular belief, the film does not depict factual events, but instead was (like the films Psycho, Deranged and The Silence of the Lambs) loosely inspired by Ed Gein, who, while he did wear human skin, acted alone and did not use a chainsaw. Those who believe the film was based on actual events will try to back up their statements by referring to similar events in Texas, none of which had anything to do with the film. Although the film's opening would have one believe that the events are factual, it is merely a scare tactic, called the false document technique, to frighten the audience. (The opening voice-over is performed by John Larroquette.). Libraries in Burkburnett, Texas and nearby Wichita Falls regularly receive requests for copies of newspaper articles related to the false actual events.

Answer 7

I think it's based on both Ed Gein and an incident that occured in Texarcana. There was a hooded man that terrorized people with a chainsaw. They never did catch him. There is another movie that is based on the Texarcana incident. It's caleld "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" go see it. its amazing.

Anyway, I think the movie is based on both of these things combined.

Answer 8

I have to compliment "cyn" on her answer. As a native Wisconsinite myself, I know exactly what she's talking about. I live near Madison and as an EMT, I've been called out the mental hospital where Ed Gein spent his final years on many occasions. I've also taken a little trip up to Plainfield and there's really isn't much left. Kudos "cyn".

Answer 9

In Texas, derdeder

Answer 10

Yes, it is based on some actual events based on the seriel killer Ed Gein, whom had a house that closely resembles that of the movie. He killed numerous women and wore their skins. He had a basement full of skins and he cover his furniture with the skins and stuff. Someone called the cops cause it smelled like rot and human flesh. The cops searched it and found all the ugly things.