i heard many differant stories. what have you heard?
2006-09-08 10:32:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
yes indeed
Despite being heavily touted as "inspired by a true story," both Tobe Hooper's original 1974 film and the 2003 Marcus Nispel remake are only lightly based on the real-life murderer Ed Gein, who is suspected to have taken several victims between 1954 and 1957. Perhaps the most recognizable similarity is the film's house, whose gruesome content was similar to that found in Ed Gein's home (above right) in 1957.
2006-09-08 11:28:48 · answer #1 · answered by Jubei 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story is based off the Serial Killer Ed Gein.
Ed Gein was convicted of murdering 2 people. With their bodies, he hung them like you hang butchered cattle. It was horrific.
That is where the Texas Chainsaw Massacre comes from because of the brutality the bodies were hung.
2006-09-08 10:38:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently saw the movie again. The 2003 remake that is and I wondered the same thing. The disc with the movie said it's based on a true story about a serial killer who killed 33 people in total and that they're not sure any victim ever escaped. They didn't say anything about the killer's name.
2006-09-08 11:26:39 · answer #3 · answered by morganblue3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both film versions were based on events that took place in Texas in the late 1960's, the films are fiction but based on certain things that did happen. The same is true for the 1979 George C Scott film THE CHANGELING, certain events that took place in Colorado, also in the 1960's, were changed and set in Washington State in the late 1970's. Many films take real life events and fictionalize them for dramatic effect.
2006-09-08 10:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by Daydream Believer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a true story. Here is the truth: parts of it are based off a man named Ed Gein (much as Hannibal Lecter and Jason are). He lived on a farm and murdered some people, using their skin to make clothes and lampshades.
2006-09-08 10:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I read from a Movie magazine that it is a fake story...they said that the killer had never used a chainsaw in his life!!!!
They made a big story from something petty I guess...
2006-09-08 10:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not literally based on a true story, but it was influenced by Ed Gein.
2006-09-08 10:35:38 · answer #7 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"i think texas chainsaw
friday the 13th
and nightmare on elm street
are all based on the same true story"
What the HELL are you talking about? Did you ever see those movies?
2006-09-08 10:39:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it was based on a true story.
2006-09-08 10:38:10 · answer #9 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some say it's based on a true story. I think it was good entertainment.
2006-09-08 10:35:10 · answer #10 · answered by Izzy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋