Does anyone know the real story of texas the chainsaw massacre?

Question

Like a good website, history behind the story. I am looking at doing research and would like more information.

Answer 1

"There was no real family of cannibalistic chainsaw murderers slaughtering people in Texas, nor any actual series of chainsaw-related killings. Tobe Hooper said the inspiration for the film came from his spotting a display of chainsaws while standing in the hardware section of a crowded store.

"Hooper has also said that he based the character of Leatherface on Ed Gein, a Wisconsin farmer who robbed graves (his own mother's supposedly among them), 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).

"Whether these similiarities are sufficiently close to justify the statement that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was "based on a true story" is up to filmgoers to decide for themselves."

Check out snopes.com link below to read more about it, including quotes from the director and actor Gunnar Hansen ("Leatherface").

Answer 2

The real story is that it isn't true. It was based on the mass murderer Ed Gein apparantly walking through a crowded shopping precinct and hating all the crowds. He saw a chainsaw for sale and thought it would be a good way to get rid of them all

Answer 3

It is one of several movies based loosely upon mass murderer Ed Gein, along with "Psycho" and "Silence of the Lambs". In a small Minnesota town, a young man returned from deer hunting to a store his mother ran. She and her delivery truck were both missing. There was blood splattered behind the counter and more smeared in a trail out the back. On the counter was a bill for anti-freeze. The man recalled that Ed Gein had ordered some and had been pestering his mother by asking her for dates. He went to the sheriff who searched Ed's home. The missing woman was found there hanging by her ankles and gutted and decapitated like a deer. Parts of many other women were found. Ed made masks of tanned skin of women's faces, and he made a vest from the skin of several. He danced nude in the moonlight except for this vest. He is said to've engaged in cannibalism and necrophilia. He robbed graves and shot at least two women. His mother was nuts and drove him nuts. She thought sex was evil and destroyed any chance he had of normal relationships. He was surely psychologically impotent. In spite of her sadism, he revered her. His brother dared to criticize her, and he burned in a brush fire. It was considered an accident until Ed's other crimes were revealed. Now, we know Ed killed him. Ed was placed in a mental institution. I wonder why, as Johnny Carson often said.

Answer 4

The story is based on the lifestyle of Ed Gein who lived alone in a cabin and commited brutal murders, it is also the basis of the character Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs

Answer 5

maximum of Texas Chainsaw bloodbath is fiction. the muse got here from the author interior the hardware component to a branch keep. The incident mentioned is Ed Gein who began with corpses (his mom's supposedly) and then went to homicide women, strip them, cling them on a hook and disembowel them. He additionally had intercourse with the corpses. He used equipment to mutilate the bodies so a chainsaw grew to become into achieveable yet he on no account used it on stay sufferers so he grew to become into on no account like "Leatherface". Gein grew to become into additionally the muse for "Psycho" and Buffalo bill in "Silence of the Lambs". The "according to a real tale" is quite often a literary liberty. the line grew to become into utilized in "Fargo" in spite of the indisputable fact that the comprehensive tale grew to become into fiction.

Answer 6

Yea, it's a movie. The only thing that's true is that Texas is a real place and they do sell chain saws in Texas.

Answer 7

no