2006-09-26 09:08:33 · 13 answers · asked by honey2106 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
It's not true, it's only LOOSLEY based on the real life Ed Gein. Look him up, he was one scary dude.
Only he lived in Wisconsin, not Texas.
It's mainly fiction.
The movie was shot near my home town and that's where the rumors started.
Ed Gein also inspired the movie "Silence of the Lambs", as well as many other horror films.
2006-09-26 09:12:13 · answer #1 · answered by Dana Lana 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The writers of Texas Chainsaw based the movie on a man from Wisconsin, Ed Gein, who was a serial killer. When he was arrested, police uncovered a corpse, skins, severed heads, among other things. Six people were missing in his town, but he was only linked to two of them. The police suspect that there were more. So, in short, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is fiction, though it is loosely taken from the life of Ed Gein.
2006-09-26 09:19:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The film, like the films Psycho, Deranged and The Silence of the Lambs, was loosely inspired by Ed Gein. Gein did wear human skin, but he acted alone and did not use a chainsaw. 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. Libraries in Burkburnett, Texas and nearby Wichita Falls regularly receive requests for copies of newspaper articles related to the false actual events.
2006-09-26 09:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by pipi08_2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its supposedly based on a true story but actually they just twisted the story into a "texas chainsaw massacre."
I heard * that there wasnt even a chainsaw used in the real life incident and not many people even died. dont quote me tho.
2006-09-26 09:10:46 · answer #4 · answered by xcr0ss_my_heartx 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check the credits! It states based on a true story.
2006-09-26 11:16:48 · answer #5 · answered by Christina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true . But it was based on a real life story . But the movie was fake.
2006-09-26 09:09:57 · answer #6 · answered by kitty 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah Dana wins, that is the correct answer.
And for the rest of you idiots, did you know that ANY movie can claim to be based on "true events" whether it is or not?
2006-09-26 13:30:16 · answer #7 · answered by belial 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is based on a true story from the crime files in texas.
2006-09-26 09:20:20 · answer #8 · answered by lodeemae 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it is based on true facts. I would have to say he movie embellished a bit, but the crimes did indeed happen.
2006-09-26 09:10:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A very true story.....
2006-09-26 09:10:12 · answer #10 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋