Is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre based on a true story?

Question

I've heard different conflicting stories about this. I've heard the character is based on serial killer, Ed Gein, but I've also heard this about the movie psycho. At the end of the new Massacre (the beginning), it makes you think these things were really happening. Anyone know for sure?

Answer 1

yes

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Answer 2

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. The movie was filmed from 15 July 1973 - 14 August 1973, while the opening narrative claims that the events took place on 18 August 1973, so it would be impossible for the film to be based on actual events which had not happened at the time of filming. Libraries in Burkburnett, Texas and nearby Wichita Falls regularly receive requests for copies of newspaper articles related to the false actual events. [5]

Answer 3

How much of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is based on the real life murderer Ed Gein?
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.

Did the real Ed Gein ever wear a human's face as a mask like Leatherface did in the film?
The real Ed Gein did wear a human's scalp and face. The real Ed Gein did this however, to help quell his desire to be a woman, not because of a skin disease as with Leatherface in the film. Also included in his uniform, Ed Gein wore a vest of skin complete with breasts and female genitalia strapped above his own. -carpenoctem.tv

Did the real Ed Gein use a chainsaw to kill his victims?
No, both of Ed Gein's identified victims, Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden, were shot with a pistol. In November of 1957, police found Bernice Worden hanging from the rafters in a shed behind Gein's house. Her body had been gutted like that of a deer, and the head had been removed. Ed Gein was also the suspect in several other missing persons. The element of the chainsaw that was added for the film's story once again emphasizes the loose connection of the film to Gein. -carpenoctem.tv

Answer 4

yes

Ed Gein is the Basis for Texas ChainSaw Massacre, Psycho, and Silence of the Lambs... along with a strait to DVD release called Gein....

Answer 5

NO!

http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/chainsaw.asp

Answer 6

No its not its loosely based on the life of Edward Gein

Answer 7

Yes I watched the True Hollywood Story of it, they based the movie on him, but it wasnt really "about" him, they had to throw some Hollywood in there. Did you know the original LeatherFace only got paid $500 for his role, pretty crappy huh!

Answer 8

It is loosely based on a true story.

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

yeah