can anyone tell me about the true texas chainsaw massacre?

Question

you know how it was based on a true story? well where was it? i have not seen the movie.what happend in real life?

Answer 1

yes it was based on a true story. the guys name was ed gein. go to chasingthefrog.com and look it up tells the whole story.

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.

Answer 3

Despite being heavily touted as "inspired by a true horror 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 in 1957

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.

Answer 4

it was extremely loosely based on a true story. it was one guy, named ed gein, who lived and killed in the 1910s or 20s, who liked to wear the facial skin of his victims (on his face) - thus, Leatherface. everything else is a fabrication. they said it was based on a true story to make the movie seem more gritty.

Answer 5

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