texas chainsaw masicar?

Question

did u know its a tru story lol

Answer 1

"The Texas Chainsaw MASSACRE" (the original is VERY looselty based on the Ed Gein murders in Plainfield Wisconsin in the 50s).

Ed Gein was a slightly mentally challenged man who lived with his sick, religiously demented mother on an isolated fram outside the town limits. No electricity, well water from a handpump, etc.
Gein's mother pretty much spent all her time preaching how women are nothing but disease and evil (except for MOTHER of course) and "her Eddie" should never touch one. As an outlet for his frustrations, Ed liked to read adventure stories, "true-crime" magazines which showed women in various stages of undress being threatened by monsters or Nazis, etc. His adventure novel reading taught him a little about taxidermy, etc. He kept busy by doing simple chores for neighbors and babysitting their kids. Neighbors thought "Eddie" was a little odd, but the kids loved him and he seemed harmless.

Eventually Gein's mother died of complications of a stroke. He sealed her room, leaving it just the way it was when she died, in the hopes she would return to him someday.
After she died, Ed's dementia really started to take hold. With no authority figure to act as a brake on his solitary fantasies, he began digging up graves of older women who reminded him of his mother. After bringing home whatever remains he dug up, he would "perform experiments" on them, trying to preserve them or fashion them into pieces of furniture, etc.

Ed Gein only actually was convicted of killing one woman, Bernice Worden the owner of a Plainfield dry goods store. Gein was suspected of another homicide but it was never proved.

Ed Gein had hung around the store the day Bernice went missing; in fact, the anti-freeze he was there to purchase was still on the counter. He had taken a gun from the store shelves, put a round in he had brought with him and shot Mrs Worden once, killing her. When her relatives came back from a day of deer hunting, they discovered her gone, along with a missing cash register and the jug of anti freeze on the counter.

The sheriff was contacted and, based on the circumstances of Mrs Worden's disappearance, drove out to Gein's farm to ask him some questions. There, in the summer kitchen, was Mrs Worden body, split like a side of beef, hanging from the ceiling by her ankles. She had been split open and beheaded.

The farm was a house of horros. Human eads were lined up on window sills like pies cooling. An African drum had real human skin stretched across the top. In one case it was obviously Eddie had been eating his soup from the top half of a skull he had dug up.

Judged insane, Eddie was remanded to an instutition for the criminally insane. Although eventually released as "cured" Ed Gein died alone and forgotten, never really understanding what all the fuss was about.

Only actually convicted of one murder, the bulk of the charges against him were for grave robbing. It was estimated (based on body parts found at the farm) that he had possibly defiled the graves of some 2 dozen women.

The entire world reacted to this sensational story. Reporters came in from as far away as Germany to cover the story. The residents of Plainfield, understandably upset with all this new notoriety, ended up torching the Gein farm to the ground.

Several good movies are very loosely based on the Ed Gein story, including TCM, "Psycho" And "Silence of the Lambs". The most faithful to the story movie ever done was a small flick called "Deranged" starring Roberts "John Carpenter's Christine" Blossom as the Ed Gein character.

Answer 2

No it is not based off of a true story agh. It is based off events of a bunch of serial killers. Ed Gein killed somewhere close to 30 women and dug up corpses where he took the skin off and wore it around, as well as eating the flesh. Also Psycho was based on Ed Gein as well...There was no family of cannibals, sorry by texas isn't that bad! Read this article if you want to know it all. I'm a HUGE an of the texas chainsaw massacre movies, and i know what i'm talking about so check it out, you'll learn some cool things

Answer 3

When the original first came out, rumor was that it was based on a true story. Now, years later, I heard it wasn't. You can find differing opinions on this all over the web.

One thing I do know for sure though; I watched the original when it first came out. I saw it at a drive-in theater. It is the scariest movie I've ever seen. I will not watch any other chainsaw movies. It still gives me the creeps today to hear a chainsaw.

Answer 4

No, It's not a true story. Portions of it are based on a man named Ed Gein. Gein, if I'm correct actually only killed two women, but, he was a twisted individual. He robbed graves for human body parts. Had a bowl made out of a human skull, a belt made out of nipples, a lamp shade and wastebasket made of human skin, a suit made of human skin, etc. A lot of such as Psycho and Silence of the Lambs, (the Buffalo Bill character) were based on things he did.

Answer 5

No. The basis of the movie is based upon Ed Gein. Ed was a Wisconsin farmer who had "relations" with dead corpse and ate them. Two other movies were based upon the crimes of Ed - Psycho & Silence of the Lambs.

The makers of the movie hoped to increase ticket sales selling it as a based on a true story - nothing like a scare to sell tickets.

Answer 6

Based on the story of Ed Gien, but so loosely that it is very difficult to see any relationship other than the fact that he wore the skin of one of his victims. There is no real Leatherface. There is no real Thomas Hewitt that kills with a chainsaw.
Based on true events? Yes But kind of like saying James Bond and Jack the Ripper are related because they are both from the UK.
The narration in the original 1973 version stated that it was a true story, but it was all Hollywood hype.

Answer 7

I've seen the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which I believe was based on a true story - pretty gory too. Never heard of the one you're on about though...

Answer 8

It's not a true story. And not even very close to the Ed Gein story it's based on.

Answer 9

Yes, I knew. I own 4 out of the 6 movies. :) I love em'... can't get enough.

So the story goes----->...it was supposed to be based on a guy from Wisconsin, not Minnesota. Just so that guy knows too.
...and It was supposed to be about ED GEIN, not JOHN WAYNE GACY. Holy moly people. Where you getting your info!? Lol.

Answer 10

It is based on a true story, if you are going to watch it, watch the original the one from the 70's. Very gory and terrifying.