2007-03-22 09:44:29 · 6 answers · asked by bluechinadogs 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
As far as I know, this movie and the movies "Psycho" and "Silence of the Lambs" were based on the real life crimes of Ed Gein. Look him up! His crimes were terrible.
2007-03-22 09:50:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was there at the time. Ed Gein was a sad, lonely guy, whom no one suspected of anything worse than being sad and lonely.
As it turned out, he was also a graverobber who turned his finds into trophies. He may also have been a murderer, though I'm not quite sure on the issue. Anyhow, he died in a Wisconsin hospital for the criminally insane.
Various films, including Hitchcock's Psycho and the real Texas Chainsaw Massacre, were inspired by him, but none was based on actual fact.
2007-03-22 11:52:43 · answer #2 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is based on a true story, but not a true story. The real leather face was more like Buffalo Bill from silents of the lambs. Both characters are based on the same person. But most of the story is BS.
2007-03-22 09:52:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the original texas chainsaw massacre was based on a true story its really gross to think of but remember that doesnt mean every thing in the movie actually happened as the movie shows it.but still it was a terrible thing.some people are pure evil.i dont know about leather face but i really dont think he was real but i dont know.
2007-03-22 10:02:14 · answer #4 · answered by dixie58 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah a lot of stories, like texas chainsaw massacre, silence of the lambs, and other movies are based on real events although the movies aren't completly true they have some truth to them.
2007-03-22 09:53:03 · answer #5 · answered by Babe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it didnt.
2007-03-22 09:50:01 · answer #6 · answered by jayelle jewel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋