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The movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre is only loosely based on Ed Gein. The main villiain, "Leatherface" wears a mask made from human skin (as did Buffalo Bill in "Silence of the Lambs"), which is one of the items discovered in Ed's Wisconsin farmhouse when he was arrested. Along with several face masks, Ed also made leggings, chest pieces, and had an assortment of female vulvas all from the flesh of corpses and victims. Ed did not use a chainsaw to dismember his victims, just large knives and chains.
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∙ 13y agoNo. The moviemakers got the idea for the Leatherface character from Ed Gein. That means, of the entire movie, only two, or possibly three, things are actually true: Ed Gein wore the skin of his victims like clothing, gutted them and hung them in his house, and MAY have eaten some of their remains.
Ed Gein did not live in Texas, he did not belong to a family of killers, he did not kill his victims with a chainsaw, and he never stalked a bunch of teenagers that were passing by his home.
Ed Gein existed, but Leatherface and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre did not.
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∙ 13y agoThe movie The Texas Chainsaw Massascre does have a chainsaw in it.. thus the title.
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∙ 12y agoYes, he was entirely based on the man. Also based upon Ed Gein was Norman Bates from "Psycho" as well as Buffalo Bill from "The Silence of the Lambs".
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Was the footage of leatherface real?
the only part that is real is when the officer is recording the basement and yes that is leatherface the guy really died and so did the camera man the part that is not real is the first scenes the evidence part
What serial killer is the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre based on?
It's a made up character, but Leatherface was based on REAL killers Ted Bundy and Jeff Dahlmer
Is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in Wisconsin?
No. The moviemakers got the idea for the Leatherface character from the real-life serial killer Ed Gein. Ed Gein lived in Wisconsin.
Who was leather face?
Leatherface is a mentally ill fictional cannibal from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. Although Leatherface is a fictional character, he was very, very loosely based on the real serial killer Ed Gein. See the Related Question below for more details.
Where does the Texas chainsaw massacre live now?
There was no actual Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A very small part of the plot may be based on the crimes of Ed Gein in Wisconsin. If Ed was Leatherface, he died in 1984.
Is leather face a true story?
No. Although Tobe Hooper got the idea for the Leatherface character from the real life serial killer, Ed Gein, Leatherface is still a fictional character. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies are NOT based on a true story. See the Related Question below.
Does leatherface still live?
Leatherface is a fictional character, and thus was never alive to begin with. The man who inspired him, Ed Gein, died July 26, 1984. He was a Wisconsin serial killer.
What serial killer is the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre based on?
It's a made up character, but Leatherface was based on REAL killers Ted Bundy and Jeff Dahlmer
Was the footage of leatherface real?
the only part that is real is when the officer is recording the basement and yes that is leatherface the guy really died and so did the camera man the part that is not real is the first scenes the evidence part
Is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in Wisconsin?
No. The moviemakers got the idea for the Leatherface character from the real-life serial killer Ed Gein. Ed Gein lived in Wisconsin.
Who was leather face?
Leatherface is a mentally ill fictional cannibal from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. Although Leatherface is a fictional character, he was very, very loosely based on the real serial killer Ed Gein. See the Related Question below for more details.
Where does the Texas chainsaw massacre live now?
There was no actual Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A very small part of the plot may be based on the crimes of Ed Gein in Wisconsin. If Ed was Leatherface, he died in 1984.
Is the chain saw massacre real?
Not in the least. It is VERY loosely based on the exploits of real life murderer, Ed Gein, but he never did the kinds of murders shown in the films. He did create grisly human remains based art which is shown in the original, was an alleged cannibal, and a grave robber, but that was about it.
Who was the serial killer they called leatherface?
The character in The Texas Chainsaw movie Leatherface, was inspired by serial killer Ed Gein. He wore the mask made of human skin.
Did Leatherface die?
Leather Face was a fictional character from the movie "A Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and was not a real person. In the original movie, he is in the very last shot, throwing his chainsaw around in a manic frenzy, and is not killed. He was however, based on a real person, in part, who was a famous serial killer; Ed Gein, who is dead.
Is Leatherface real?
No, Leatherface is a fictional character from the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" horror film series. The character was inspired by real-life murderer Ed Gein, but Leatherface himself is not a real person.
Who inspired the movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
The character Leatherface was inspired by the serial killer Ed Gein. See the Related Question below.
