1st was 1974
Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre wore masks made of human skin to hide his deformed face.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Leatherface is a fictional character from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. Leatherface is the main killer in the Texas Chainsaw movies; he's the one who wears a mask made of human skin and is most often seen swinging a chainsaw around.
He was until he had cancer and people made fun of him so he killed whoever looked at his face.
It's a made up character, but Leatherface was based on REAL killers Ted Bundy and Jeff Dahlmer
Although The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was touted as a true story, it really isn't. It was merely inspired by a true story. There is a big difference.In the words of another answerer, "The true parts are: there is Texas, chainsaws are sold there."The creators had heard the Ed Gein story. Gein, from Plainfield, WI killed several women on his remote farm and made furniture and clothes out of the bodies. Gein was found insane and lived the rest of his life institutionalized until his death in the 1970s.Gein also inspired the book Psycho that was later made into a hit movie by director Alfred Hitchcock in the 1960s. Gein was also the inspiration for the Buffalo Bill character in The Silence of the Lambs. And both The Silence of the Lambsand Psycho are fictional stories too, just like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has about as much truth in it as Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs: almost none. A few tiny grains of fact do not a true story make.So, the only true part of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was that Ed Gein wore the skin of his victims like clothing, decapitated and disemboweled them before hanging them up in his house, and may possibly have eaten some of their remains.Ed Gein merely sparked the idea for a fictional story (three fictional stories, rather). Neither The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, nor Psycho, nor The Silence of the Lambs are "based on a true story." They are merely inspired by one.Movies are not actually alive, however much they may come to life on the screen.
If you are referring to the person, Leather Face, then no. It was not a real person. The story and family was loosely based off of the famous Serial Killer, Ed Gein. He did have some masks made of human flesh, however the story of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was made up so this chainsaw wielding masked murderer was not in jail...or any jail in all for he is not real.
The character in The Texas Chainsaw movie Leatherface, was inspired by serial killer Ed Gein. He wore the mask made of human skin.
the police say around 15 or more but they only have prove of 2 at moment. it is thought that physco, Texas chainsaw mascarea and silence of the the lambs is made bout him
Believe it or not, there never was a real chainsaw massacre, even though at the beginning of the movie they say it's a true story. Gunnar Hansen (Leatherface) pointed this out in the commentary of the DVD. He says that if you notice, it says the killings took place in the summer of 1972, and this was the exact time they were FILMING the movie. However, Tobe Hooper did base this loosely around storys he had heard of Ed Gein when he was younger.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) has already been remade. Very, very poorly, I might add. Seriously, do not waste your money renting or buying the 2003 remake. It is a total piece of garbage (just like every single other remake out there).They also made a prequel, in 2006, and it is equally awful.See the Related Links below for information about these movies.