Leatherface is a fictional character.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. Despite the disclaimer at the beginning of the original film, which touts the movie as "...an account of a tragedy which befell a group of five youths...For them an idyllic summer afternoon drive became a nightmare...This video cassette is based on a true incident and is definitely not for the squeamish..." in truth The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was not really based on a true story.
The filmmakers just wanted people to think it was a true story, so more people would go see the movie. It was also a bit of a joke on their part, to see if people would believe it was real. This is not an unheard-of tactic: for example, the 1999 movie the Blair Witch Project was also touted as a true story by the filmmakers, when in truth it is completely fictional and all the actors in it are alive and well to this day. The disclaimer at the beginning of the 1996 movie Fargo also asserts that it is a true story, when it is actually pure fiction.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was inspired by a true story, which is a long way away from being based on a true story. The truth is that the director, Tobe Hooper, got the idea for the Leatherface character from the real case of the serial killer Ed Gein. The rest is completely fictional. Ed Gein was only one man; he did not belong to a family of chainsaw murderers, and he lived in Wisconsin, not Texas.
Ed Gein murdered at least two women, one of whom was found hanging disemboweled and decapitated in his house, and also allegedly engaged in necrophilia and cannibalism with his victims' corpses. He did not, however, murder them with a chainsaw.
I have included a link to the snopes.com page about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I have also included a link to a page that compares the Ed Gein murders to the movie.
Gunnar Hansen Bill Johnson R.A Mihailoff Robert Jacks Andrew Bryniarski
No one. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is fiction; it never really happened. See the Related Question below.
No one killed him, because he does not exist (except in the minds of moviegoers). The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. It's fiction. See the Related Question below.
That would be John Laroquette, best known for being on "Night Court".
The original film was co-written by director Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel.
In the original film it was John Laroquette who is best known for the show 'Night Court'.
Tobe Hooper.
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There is no Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn't real; it never happened. See the Related Question below.
There is no real Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer; there is only the fictional character Leatherface, played by Gunnar Hansen in the original 1973 film. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. See the Related Question below.
I assume you must be referring to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. No, it is not a real event. It was based roughly on the real life serial killer Ed Gein, but Ed never killed anyone with a chainsaw.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. It's a fictional story. See the Related Question below.
Ed Gein is the real-life serial killer who inspired the fictional killers Leatherface (from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Buffalo Bill (from The Silence of the Lambs) and Norman Bates (from Psycho).
There is no Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn't real; it never happened. See the Related Question below.
There is no real Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer; there is only the fictional character Leatherface, played by Gunnar Hansen in the original 1973 film. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. See the Related Question below.
I assume you must be referring to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. No, it is not a real event. It was based roughly on the real life serial killer Ed Gein, but Ed never killed anyone with a chainsaw.
No, because he doesn't exist in the real world. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is fiction. It never actually happened. See the Related Question.
The fictional character Leatherface was played by Gunnar Hansen in the original 1974 film. There is no "real" Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer, since the Texas Chainsaw Massacre never actually happened. See the Related Question below.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. It's a fictional story. See the Related Question below.
No, he isn't, because he doesn't exist. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a fictional story; it never happened in real life. See the Related Question below.
There was no real 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. It is a fictional movie.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a work of fiction. However it is inspired roughly by the real life serial killer Ed Gein, but he did not kill anyone with a chainsaw.
Ed Gein is the real-life serial killer who inspired the fictional killers Leatherface (from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Buffalo Bill (from The Silence of the Lambs) and Norman Bates (from Psycho).
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never really happened. There has never been a chainsaw massacre in Texas committed by a family of deranged cannibals. Director Tobe Hooper did borrow one or two small details from the real life serial killer Ed Gein, but that is not the same as being a true story.
Nowhere, since The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a movie, not an event in U.S. history. It's a fictional story and none of it actually happened in real life. See the Related Question below for more information.