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The "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" never happened in reality, and is probably one of the most misunderstood films "based on a true story" ever made, at least in the Horror genre. The story was mostly inspired by real life murderer, cannibal, alleged necrophiliac, and grave robber Ed Gein, who lived in an isolated house in Plainsfield, Wisconsin. The real story is far less epic than the film, though highly disturbing nevertheless.
He is the basis for the characters of Leatherface, Norman Bates from 'Psycho', as well as Buffalo Bill from the film 'Silence of the Lambs'. He was a man who dug up graves, stole body parts, organs, and bones which he then in turn made into grizzly works of art. For example, he had bowls made out of human skulls, a belt made of female nipples, chairs and other various furniture adorned with skulls and bones, and I believe he had even upholstered a chair with human flesh. In addition to this, he had an odd sexual fetish of dissecting and collecting the vaginas of dead women as well as he had severed female heads, organs in the fridge, and many other things that were quite revolting.
Throughout his life, Ed was only convicted of killing one local woman, Bernice Worden, which is nowhere near Leatherface's body count. But it was the way in which he did it that made him so infamous on top of having probably the most disturbing house of horrors ever uncovered by law enforcement. He entered her store and bought some antifreeze and then shot her with a rifle which killed her. He was the last customer she had before she went missing, so the police went to his home and looked around and found her headless torso hanging upside down from the rafters of his garage split down the middle like a deer bleeding out. He was doing this with the intention of eating her remains. He is the basis for Leatherface due to the fact that he had several masks made of human flesh and was in the in process of making a female body suit out of stitched together pieces of female flesh (the basis for Buffalo Bill) and he spoke to the ghost of his dead mother whose room he had boarded off so that nothing could get in or out of it (the basis for Norman Bates). There is no indication that he killed Bernice wearing a skinned mask or the suit, so there are no factual killings for the basis of Leatherface and he never used a chainsaw. He died in 1984 in a mental hospital.
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In the 1973 movie Texas chainsaw massacre how many people are killed by a chainsaw?
5 People are killed in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 7 People are killed in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) 6 People are killed in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) 4 People are killed in Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994) 5 People are killed in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) 6 People are killed in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
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.
Where did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre story come from?
For the most part, it was inspired by the murder and exploits of Ed Gein, who was a murderer and grave robber in Wisconsin.
Is the chainsaw massacre still alive?
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.
When did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre come out?
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a movie, it is an inanimate object. Therefor it has never been alive, and cannot die. If you are asking 'when did Leatherface die?', he is a fictional character. He has never been alive either.
In the 1973 movie Texas chainsaw massacre how many people are killed by a chainsaw?
5 People are killed in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 7 People are killed in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) 6 People are killed in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) 4 People are killed in Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994) 5 People are killed in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) 6 People are killed in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
How many actors played leatherface?
5 different actors have played Leatherface: Gunner Hanson: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Bill Johnson: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) R.A. Mihailoff: Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 (1990) Robert Jacks: The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994) Andrew Bryniarski: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) + The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
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.
What movies have the word Texas in them?
Texas Chainsaw Massacre...in fact part 2 is in theaters right now in 3D && it is Based On A True Story!:)[Scary Movie]tho.
Where did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre story come from?
For the most part, it was inspired by the murder and exploits of Ed Gein, who was a murderer and grave robber in Wisconsin.
Is the chainsaw massacre still alive?
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.
When did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre come out?
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a movie, it is an inanimate object. Therefor it has never been alive, and cannot die. If you are asking 'when did Leatherface die?', he is a fictional character. He has never been alive either.
Where did the Texas Chain Saw Massacre happen?
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. It is fiction. Tobe Hooper got the idea for the Leatherface character from the serial killer Ed Gein (who lived in Wisconsin), but other than that, it is entirely fictional. See the Related Question below for more information.The Texas Chain Saw Massacre movie was filmed in Austin, Round Rock and Bastrop, Texas, and lasted for four weeks.
Who is Rothman in Texas Chain Massacre Part 4?
James Gale played Rothman.
What effect did Texas chainsaw massacre have on the public?
Tobe Hooper was actually given a commendation for his part in curbing hitch hiking, by the local police force, and it helped drive home that you don't pick hitchhikers up for the most part. That is about the only real significance to it aside from showing that dark, dark insanity can exist anywhere in anybody.
What expansion pack had the horror part bloody Mary Chucky Exorcist etc Please help?
i think they do exist maybe not chucky but these following monsters DO exist 1.the Texas chainsaw massacre in el paso Texas 2.the exorcist ofcourse whos real name was Emily rose 3.Michael Myers (becus i think so)
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.
