No. There has never been a chainsaw massacre in Texas committed by a family of degenerate cannibals.
People like to say that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is "based on" the true story of the serial killer Ed Gein. But Ed Gein did not live in Texas, he did not murder his victims with a chainsaw, he didn't belong to a family of killers, and he was only convicted of two murders, and most likely didn't commit more than half a dozen or so.
It's called The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, yet the real thing didn't happen in Texas, didn't happen with a chainsaw, and wasn't a massacre. So how is it a true story?
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.
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).
No, because they do not exist. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. It's fiction. See the Related Question below.
It's a made up character, but Leatherface was based on REAL killers Ted Bundy and Jeff Dahlmer
There is no Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn't real; it never happened. 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.
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).
No, because they do not exist. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. It's fiction. See the Related Question below.
It's a made up character, but Leatherface was based on REAL killers Ted Bundy and Jeff Dahlmer
There is no Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn't real; it never happened. See the Related Question below.
There was no real 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. It is a fictional movie.
Is this a question, like of course it's not real.
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.
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.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. It's a fictional story. See the Related Question below.
No.
Nowhere, he's not real.