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When writing 1974's "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper were inspired by the true story of a 1950s serial killer from Wisconsin named Ed Gein. These real-life horror stories will haunt your nightmares.
Was 1974's Texas Chainsaw Massacre based on a true story? Here's the history that Tobe Hooper researched which led to the creation of Leatherface.
The true story behind 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' actually took place in Wisconsin where Ed Gein robbed graves, murdered women and wore human skin.
In the early hours of August 18, 1973, a grave robber steals several corpses from a cemetery near Newt, Muerto County, Texas. The robber ties a rotting corpse and other body parts onto a monument, creating a grisly display that is discovered by a local resident as the sun rises.
Directed by Tobe Hooper, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the first entry of the TCM franchise, tells the story of Sally Hardesty and her brother, who run out of gas while travelling with friends in Texas and are forced to stop at a creepy looking house in the middle of nowhere.
Is Texas Chainsaw Massacre a true story? Find out about real-life killer Ed Gein, who inspired the Leatherface character—plus, what's real and what's not.
Leatherface, the hulking, chain saw-wielding figure that would forever be known as one of horror's greatest monsters, was inspired by a real one who was discovered in 1957.
So, true story or not? Certainly there was no real family of cannibalistic chainsaw murderers slaughtering people in Texas, nor any actual series of chainsaw-related killings.
Is 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' based on a true story? No, but the film isn't entirely a work of fiction. While many of the its details are manufactured, it was heavily inspired by a...
It was in 1957, 17 years before Tobe Hooper’s epochal horror flick, that Edward Theodore Gein was arrested for murder and grave-robbing.