Texas Chainsaw Massacre Truth?

[Thorpe]

It is inspired by a true story, and I was wondering if anyone had a link to any info on the actual events that happened.

[Stroker Ace]

http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/s...73/gein_cf.htm

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=%22Ed+Gein%22

[Ham n Cheese]

Wasn't the movie based on a true story?
Nope again. And double nope. Here's what Tobe (director) and Kim (writer) told me themselves one night during the filming. They had heard of Ed Gein, the man in Plainfield, Wisconsin, who was arrested in the late 1950s for killing his neighbor and on whom the movie Psycho was based. So when they set out to write this movie, they decided to have a family of killers who had some of the characteristics of Gein: the skin masks, the furniture made from bones, the possibility of cannibalism. But that's all. The story itself is entirely made up. So, sorry folks. There never was a massacre in Texas on which this was based. No chainsaw either. And, in spite of those of you who have told me you remember when it happened, it really didn't happen. Really. Believe me. This is an interesting phenomenon. I've also had people tell me that they knew the original Leatherface, that they had been guards at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas, where he was a prisoner. Maybe they knew somebody who dreamed of being Leatherface. It is, I suppose, something to aspire to.

[Shogon]

Originally posted by Ham n Cheese
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Wasn't the movie based on a true story?
Nope again. And double nope. Here's what Tobe (director) and Kim (writer) told me themselves one night during the filming. They had heard of Ed Gein, the man in Plainfield, Wisconsin, who was arrested in the late 1950s for killing his neighbor and on whom the movie Psycho was based. So when they set out to write this movie, they decided to have a family of killers who had some of the characteristics of Gein: the skin masks, the furniture made from bones, the possibility of cannibalism. But that's all. The story itself is entirely made up. So, sorry folks. There never was a massacre in Texas on which this was based. No chainsaw either. And, in spite of those of you who have told me you remember when it happened, it really didn't happen. Really. Believe me. This is an interesting phenomenon. I've also had people tell me that they knew the original Leatherface, that they had been guards at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas, where he was a prisoner. Maybe they knew somebody who dreamed of being Leatherface. It is, I suppose, something to aspire to.
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Nobody said that it was. There's a difference between inspired by a true story and based on a true story. Why did you quote that?

[Ham n Cheese]

If nobody said it was, why are you getting all piss and moan about it.

[Millie]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho , and The Silence of the Lambs all drew elements from the Ed Gein police file for inspiration. None of them was directly based on Gein's story, but aspects of his murders made their way into each of those films' villains.

[Shogon]

Originally posted by Ham n Cheese
If nobody said it was, why are you getting all piss and moan about it.

So because I asked a quesiton, I'm "getting all piss and moan about it."? Rofl.

[Muuru]

Originally posted by Shogon
Nobody said that it was. There's a difference between inspired by a true story and based on a true story. Why did you quote that?

Wow really? I bet EVERY MOVIE EVER MADE should stamp "Inspired by a true story" on it then, if that's what qualifies. "Well see, terminator 3 is about a war against robots and nuclear bombs and stuff, and we have robots and nuclear bombs and wars, so it's inspired by true stories"

[Shogon]

When it comes to movies the term "inspired by" usually means that they drew inspiration from suchandsuch event/person and the story may not be an actual retelling of events or even real characters.

Based on means that they're accurately retelling actual events even if slightly dramatized, they are still accurate.

The bottom line is that the movie writers from several movies, as Millie has already stated, drew INSPIRATION(thus, inspired by - not based on) from Ed Gein and SOME things he DID do, some things he DIDN'T, to create THEIR characters.

[MadCow_01]

Ed Gein had a belt made from nipples.

[Hwed]

Stats?

[True Love]

Belt of Gein
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM
Slot: WAIST
AC: 0
CHA: -25 INT: -25
SV MAGIC: +1 SV COLD -6
SV POISON -6 SV DISEASE -6
Effect: Illusion: Demented Psychopath (Worn)
WT: 0.9 Size: SMALL
CLASS: ALL
RACE: HUM

[MadCow_01]

it may have been a little hairy, but god could it do some damage in the winter.

[Vader]

rofl!

[SalTheBard]

Originally posted by Millie
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho , and The Silence of the Lambs

Actully if take Norman Bates and Buffalo Bill and mished them together that woudl be the most accurate picture of what Ed Gein was really like. Now you want to talk about a sick mother fucker talk about John Wayne Gacy.