3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
You’ll be glad to hear not all of the film was based on a true story! We do not want those cannibalistic serial killers to be a reality!
I think we just picked up Dracula
So although the whole plot wasn’t based on a true event (phew!), the character of Leatherface was inspired by a real life killer.
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Ed Gein a.k.a The Butcher of Plainfield was the inspiration behind Leatherface, for one main reason.
Trophy hunter
Gein became infamous in the 1950s for exhuming the bodies he had killed to make trophies out of their remains. Lovely…
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Leatherface wearing masks out of human skin seemed bad enough when it was fiction, let alone based on fact!
Inspiration for characters
Ed Gein wasn’t just the basis for Leatherface, he was also closely linked to another famous character…
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