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Jul 20, 2001 · A film about the true story of Ed Gein, who inspired Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with his gruesome crimes. Steve Railsback stars as Gein, a farmer who dug up corpses and made things out of their remains.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Chuck Parello
- 2001-07-20
The story of Ed Gein, who dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made things out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies like beef sides.
In the Light of the Moon (also known as Ed Gein) is a 2000 crime horror film directed by Chuck Parello, and written by Stephen Johnston. It is based on the crimes of Ed Gein, an American murderer who killed at least two women in Plainfield, Wisconsin during the 1950s. It stars Steve Railsback as Gein, and Carrie Snodgress as Gein's domineering ...
- 'Psycho' (1960) Gein's haunting infatuation with his mother has now become a trope for many demented horror characters who kill — take Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) as a prime example.
- 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (1974) Very loosely inspired by Gein, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre took the real-life body snatcher's obsession with human skin and used it to build its character Leatherface, who hid behind face masks made out of human flesh.
- 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) The serial murderer Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs not only found origins in Gein but also from other famous serial murderers, such as Ted Bundy, Gary Heidnik and Ed Kemper.
- 'Three on a Meathook' (1972) The title basically gives a lot away. Directed by horror filmmaker William Girdler, Three on a Meathook tells the story of four young ladies whose car breaks down in a small town.
In addition to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film of Bloch's novel, Psycho, Gein's story was loosely adapted into numerous films, including Deranged (1974), In the Light of the Moon (2000) (released in the United States and Australia as Ed Gein (2001)), Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007), Ed Gein, the Musical (2010), and the Rob Zombie films ...
Jun 11, 2022 · Ed Gein: American Psycho: The life story of Ed Gein, the notorious serial killer and grave robber who inspired several classic horror films including 'Psycho' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'.
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Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield is a 2007 American crime horror film written and directed by Michael Feifer. A direct-to-video release, it is based on the crimes of Ed Gein, an American murderer who killed at least two women in Plainfield, Wisconsin during the 1950s.
