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Jun 12, 2023 · Updated March 12, 2024. Explore the real-life origins of Leatherface and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, including the crimes of a teenage serial killer and a macabre fantasy from the movie's own director.
- Austin Harvey
Feb 24, 2024 · Updated Feb 24, 2024. 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. Summary. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is based on real events and draws inspiration from notorious serial killers like Ed Gein and Elmer Wayne Henley.
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- Jessica Allain
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The film stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen. The plot follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to ...
- Tobe Hooper, Wayne Bell
- October 11, 1974
- Tobe Hooper
Feb 18, 2022 · 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.
Apr 5, 2023 · 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.
Oct 15, 2003 · The film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on a true story. Rating: Mostly False. About this rating. When The Texas Chain Saw Massacre hit movie theaters in 1974, it quickly...
Ed Gein and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre at Reel-Faces. Learn the true story behind the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho, and Silence of the Lambs. See pics of the real Leatherface, Ed Gein, and watch the movie trailer.
