the texas chain saw massacre

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is the texas chain saw massacre true or false?

― dennis strawcutter, Sunday, 18 April 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/chainsaw.asp

― Stuart (Stuart), Sunday, 18 April 2004 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh for goodnessake...

― CRW (CRW), Sunday, 18 April 2004 14:38 (twenty-two years ago)

It was based on the splatteriffic exploits of Ed Gein, right? (sorry, too lazy to click on link).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

very very very loosely.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

actually, in the new book by Stefan Jaworzyn, they claim that Tobe Hooper only 'sort of' heard the story of Ed Gein, hadn't been anything on an expert on the case (or even the particulars of the murders) - apparently its a composite of several incidents, with a whole lot of creative liberties thrown in. It's as good as fiction.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, Psycho was loosely inspired by Gein as well, which gives you an indication of just how loosely in both cases (I think basically Gein provided many filmmakers with a model of "serial killers drive like THIS.")

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Exactly

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Tobe is fed up with that question, I know that.

― CRW (CRW), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

finally saw this last night. i put it on the house DVD player while doing sound for a buncha noise bands. appropiate accompaniement.

― Kingfish Balzac (Kingfish), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

"Serial killers drive like THIS..." is the greatest statement ever.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 19 April 2004 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)

twelve years pass...

so my close friend's fiancee was in line for the T3xas Chainsaw house at Universal and she asks us "hey you all know what this is based on right", and I got started to reply that it was based on Ed Gein's IRL doings....

...when she said "Rob Zombie made that movie House of 1000 Corpses and that inspired TCM".

o_O. I forget how the younger generation thinks the Biel one is what started it all.

― Neanderthal, Friday, 28 October 2016 01:23 (nine years ago)

is there any better masterclass in scream-acting than Marilyn Burns (RIP) btw? holy God, she gets everything right, the shrieks, the mannerisms, the facial expressions, the hysterical laughing at the end.

― Neanderthal, Friday, 28 October 2016 01:24 (nine years ago)

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