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The Real Story Behind The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Explained
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Witney Seibold)
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The chilling origins of the infamous Leatherface and the gory real-life inspiration behind the classic horror hit 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'.
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- Director Tobe Hooper drew inspiration from the infamous 'Butcher of Plainfield', Ed Gein, a Wisconsin man who exhumed corpses and fashioned trophies from their remains.
- Despite the 'based on a true story' tagline, the film's plot is largely fictional - Leatherface and his family were not actually real-life serial killers, but a chilling amalgamation of Gein's disturbing crimes.
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Tobe Hooper, Ed Gein, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre