Charlie Strover
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6 Horror Movies Inspired by Real-life Events
1. 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (1974) Like many other horror movie creators, the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper) drew inspiration for some of Leatherface's most sinister habits from real-life serial killer Ed Gein. Gein, who was arrested in 1957, had filled his home with trinkets made up of human body parts which he had fashioned into a lampshade, used to upholster chair seats, human skullcaps which were used as soup bowls, and many other unspeakable body parts that he used as various home furnishings. Gein was apprehended at his home in Wisconsin after authorities found the body of a woman hanging up in hisbarn. At first, Gein denied all accusations but soon confessed after the evidence against him stacked up.
By Charlie Strover6 years ago in Horror