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difficult to base a film on an actual event that had yet to occur. Despite this, there was an actual skin-wearing maniac that was the film’s inspiration. He may not have had a chainsaw, but serial killer Ed Gein was a key inspiration for the infamous Leatherface. Born in 1906 in Plainfield, Wisconsin, Ed Gein lived most of his life as a reclusive loner. Born to an alcoholic father, George, and a fanatically religious mother, Augusta, Ed Gein suffered heavy psychological and physical abuse at the hands of

Ed Gein Spenser Wiles Born: August 27, 1906 Death: July 26, 1984   Edward Theodore Gein was born in La Crosse County, Wisconsin in 1906. The second son of George Philip and Augusta Wilhelmine Gein. Augusta despised her husband, an alcoholic who was unable to keep a job. He worked various times as a carpenter and an insurance salesman. Augusta owned a local grocery shop and later sold it in 1914 for a farm to live in isolation near Plainfield, Wisconsin, which was there permanent home. Augusta

As you grow older your views on what you fear change. As a child, I developed a fear of little things such as ghost, the dark, etc. Once I grow into an adults I developed a of things observed on a daily. Americans between the age group of children and adolescents introduce themselves to bigger fears by watching movies that replay on the already experienced fears. For example: Freddy Krueger, Jason, Vampires, Werewolves, etc. The movies being watched are believed to be based on serial killers, who

Edward Theodore Gein - America's Most Infamous Murderer Although tallying just two deaths, Ed Gein is one of America’s most infamous murderers. His notorious killings are remembered as being among the most perverse of any this century. His lunatic atrocities were magnified by the number of victims who fell prey to his sick deeds and who also fueled his numerous habits of cannibalism, necrophilia of women, and his obsession with the female body, especially his mother, Augusta Gein. Although clearly

This paper is based on the life of Ed Gein. He was an unusual character, born on a farm, and raised by a religious crazy, domineering mother. In the space of a few years his entire family passed away and he was left to take care of his farm all by himself. In the next few years he became a grave robber, a necrophiliac, a cannibal, and also took up arts and crafts in body parts. He is known as one of the weirdest serial killers of the twentieth century. He also inspired movies like Psycho, Silence

As I grew older my views on what I fear changed. As a child, I developed a fear of little things such as ghosts, the dark, etc. Once I grow into an adult I developed a of things observed on a daily. Americans between the age group of children and adolescents introduce themselves to bigger fears by watching movies that replay on the already experienced fears. For example: Freddy Krueger, Jason, Vampires, Werewolves, etc. Many people in society watch these horror movies and are brought to an assumption

fail to realize on why the movie was actually made. In the film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre directed by Tobe Hooper conveys a thriller horror film based on real life crimes committed by a murderer named Ed Gein. Although the way the antagonist Leatherface, murders his victims on the film is quite different from the way Gein, murders his. Their love of human flesh to make themselves a different person was the same. The film circles the life of a brother/sister duo and their three friends who is traveling

American in the 70s and 80s had increased crime and murder. Additionally, the 70s and 80s saw an increase of serial killers. During these two decades and the end of the 60s, there were noticeable numbers of serial killers and murderers: John Lennon's assassination 1980, The Zodiac Killer late 1960s to mid-1970s, Manson's Family 1969, Ted Bundy 1970s, John Wayne Gacy, etc. Americans feared being murdered or victim a crime. Horror movies were starting to be inspired by reality, Americans were fearing

other family members (Hill, Hasty, & Moore, 2011). They do not agree with Sheriff Holt, but Leatherface, Luda May, and Uncle Monty all try to accommodate the sheriff. For instance, when the sheriff brings home the biker girl he murdered, he wants Thomas to butcher the body. Leatherface looks confused and hesitates, but the sheriff says, “Meat is meat. Bone is bone. Get it done (Liebesman, 2006).” So, Leatherface does what he is told to please his uncle. Also, it is known the Hewitt family is not highly

Analysis, Theory and Application The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Nicole Weaver English 162 Professor Mark Justice 29 January 2012 Exploration, Transformation, and Metamorphosis in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, a sequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre released in 1974, is a 1986 film directed by Tobe Hooper. This sequel is set 13 years after the events that transpired in the first film and follows Lieutenant "Lefty" Enright, played by Dennis Hopper,