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A few months ago I did some research, and found that Leather Face was based on a real person named Ed Gein. Later, I visited another site and read that the director of the movie said that a legend was created among the people. He said while in he was in a mall he thought about the fastest way to clear all the people out. Then he saw some chainsaws in a hardware store. And that is where the idea for Leather Face, chainsaw wielding maniac was born. Then there is the footage at the end of the film. Is that real or fake? Can anybody who knows clear this up for me please. Thanks

Yes, Leatherface was loosely based on Ed Gein. As was Buffalo Bill to what I know.

Buffalo Bill and Leatherface were both based on Ed Gein.
That doco film is just made up to go with the movie.

http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/texaschainsaw.php

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Originally posted by SlimYout
A few months ago I did some research, and found that Leather Face was based on a real person named Ed Gein. Later, I visited another site and read that the director of the movie said that a legend was created among the people. He said while in he was in a mall he thought about the fastest way to clear all the people out. Then he saw some chainsaws in a hardware store. And that is where the idea for Leather Face, chainsaw wielding maniac was born. Then there is the footage at the end of the film. Is that real or fake? Can anybody who knows clear this up for me please. Thanks
The footage at the end of the film looked nothing like Ed Gein to me.

I should have used the search option before hand. Thanks for the info

Yes, Actaully they father and son are still alive (LISTENED TO THE Talk RADIO ABOUT 3ys ago or so..) about 75-100 miles apart
the son i guess is so drugged out and stuff at a asylum a 5 yr old could lead him around... np lol
Father I think is in prison.. both in texas... Yes its true though Hope i could help.

I guess the radio host, got ahold of this guy that worked down there somewhere.. but thats all i can say..

Originally posted by TheMovieMaster
Yes, Actaully they father and son are still alive (LISTENED TO THE Talk RADIO ABOUT 3ys ago or so..) about 75-100 miles apart
the son i guess is so drugged out and stuff at a asylum a 5 yr old could lead him around... np lol
Father I think is in prison.. both in texas... Yes its true though Hope i could help.

I guess the radio host, got ahold of this guy that worked down there somewhere.. but thats all i can say..

This is blatantly incorrect, it's been established by everyone with any sort of credibility in the matter that Leatherface is LOOSELY based on the serial killer Ed Gein.

Do not listen to stuff like this, it is false.

I am tEh LETh3rF@C3!!!!!ONEONEONE

OMFG WTFPWNBBQ??///?

Leatherface is real. Didn't U see tEh end of "Texas Chainsaw Massacer" with Jessica Beel?

Yah dood it was reel it wus grainy!

ye mn, he kulled thosee piggs gud, and it wuz in blak and wite, it haz to be reel!

Dooods! I konw for a FACT that L3ath3rfac3 is REEL! I saw him 1nce!!!!1111

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ha this thread is funny. nice one backfire

YAY poorly-written sarcasm!

you guyz are soooo stupid. leatherface is real. i've seen his house. didn't you watch the movie??????? cmon the footage at the end? are you people blind. i dont believe this. you have leatherface in your sig and avatar, and you still say he's fake??? grow up monkey face

You know that Buffalo Bill was based off of several serial killers not just one, so was Lecter for that matter. Yeah and trust these guys on the fact that Leather face isn't a real person. He was extremely loosely based off of Ed Gein.

yeah, tabby999 thinks that its because of the liberals. tabby999 thinks that leatherface is real but the liberals cover it up because they dont like his style. LIBERALS LIBERALS LIBERALS!

Tabby999 likes to refer to himself in the third person.

But, speaking in third-person is fun. Plus it confuses and/or annoys the hell out of people which makes it even more fun.

tabby999 agrees, i think you missed the joke in tabby999s post, but tabby999 can forget you. LIBERALS!

Wolfie found the first person "I" in tabby999's last post.

wasn't tabby999, it was liberals

Don't forget Bates in Hitchcock's Psycho. Gots to remember the classics. That was the first film that I know of that was based on Gein. Ed Gein has inspired the horror genre like no one else in American culture.

Originally posted by tabby999
tabby999 agrees, i think you missed the joke in tabby999s post, but tabby999 can forget you. LIBERALS!
I left it out. Honest.

And, what did we learn from all this? Proper grammar is bullshit.

tabby999 agrees

Proper grammar has to be better than n00b speech, come on.

no leatherface is a myth and hes gay

Originally posted by thomasgeorge
no leatherface is a myth and hes gay
He's a fictional character with no specified sexuality. Just because he wears lipstick does not make him gay.

My thoughts exactly.

yeah, tabby999 hates people who jump to conclusions like that. their dam liberals. tabby999 hates liberals

Originally posted by eggmayo
He's a fictional character with no specified sexuality. Just because he wears lipstick does not make him gay.
Actually, he had a crush on the main character in TCM 2. So I'd say Leatherface is straight.

Leatherface is a real. There is proof. If you buy the Platinum Series 2-disc DVD set of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake, it comes with a copy of the evidence photos taken in that furnace room where Leatherface kept the victims.

Can anyone read any sarcasm or humor in Jason_V's comment? I hope he's joking.

tabby999 dosn't think they're joking, tabby999 thinks they need to take things alittle less for face value and read into things a little more. like the liberals need to. LIBERALS!