Originally posted by Shaggy2dope
dude i could probably name more serial killers than you let me see Jeffery Dommar lived a block away from my cousin when he was still alive there is ed gein john wayne gacy jack the ripper ahhh what is that guys name lemme think for a sec
congratu****inglations! i think many people can.
but that has nothing to do with horror MOVIES.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was--well, I don't know that "inspired" is the word you want to use here, but at any rate Hooper got the idea from a sensational 1957 murder case involving Wisconsin farmer Ed Gein. Gein's exploits weren't quite the over-the-top carnival of crime depicted in the movie, but for an amateur he did OK. Gein's mother was a domineering Bible thumper who persuaded her son that all women were evil strumpets. He cared for mom alone after she had a stroke, and when she finally died he nailed shut the rooms where she'd lived. He was fascinated by crime stories, anatomy textbooks, and embalming and liked to discuss them with folks in the nearby town of Plainfield. People found him a little odd but likable. Little did they know. That he had killed 2 reporters and 1 woman when he was arrested he told officers he just liked looking at the body parts of the people he had killed.
Well I dont know if that is enough proof hh enough or shall i find more?
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http://austin.about.com/cs/filmindustry/p/texaschainsaw.htm
Look for it im sure you will find it somewhere in there