Is the Texas Chainsaw Massacure real?

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chucksright

Not exactly, no.

This quote is from from Gunnar Hansen (A.K.A.: Leatherface):

Nope again. And double nope. Here's what Tobe (director) and Kim (writer) told me themselves one night during the filming. They had heard of Ed Gein, the man in Plainfield, Wisconsin, who was arrested in the late 1950s for killing his neighbor and on whom the movie 'Psycho' was based. So when they set out to write this movie, they decided to have a family of killers who had some of the characteristics of Gein: the skin masks, the furniture made from bones, the possibility of cannibalism. But that's all. The story itself is entirely made up. So, sorry folks. There never was a massacre in Texas on which this was based. No chainsaw either. And, in spite of those of you who have told me you remember when it happened, it really didn't happen. Really. Believe me. This is an interesting phenomenon. I've also had people tell me that they knew the original Leatherface, that they had been guards at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas, where he was a prisoner. Maybe they knew somebody who dreamed of being Leatherface. It is, I suppose, something to aspire to.

just me

This is a question that has been around for many years. Some will say that, yes this is a true story. Others will say no. The director for this movie is Tobe Hooper and he has said that the idea for a horror movie involving chainsaws hit him while in a crowded hardware store, where he was quickly trying to get out. The original movie was filmed in 1973 in Austin, Round Rock, and Bastrop Texas. This film was loosely based on the 1950's Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein, who also served as inspiration for a number of other horror movies.

kellifromkeller

it is based on true events that happened in Wisconsin, but thye movies are very embellished.

Love. (:â„¢

Yes it was, but it was based on Ed Gein, a man from Wisconsin not Texas.

Ariel M

Based on "true events"
I'm sure the movie & the story is a little far expanded.
But it's still creepy, none the less.

Put on the Full Armor of God

Of Course but as you may well know, Hollywood over dramatizes some things

Stace

Apparently there was a man who did some of the things that were in the famous movie. See link below for details

Melissa

no but the story is based off a guy called Ed Gein. its funny cause he never lived in texas ( lived in nebraska), never killed with a chainsaw, and he didn't have a deformed face, he was a normal guy... well, sorta