Was Ed Gein Really the Inspiration for Leatherface?

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I first saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre when I was in high school. The specialty DVD I purchased from my local Coconuts featured a slab of ground beef on the back of the cover, making me wholly unsure what I was in for. I had only heard myths and legends until then, which, coupled with the DVD’s imagery, made me think I would see a giant man, wearing someone’s face, and, presumably, munching on the rest of them.

The idea of Leatherface piqued my young curiosity. I was a child who was frequently too scared of spooky movies before the age of ten (though, to be fair, they were mostly films I shouldn’t have been watching). Around the age of ten or eleven, so

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