He wanted it known that, now that he was caught, he would do the right thing. I saw some news report where Elmer Wayne.said, 'I did these crimes, and I'm gonna stand up and take it like a man.' Well, that struck me as interesting, that he had this conventional morality at that point. He was a young man who recruited victims for an older homosexual man. I definitely studied Gein.but I also noticed a murder case in Houston at the time, a serial murderer you probably remember named Elmer Wayne Henley. He's also referenced by Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. Aspects of his case are also woven into the backstories of Norman Bates from Psycho, Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs, and even a character on American Horror Story. If you're feeling deja vu at these deets, you may not be surprised to learn that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer is not the only fictional character inspired by Gein. He apparently hoped to "literally crawl into her skin." AH! Sheriffs found Worden's decapitated body in a shed, and while searching Gein's house they also found all sorts of horrifying objects made of skin-including masks, which is noteworthy because Leatherface wears a mask made of human skin in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.Īs if all that isn't disturbing enough, Gein was also obsessed with his deceased mother after she died, he kept her room in pristine condition even as the rest of the house decayed. Not only did the first gain fame and glory but it also gained six sequels, one prequel, comic books and a video game released in the 1980's.Gein, who was found guilty of murdering a hardware store owner named Bernice Worden in 1968, was eventually institutionalized for being, well, really mentally unwell. In 2012, the film was named by critics in the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound magazine as one of the 250 greatest films. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was inducted into the Horror Hall of Fame in 1990, with director Hooper accepting the award, and it is part of the permanent collection of New York City's Museum of Modern Art. In 2010, as well, The Guardian ranked it number 14 on its list of the top 25 horror films. In a 2010 Total Film poll, it was again selected as the greatest horror film the judging panel included veteran horror directors such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven, and George A. Empire also ranked it 46th in its list of the 50 greatest independent films. In 2008 the film ranked number 199 on Empire magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time". It was named among Time magazine's top 25 horror films in 2007. In a 2005 Total Film poll, it was selected as the greatest horror film of all time. Entertainment Weekly ranked the film sixth on its 2003 list of "The Top 50 Cult Films". In 1976, it won the Special Jury Prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival in France. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was selected for the 1975 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight and London Film Festival. The slasher inspired many famous directors and films, such as Ridley Scotts Alien and a whole generation of film makers. Tobe Hooper directed the original slasher classic, which is considered the grandfather of the slasher genre and helped reinforce the many traits many slasher films now have a final girl, power tools as weapons and the great hulking masked killer looming around and extracting violent murders on the people around him.
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