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Originally posted by SykkBoy2
There was never a chainsaw massacre in Texas.
some of Leatherface's characteristics were borrowed from Ed Gein (who was also the inspiration for "Psycho" and Buffalo Bill in "Silence Of The Lambs")
It is a work of fiction, Tobe Hooper came up with the idea when he was in a hardware store and saw the chainsaws on the wall and the crowd of people ahed of him.
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So it was loosely based on a true story: not in Texas, there wasnt a chainsaw, and his name wasnt Hewitt. sigh