The character in The Texas Chainsaw movie Leatherface, was inspired by serial killer Ed Gein. He wore the mask made of human skin.
Leatherface is a fictional serial killer loosely based on the real-life serial killers Ed Gein, an infamous cannibal who used body parts as utensils; and Albert Fish who, in the '20s, murdered and ate several children.
Leatherface is a fictional character, and thus was never alive to begin with. The man who inspired him, Ed Gein, died July 26, 1984. He was a Wisconsin serial killer.
Leatherface is a mentally ill fictional cannibal from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. Although Leatherface is a fictional character, he was very, very loosely based on the real serial killer Ed Gein. See the Related Question below for more details.
To tell the truth the serial killer would lose but if he is like the dude from assassins creed he might win
Although Tobe Hooper got the idea for Leatherface from the real life serial killer Ed Gein, Leatherface himself is not a real person, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. See the Related Question below for more information.
The character Leatherface was inspired by the serial killer Ed Gein. See the Related Question below.
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No, Leatherface and Jason are not the same thing. Leatherface is the chainsaw wielding killer in The Texas Chainsaw Massacreseries, while Jason Vorhees is the hockey mask, machete carrying killer in the Friday the 13th series.
No. Although Tobe Hooper got the idea for the Leatherface character from the real life serial killer, Ed Gein, Leatherface is still a fictional character. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies are NOT based on a true story. See the Related Question below.
No. The moviemakers got the idea for the Leatherface character from the real-life serial killer Ed Gein. Ed Gein lived in Wisconsin.
There is no record showing Ron Harris as a serial killer.
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