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usuk2004
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Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
I didn't realize that it was ONE man who inspired BOTH Norman Bates from Psycho AND Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs!!  
There was a documentary on about him last night. Sick stuff! 
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Posted 10/28/05 1:17 PM  |
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
I would have been too scared to watch
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| Posted 10/28/05 1:19 PM |
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Redhead
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
i don't know why he would have anyting to do with Norman Bates since i really didn't see any similarities..
but i have read a few books about Ed Gein and watched the movie....
Buffalo Bill was inspired by him i believe
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| Posted 10/28/05 1:38 PM |
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checka
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
The Texas Chainsaw house was also inspired by him.
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| Posted 10/28/05 10:55 PM |
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Jesaroo
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
yep. all three of those and then who knows if any others were.
red.... b/c i believe didnt ed dress up like his vistims in hteir skin? i think they got the part of Norman Bates from Ed when he dresses up like his mom and stuff..
i THINK, but im not sure.
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| Posted 10/28/05 11:22 PM |
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suvenR
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
Edward Gein inspired Psycho because he dug up his mother's corpse and tried to taxidermy (sp?) her.
He inspired Buffalo Bill because Ed was trying to make a "woman suit"
he inspired Texas chainsaw massacre in no real way because he only killed 2 people. both were women. He hit them over the head with a shovel (like Norman did to his mother in Psycho 2) and that's what killed them. But, then he "took them apart"
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| Posted 10/29/05 12:45 AM |
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Jesaroo
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
why do they pin him as a serial killer then?!
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| Posted 10/29/05 1:37 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
Posted by Lolita4Life
why do they pin him as a serial killer then?!
because he has SEVERAL victims
he did the same thing to the majority of them
making him a serial killer.
Yes i knew about the Texas Chain Saw association...which i see
but i think the psycho thing is far fetched...
The man was one of the most heinous serial killers i can think of
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| Posted 10/29/05 9:20 AM |
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checka
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
Posted by suvenR
Edward Gein inspired Psycho because he dug up his mother's corpse and tried to taxidermy (sp?) her.
His mother was also very domineering and taught him that sex was sinful like Mrs. Bates
he inspired Texas chainsaw massacre in no real way because he only killed 2 people. both were women. He hit them over the head with a shovel (like Norman did to his mother in Psycho 2) and that's what killed them. But, then he "took them apart"
The Texas Chainsaw house was the main thing in the movie that was inspired by him. Gein used to dig up women's bodies from the graveyard and dissect them. He would keep parts of them and had some of the parts hung around his house. He also upholstered a chair in human flesh which is also part of the "decor" in the movie.
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| Posted 10/29/05 9:23 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
YES that is true and the fact that all of them (Ed, Buffalo Bill, Leatherface)
all took the skin from their victims and wore them
that is the real common link
LOTS of serial killers have kept bodies and such but those three used their victims to create a new look for themselves
Of course Ed being the REAL one
And that is truly frightening that these killers on screen, well they EXIST in REAL LIFE
Message edited 10/29/2005 9:29:40 AM.
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| Posted 10/29/05 9:27 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
And Ed isn't the only serial killer to inspire multiple movie characters
Many people say that Charlie Starkweather and Caril Fugate were the inspiration behind the characters in the Natural Born Killers, Kalifonia, Wild at Heart AND True Romance
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| Posted 10/29/05 9:57 AM |
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usuk2004
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
Posted by suvenR
Edward Gein inspired Psycho because he dug up his mother's corpse and tried to taxidermy (sp?) her.
He also kept a room in the basement set up as his mother's bedroom with all furniture, etc, exactly as she would've left it.
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| Posted 10/31/05 8:26 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: Edward Gein - I had NO IDEA!!!
IMO the similarities between Norman Bates and Ed gein is weak at best.
Yes a domineering mother who it is believed to have taught sones to hate women..
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| Posted 10/31/05 8:38 AM |
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