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Did you like ‘Monster: The story of Ed Gein’? See 5 movies and series inspired by the serial killer

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Ed Gein’s shocking real story, the famous killer and thief of tombs that inspired many of Hollywood’s most iconic serial killers. Credit: Netflix

Big debut from Netflix last Friday, 3, Monster: A History of Ed Gein It brings to the general public the history of the American serial killer Ed gonnaknown as Plainfield’s butcher, who, in addition to murdering two women, stole buried bodies to create furniture and objects for his home.

Terror Classic, ‘The Chainsaw Massacre’ has villains inspired by Ed Gein’s crimes Photo: Vortex/Disclosure

Over the years, the brutality and insanity of Gein’s acts has inspired Hollywood works, including great terror classics and another series of Ryan Murphyone of the creators of Monster.

Check out five other productions that had characters inspired by the serial killer:

Psychosis (1960)

Great classic of Alfred Hitchcock, Psychosis It was greatly influenced by the story of Gein. Norman Bates’s obsession (Anthony Perkins) by the mother and her bloody madness were directly inspired by serial killer. Like Bates, Gein was a prisoner man who was raised by a woman of extremist religious devotion, who led her to have abusive behaviors with her son throughout her adolescence and youth.

The real -life killer also kept his mother’s room intact as a kind of sanctuary after the woman’s death, which took place in 1945. One of Gein’s signs of madness directly adapted in Psychosis it was his habit of having frequent conversations with his mother after his death, with the serial killer Speaking as if the woman is with him.

Based on the Book of Robert Bloch and released in 1960, Psychosis It is available for streaming on Telecine. A prelude series to the events of the movie, Bates Motelwas produced between 2013 and 2017 and is available at Globoplay.

The Silence of the Innocents (1991)

Winner of five Oscars, The silence of the innocent may even be more remembered by the shocking performance of Anthony Hopkins like Hannibal Lecter, but the great villain of the movie, the serial killer Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) is who was inspired by Gein. In the feature film, the character killed and exhaled women to sew for himself a clothes entirely of human skin that simulated a female body.

Gein, who stole tombs to build objects from his home with human part, even made skin masks wearing the face of his victims, something that inspired Buffalo Bill’s crimes and motives in the original book written by Thomas Harris.

First terror to win the Oscar for best movie, The silence of the innocent It is available at Prime Video and Mubi.

The Massacre of the electric saw (1974)

Another emblematic villain of gein -inspired terror is Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen), of The electric saw massacre. In fact, the whole cannibal family of the film was inspired by Gein’s crimes. In addition to being prisoners who kidnapped and killed people found on the roads, the characters also created decorations made with the bodies of their victims.

But obviously, it is the mask made of human skin used by Leatherface, something taken directly from the gein crimes, which most marked the franchise.

The electric saw massacre It can be watched on the Play market and the Film+ channel in the Prime Video.

American Horror Story: Asylum

Raised by Ryan Murphy, American Horror Story It was an horror anthology whose seasons focused on different terrifying stories. Its second year, subtitled Asylumbrought direct references to gein crimes, with the serial killer Bloody Face (Zachary Quinto) Also using a mask made of human skin.

Not only that, the season villain also used the bodies of his victims to make objects from his home, including a lamp made of skinned skin and a basin created from a skull.

The 12 seasons of American Horror Story They are available on Disney+.

With Air: Rota de Fuga (1997)

Unlike other productions on this list, With Air: Rota de Fuga It is not a terror and no focus on serial killer. The action movie, in fact, focuses on the attempt to escape several prisoners and a man about to be released from a criminal transport aircraft. One of his characters, however, is a clear reference to Gein.

Played by Steve Buscemithe charismatic killer Garland Greene tells the protagonist, lived by Nicolas Cagewho once used a hat made with the head of a woman who killed. Citation to the gadget is not free, since a similar object was found among the possessions of Gein.

In addition, Buscemi himself revealed at the time that he shaped his character based on the behavior of serial killers reais, citing gein, Ted Bundy e Jeffrey Dahmer.

With Air: Rota de Fuga It is available on Disney+.

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