...Ed Gein’s sanity was at question when they sent him to trial. He had plead not guilty by reason of insanity. They did a series of psychological test on him and they found out that he did have a problem. They concluded that he was emotionally impaired, schizophrenic, and a sexual psychopath. He spent 10 years in a mental institution where he was recovering. His behavior and actions were different from most serial killers. He had only murdered two people, but had body parts from 10 women in his house. He told police that the remains of 8 of those women were from graveyards that he would steal from. He would make lamp shades and curtains out of body parts of the women graves that he would steal from. In his house they found 4 noses, 9 masks of human skulls, bowls made from human skulls, 10 female heads with the tops sawed off, human skin covering chair seats, the two women he murdered heads in bags, and a belt made from human nipples. The police went to Geins farmhouse because his truck was the last one to be seen at the hardware store. The owner was Bernice Worden and she had been missing. They searched his farmhouse and found her body decapitated and was hanging upside down by her feet. Her body was dressed out like that of a deer. He had shot her with a .22 caliber rifle. They questioned Gein about all the body parts he had in his house. He told investigators that he had made about 40 visits to local graveyards in a daze like state. He didn’t know what he was doing sometimes...
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... They are often moments of silence preceding a swift burst of loud music as the killer unexpectedly jumps out. There are several examples of shock value throughout The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. One of the most early examples is when Hitchhiker cuts his hand with a blade with no signs warning the viewer of what is to come. This moment shocks the viewer because no considerably normal person cuts their hand for fun and personal enjoyment. William Vail, who plays Kirk describes the scene where he is laying on a table while Pam is screaming on a meathook as “the most frightening thing” in the film and that he occasionally had to leave the room multiple times because it disgusted him so much (Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth). Leatherface offers the most examples of shock value throughout the film. In several instances he come out of a dark hiding spot and proceeds to kill his victims. This can be seen when comes out of the hallway and kills Kirk and Jerry or when he comes out behind a tree and kills...
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...In “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, Sherman Alexie makes human nature seem like the enemy in the poem. He talks about the Sand Creek Massacre, where Native Americans were killed by soldiers. ”Of Sand Creek where 105 Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho women and children and 28 men were slaughtered by 700 heavily armed soldiers, led by Colonel Chivington and his Volunteers. Volunteers”. He relates this unpleasant clash to the story of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The story involves a man that is named Leatherface, in which he goes around mindlessly killing people with tools used to slaughter animals around his family farm, the main tool being a chainsaw. In the Sand Creek Massacre and in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, people were killed for no justifiable...
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...This starts around 55:00, when Stretch falls into Leatherface’s room, which is littered with skinless corpses. She hides because she knows how crazy he is and that he could overpower her in an instant (like when they had the encounter in the radio tower at 41:00). Later, around 1:07:00, she escapes Leatherface’s room. She quietly traverses the caverns she is stuck in, anticipating being captured once again. This is a perfect example of Solomon's nightmare world because it fits in with everything he said. Stretch was not prepared to be in the hellhole called Texas Battleland; she was a simple radio host days before. Also, Leatherface seems to have abnormal strength, and just seems so inhuman that it is difficult for the viewer to associate with him. These match up with Solomon’s statements about the unpreparedness of the victim and the strength of the source of horror. When Stretch is exploring the Texas Battleland in search of an exit, it shows Solomon’s idea of the victim knowing that there is danger around them as they explore. Since Stretch is a victim just as he described, the viewer has an easy time identifying with her. They can feel as close to death as she is, which makes The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 a great horror...
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...Massacre 3D) is a 2013 American slasher film directed by John Luessenhop and written by Debra Sullivan and Adam Marcus. It is the seventh film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, and was presented in 3-D. The film stars Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Tremaine Neverson, Tania Raymonde, Thom Barry, Paul Rae, and Bill Moseley. Texas Chainsaw 3D follows a young girl named Heather, who is travelling to Texas with her friends to collect an inheritance from her deceased grandmother, whom she had never met. centers on Heather, who discovers that she was adopted after learning of an inheritance from a long-lost grandmother. She subsequently takes a road trip with her friends to collect the inheritance, unaware that it includes her cousin, Leatherface, as well. Filming began in the summer of July 2011, with Kirsten Elms and Luessenhop providing rewrites to the script. The Texas Chainsaw 3D full movie was released on January 4, 2013. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise consisting of seven slasher films, comics and a video game adaptation of the original film. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre full movie, directed by Tobe Hooper and written and produced by Hooper and Kim Henkel, was released in 1974. Hooper also directed the first sequel to the original film; however, the other sequels have had various writers and directors attached to them. Hooper has not had any direct involvement with the rest of the sequels; however, he did co-produce the original film's...
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...again, rape, pain and death are twisted into a passion to kill. Otherwise a “typical” individual, serial killers turn to violence and death in search of power over others, and to explore their fatal addiction to their monstrous thrills. Most of society views serial killers as they are portrayed on television. There’s Dexter, the handsome serial killer who, while leading a normal life, takes it upon himself to rid all of the “bad guys” in the world in order to fulfill his need to kill. Then there’s Freddy Kruger, a disfigured dream stalker who uses a glove armed with razors to kill his victims in their dreams, causing their deaths in the waking world as well. Just to name a few others, there's also The Jigsaw Killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Leatherface, Michael Meyers and the infamous Chucky. All of these characters are created to exaggerate something that is not only feared in movie theaters, but in real life as well. But what exactly makes a serial killer? While many of these movies and television programs try and make our minds believe that fiction is reality, there are no such things as ‘dream stalkers’ and talking dolls. A real-life serial killer can be distinguished (not by a scary masks) through the many distinctive patterns in their social and mental behavior, unusual childhood, murder periods, and Modus Operandi; all of which are fashioned in different ways to create a cold blooded murderer. Serial Killers are normally classified by their social and organizational...
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...Ed Gein Travis S. Franklin Upper Iowa University Ed Gein Edward Theodore Gein born on August 27th, 1906 was an American murderer and a body snatcher. Ed was the son of George and Augusta Gein, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His parents had two children, both boys, the older named Henry George Gein and the younger named Edward Theodore Gein. Ed’s parents had a horrible marriage, one where Augusta loathed her husband, but refused to get a divorce because of their family’s strong religious beliefs. Gein’s mother ran a small grocery store and later bought a farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Augusta’s reasoning on moving the family to the outskirts of the small town was to prevent outsiders from influencing her children. Augusta had kept her children very sheltered, and Ed was only allowed to leave the farm to go to school. Other than going to school, Ed mostly spent his every waking moment working on the farm doing chores, which kept him from making friends as a child. Even when Ed attempted to try and make friends his mother would punish him for doing so. Ed became very shy and an easy target for bullies. His mother took it upon herself to influence her boys about the wickedness of the world. She had told them that all women, herself not included, were prostitutes and were tools of the devil. Throughout the boys’ childhood, Augusta was convinced that they would grow up to be a failure like their father, and abused them frequently. The brothers only had each other...
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...Nosferatu Clan Guide for the MES Cam/Anarch Chronicle This document is intended to offer supporting, supplemental information for portraying Nosferatu in the MES C/A Chronicle; please read and review the Nosferatu Clanbooks (original and Revised) for additional information regarding this clan within the context of Vampire: The Masquerade. The Nosferatu Playing a Nosferatu presents unique opportunities to explore the setting and themes of the Masquerade genre that aren’t necessarily as viable in other clans. The story of Clan Nosferatu for the MES Camarilla Chronicle is a tragic tale of survival horror and inevitable doom. The Nosferatu are monsters that fear even greater monsters; they are creatures united out of common birth-plight, and more importantly, a common drive for survival. The Nosferatu’s birthright is their curse. Culture The Nosferatu are not like other kindred, and they generally don’t want to be. They are closely bound together through their curse and their inability to interact easily with the rest of the world without the use of supernatural powers. This shared experience and bond has caused Nosferatu culture to become one of embracing their lives as outcasts, making the Warren their home, and having an underground society all their own. In truth, once beneath the sewer grate, the world is a very different place. The Nosferatu are organized in close, tight knit groups known as Broods within a city which generally reside under the city in the Warrens. Although...
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...Leading Licensing Companies By Dawn Wilensky A combination of new and evergreen properties/brands drove 2006 worldwide retail sales of licensed merchandise. Over the last five years, we have made strategic changes to our Leading Licensors list to ensure up-to-date, accurate worldwide retail sales estimates. This year, we made yet another change. As the line between licensor and licensing agent continues to blur—with many licensors taking on the task of representing properties/brands outside of their portfolio, and many traditional licensing agents being charged with fueling power for the brands/properties they represent—we have widened our list to include overall retail sales figures for licensing agents. As a result, we have changed this feature's name from “Leading Licensors” to “Leading Licensing Companies” to better reflect the power of the licensing business. As for this year’s list, which reflects 2006 worldwide retail sales of licensed merchandise, No. 1 Disney recorded a $2 billion increase in retail sales fueled, in part, by consumer demand for all things Pirates of the Caribbean, High School Musical, Cars, and Disney Princess. Sanrio also saw a significant uptick in sales, rising from $4.2 billion in 2005 to $5.2 billion in 2006. Phillips-Van Heusen makes its debut on the list at No. 2 with $6.7 billion in sales driven by proprietary brands Van Heusen, Arrow, Izod, Bass, and Calvin Klein. Other newcomers include: Carte Blanche Greetings ($700 million); Sean John...
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