Texas Chainsaw Massacre Fact

Melissa Forman talks about a Texas Chainsaw Massacre facts. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, but somebody's on the line.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
They wanted to talk about Texas Chainsaw Massacre and how
it's based on a real reality or something.

Speaker 1 (00:07):
Okay, wait, go ahead, who's.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
This, Hi, Melissa, It's Miriam, just a quick trivial the
Chainsaw Massacre. Maybe you know this already, actually a serial
killer from Wisconsin.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Wait, he was a serial killer from Wisconsin. I don't
know why I put that whole movie out of my head.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
And he was never found. And that was scary because
when I watched it, I was still freaked because I'm like,
wait a minute, I'm in Chicago. He's in Wisconsin somewhere.
I'm thinking, oh my goodness, yeah, he could be in
the Chicago area. So it was wild.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
Yeah. I never Yeah, I'm so glad you did.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
So did you ever watch the movie or you refuse to,
because yes I did.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
I absolutely did. And it just scary because when I
realized I didn't research and I'm like, oh, he's from
Wisconsin and never caught, It's like, oh my god, you know.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
So yeah, yeah, let's see nineteen seventy four.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
The film stars Okay Blah Blah Blah, follows a friends
who fall victim to a family of cannibals well on
their way to visit an old homestead, which is weird
because you know Milwaukee, and then of course you know
Dahmer and.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
Yeah, that is the reason why they sut Texas is
because you know, let's the thing about the movies. They said, Yeah,
we can't do like you knowscounts them, you know, Chainsaw Massacre.
It just didn't sound scary though.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Well they said the plot is large Yeah, they did
say the plot is largely fictional, but it was inspired
by the crimes of Ed gain Ed Gaines, but it was,
but the whole thing was.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Kind of fictional. Wow, Okay, I don't know if I
can do it. I don't know if I could see it.
Should I see it? You know what? It's so funny.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
I asked my kids at dinner last night before you know,
I talked about the story, and I was like, okay,
can you guys, what are your favorite horror films? Can
you guess number one? And right away one of my
kids like, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is still the Freakyist.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
I was like, oh my god, yeah, okay, think about it. Definitely,
all right, now I have to debate. I don't know
if do I see it or not? Okay, awesome, We
thank you for telling us. I you know, we're still.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
The cool thing is that it still stood the test
of time, like a movie from nineteen seventy four, like
still and it's.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Not the most popular. But okay, thank you, You're welcome. Okay,
I'll talk to you soon. Okay, fights, Okay,