Closing credits said it was based on a true story.
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rachaela — 19 years ago(October 30, 2006 09:33 PM)
I don't doubt it, but at least The Texas Chainsaw Massacre could back up it's claims that it was based on a true story. That film was supposedly based (very loosely) on the crimes of Ed Gein back in the 1950's in Plainfield, WI.
Did the people who made The Toolbox Murders ever say what they based their claims of it being based on a true story on? I'm starting to think that they first made the film, then decided to put in that claim becasue they theorized that somebody somewhere must have gotten stabbed to death with a screwdriver or some other tool, and that would cover their claims. I really would like to ask them about it some time. -
rdoyle29 — 16 years ago(September 06, 2009 06:21 AM)
That disclaimer is present on many films that are based on true stories. That disclaimer was instigated by a lawsuit filed against "Rasputin and the Empress" in the 1930's. One of the surviving assassins of Rasputin sued due to his depiction in the film. Consequently, this disclaimer is there to cover asses even when the story is largely true.
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Mex5150 — 15 years ago(March 24, 2011 10:57 AM)
Hi
The disclaimer at the very end of the credits is the usual "all characters are fictitious, any similarity to persons living or dead blah blah blah", so the true story bit is presumably just a device.
Although I don't think for a moment this is true, the disclaimer doesn't mean much, there was one at the end of JFK too, and they were all either real people or made up from combinations of real people.
~Mex
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BamVoyage — 16 years ago(March 23, 2010 03:43 PM)
It's more than likely a blantant lie. Like the 2004 version of Texas Chainsaw, it was a lie that it was a true story and it was merely loosely based on Ed Gein and his literal' house of horrors. The only thing I can think of with this is the directly loosely based this on The Yorkshire Ripper case. I'm british btw (not that has to do with anything). And a lot of the killing methods in this were similar to Peter Sutcliffe who was The Yorkshire Ripper. And is anyone is interested in The Yorkshire Ripper check out Red Riding 1-3, it was one of the best TV movies I'd ever seen. Shrouded in realism and darkness it's brilliant in every way, and there's very little fiction in it. It's based on the multiple child dissapearances and the ripper case in late 1970's and early eighties.
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smerd_70 — 15 years ago(April 13, 2010 09:07 AM)
"Like the 2004 version of Texas Chainsaw, it was a lie that it was a true story and it was merely loosely based on Ed Gein and his literal' house of horrors."
Why only the 2004 version, why not include the '74 version since that's where it came from.
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wallacesawyer — 14 years ago(April 17, 2011 06:44 PM)
Funny enough the trailer narrator says "once you stop screaming, you'll start talking about it." A quote from thr Texas Chainsaw trailer.
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