Overview

The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 arrest uncovered the most bizarre series of murders America has ever seen

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Cast

Steve Railsback

Ed Gein

Carrie Snodgress

Augusta W, Gein

Carol Mansell

Collette Marshall

Nancy Linehan Charles

Eleanor

Jan Hoag

Irene Hill

Brian Evers

Henry Gein

Pat Skipper

Sheriff Jim Stillwell

Craig Zimmerman

Pete Anderson

Carole Davis

Rosemary (uncredited)