Was there really a person named Leatherface?

Answer by  Vertiglug (240)

LeatherFace is based off a guy named ED Gien, he was a real live person who used to wear skin from people on his own face.

Answer by  Onmitsu (10)

There was not a person named Leatherface. The Leatherface character from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series is loosely based on the famous serial killer Ed Gein.

Answer by  thewerewolfmage (520)

No, there was never really a Leatherface. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series are based loosely, very, very loosely, on Ed Gein. Even though the movie is billed as "based on a true story", you shouldn't believe it. Anyone can take a small detail and make something based on it, therefore making it "based on a true story."

Answer by  Brett (7986)

No, Leatherface is a fictional charachter who was derived from a real life person though named Ed Gein (also the real person behind Norman Bates).

Answer by  missdebateable (17)

It depends on how you look at it leatherface was the name of a character in the Texas Chain Saw Massacre and it was also a nickname for Gunnar Hansen.