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A Balasaur Score of 44 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 18%, Metacritic 42/100. Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Most of the 933 2000s crime movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes18%
Metacritic42/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
127 audience votes
Key crew
- Chuck ParelloDirector
- Stephen JohnstonWriter
- Robert McNaughtonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Steve RailsbackEd Gein
- Carrie SnodgressAugusta W, Gein
- Carol MansellCollette Marshall
- Sally ChamplinMary Hogan
- Steve BlackwoodBrian
- Nancy Linehan CharlesEleanor
- Bill CrossGeorge Gein
- Travis McKennaRonnie
- Jan HoagIrene Hill
- Brian EversHenry Gein
- Pat SkipperSheriff Jim Stillwell
- Craig ZimmermanPete Anderson
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Themes
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