Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield

Ed Gein - The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)

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Friday the 13th mainstay Kane Hodder stars as the true-life serial killer whose unspeakable atrocities inspired such classic horror films as Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in director Michael Feifer's disturbing frightener. Rural Wisconsin was a quiet place until the man they called… More

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Horror
In Theaters
Mar 6, 2007 Wide
Lionsgate

Critic Reviews

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    The least fathfull bio of a serial killer, ever.

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  • Luke B


    It's shot well, the acting is mostly competent (even if the characters are not) and the pacing keeps it from being a complete bore. The problem with this film is it's inaccuracies. I'm all for dramatic license, but what's the term for changes that make a story less… More

  • Bruce B


    I am sure that in 1957 these gruesome murders did shock the world, and we thought Hannibal Lector was bad. If all that they showed in this movie were true (Most Based on a True Story, Lack the true Details), then old Ed was a pretty sick person. I am wondering just how sick I am for… More

  • Lee K


    Thought this would be awesome cause it basically was telling the true to life story of serial killer Ed Gain which the Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer Leatherface was loosely based on. Ummmm no it was really bad with nothing scary at all going on here.

  • paganchild1979 p


    I think they could have found a different actor for his part. Gein wasn't built. But other then that they did a pretty good job at some of the details.

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