Overview: The gruesome murders shocked the world, the grisly remains told a terrifying story of pain, brutality and torture. Now, years after inspiring Psycho's Norman Bates, Silence Of The Lamb's Buffalo Bill and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface, the story of real-life serial killer, Ed Gein is finally told.

DVD Verdict: Oh dear ... oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! kane Hodder made a name for himself in the Friday the 13th flicks as Jason Voorhees, but he's all wrong for this movie. The Steve Railsback and Carrie Snodgress film "Ed Gein" from 2001 is much closer to what really happened for a number of reasons. First, the shock of the real-life story comes from the fact that Gein was a "normal" guy with a short-circuited brain. Railsback nails the whole "Norman Bates" aspect of Gein without turning him into a cartoon or...as an example...Jason Voorhees. Second, the late Carrie Snodgress nails the character of Gein's whacked-out mother, who forms much of the psychological underpinnings of what he did and why he did it. Third, the 2001 film flows much better as a movie. Ed Gein wasn't an action figure or a hero or a Freddy / Jason / Michael Myers template. Look at how the story was adapted in "Psycho"...a true psychological thriller, not a gore flick. Also look at the original 1974 "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." That film was based on a non-stop air of foreboding and contained very little actual graphic blood & gore. The 2003 remake of TCM features a documentary called "The True Story Behind the Film/Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield." Watch it and you'll see where the Hodder film lost its focus. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Still Gallery
Trailers