<P> The concept for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre arose in the early 1970s while Tobe Hooper was working as an assistant film director at the University of Texas at Austin and as a documentary cameraman . He had already developed a story involving the elements of isolation , the woods , and darkness . He credited the graphic coverage of violence by San Antonio news outlets as one inspiration for the film and based elements of the plot on serial killer Ed Gein in 1950s Wisconsin ; Gein inspired other horror films such as Psycho ( 1960 ) and The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ) . During development , Hooper used the working titles of Headcheese and Leatherface . </P>
<P> The concept for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre arose in the early 1970s while Tobe Hooper was working as an assistant film director at the University of Texas at Austin and as a documentary cameraman . He had already developed a story involving the elements of isolation , the woods , and darkness . He credited the graphic coverage of violence by San Antonio news outlets as one inspiration for the film and based elements of the plot on serial killer Ed Gein in 1950s Wisconsin ; Gein inspired other horror films such as Psycho ( 1960 ) and The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ) . During development , Hooper used the working titles of Headcheese and Leatherface . </P>
where did the real texas chainsaw massacre occur
where did the real texas chainsaw massacre occur
1950s Wisconsin
1950s Wisconsin