Essay On Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a well known horror film around the world. It connects to the real world in ways without even thinking about it, such as the basic instinct of kill or be killed. The only difference is that the film Texas Chainsaw Massacre added a twist to this instinct. This film was based on a true story of the serial killer Ed Gein , who represents the character Leatherface. Leatherface in the film was more gruesome compared to the actual killer. This shows that a life tragedy can turn into a great film that has acknowledgable connections into the real world , such as job losses , hunting and family secrets. Losing a job can throw off an average person's life plan. Everyone has bills to pay , everyone needs personal items, especially everyone needs to eat. In this film one family was a victim to the job cuts and sooner or later they started to turn into something they wasn’t , killers. It was innocent killing at first just animals around the area , but then it turned into something deeper actual humans. The family got so deep into

This family on the other hand took the easy way out and decide to use their surroundings in order to survive. The family also owned the only gas station in town so they would get visitors from the city coming in.The gas station sells barbecue and have other services available to the outsiders. The family was already viscous at this point , so they would tell the visitors that they did not have any more gas and that they would not get another shipment until the morning. In this scene the family is using the gas station as bait to lure the people in their town and force them to stay there for the night. It also connects to reality just how fisherman would use worms or bait to lure the fish in , capture them , then later eat them. Sadly the people failing to get gas somewhere else was not expecting to die later that