Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield

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Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
DVD Cover
Directed by	Michael Feifer
Written by	Michael Feifer
Produced by	Barry Barnholtz
Starring	Kane Hodder Adrienne Frantz Michael Berryman Priscilla Barnes Shawn Hoffman
Cinematography	Roberto Schein
Edited by	Bryan Roberts
Music by	Glenn Morrissette
Distributed by	Feifer Worldwide
Release date	March 6, 2007
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield is a 2007 American direct-to-video slasher film starring Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman, Priscilla Barnes and Shawn Hoffman. It is based on the crimes of murderer Ed Gein.^[1]

Plot[]

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The film is based on the true story of Ed Gein, who skinned, disemboweled, and dissected bodies he dug up from a graveyard in his hometown, Plainfield, Wisconsin. As a child, he was traumatized by his mother, a religious fanatic who taught him that sex was evil and that all women, herself excluded, were sinful. He lived with her until her death and sank in twisted fantasies of robbing graves. He secretly kept decorating his room with the dead human skin from the graves.

When he kidnapped 58-year-old Bernice Worden, the police came to Gein's farmhouse and found her dismembered and disemboweled corpse, as well as parts of at least 15 other corpses

The movie plot centers on Gein kidnapping and slaughtering Vera Mason, the mother of Bobby Mason, a sheriff's deputy, and his girlfriend. The ensuing action focuses on the race to catch him, before it's too late. These later events are dramatic fictions.

Cast[]

• Kane Hodder as Ed Gein
• Adrienne Frantz as Erica
• Michael Berryman as Jack
• Priscilla Barnes as Vera Mason
• as Bobby Mason
• as Sheriff
• as Sue Layton
• as Rick Layton
• as Deputy Coley
• as Deputy Lyle

Release[]

The film was released on DVD on March 6, 2007 by Lionsgate, and Maple Pictures in the United States and Canada respectively.^[2]

Reception[]

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Steve Barton from Dread Central awarded the film two and a half out of five, writing, "If you’re looking for a true crime version of Gein’s story, look elsewhere. Other than a few odds and ends all we have here is your average horror film based on real life events".^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield at IMDb
• Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield at AllMovie

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