Tag: Ed Gein
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Errol Morris and Werner Herzog Planned To Dig Up a Grave for a Movie
Errol Morris may be one of the most respected and influential filmmakers working today. From his classic documentaries like The Thin Blue Line to the commercials he did for Miller High Life, his style of filmmaking has been a source of endless inspiration for documentarians since he first picked up a camera. Yet, when you…
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The Real-Life Murder That Has Spawned Several Movie and TV Iterations
We love a bit of true crime, don’t we? The horror genre especially feels like it is built on a foundation of horrible history. Serial killers like Ivan Milat & Bradley John Murdoch form the baseline of Wolf Creek‘s Mick Taylor, Ed Gein’s nightmarish crimes inspired villains from Leatherface to Norman Bates, and any killer…
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Alfred Hitchcock Turned His Lowest-Budget Movie Into a Masterpiece
Seminal director Alfred Hitchcock made Psycho, widely considered one of the best films of all time, at 60 years old and on a shoestring budget. After a career already responsible for films that are the bread and butter of both scholars and students — Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, Vertigo, and North by Northwest…