America's most bizarre murderer, Ed Gein, has become a legend because of his obsession with women and the odd practices he committed on the bodies of his victims. His story not only shocked the nation, but also was the inspiration for various horror movies, such as Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs. In 2000, Chuck Parello's Ed Gein tires to give people a greater understanding of the motivation behind Ed Gein, the person. Parello believed that all the other movies only showed bits and pieces of Ed Gein, and there was enough material not seen on screen that he could show America the "true story" of the famed Wisconsin serial killer (Ed Gein Film Review). Even though the film, Ed Gein, is a reliable source, it has some differences about the actual events and the movie's perspective.
             In Ed Gein, Parello mainly focuses on Gein's adult life; however, most of Gein's mental problems come from his mother during his childhood. From the beginning, Ed Gein's mother, Augusta, wanted Ed to be a girl. Augusta believed that men were lustful, sweaty, foul-mouthed creatures who used women's bodies in filthy ways. She promised herself that Ed would be different (Schechter 13). Ed Gein really did not have a strong male influence because his father, George, was a drunk and beat him, and his older brother, Henry, was weak and incompetent (Ed Gein American Psycho). Completely isolating the Gein family from "real world" influences, Augusta moved them to a 195-acre farm to keep her family away from the immorality of the city and the sinners that inhabited it (Schechter 18-19). Augusta, a fanatically religious woman, was determined to raise the boys according to her strict moral code. Augusta preached her own, distorted version of the Bible to her boys on a daily basis. In the film, it shows the boys, from a young age, being preached the same scripture. Fearing that her sons would be cast to hell, Augusta repeatedly warned...