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Ed Gein (2001)

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By day, Ed Gein was a quiet man who kept watch over the farm left to him by his late mother in Plainfield, a small rural community in Wisconsin. But by night, Gein was one of the most bizarre and dangerous psychopaths in recorded history. Raised by a violent alcoholic father and a mother with an obsessive fear of sin and hatred of sex, Gein had very few friends, and after the death of his parents, Gein was left to his own devices on the family farm (where, under a government subsidy program, he

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Horror

Directed By: Chuck Parello

Written By: Stephen Johnston

In Theaters: May 4, 2001 Wide

On DVD: Oct 23, 2001

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Steve Railsback gives us probably the definitive cinematic Gein, and the movie is eminently worthwhile for him alone.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Never going past being creepy and unsettling.

February 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

a cinematic sleeper that will be acclaimed by film fans twenty or thirty years down the line

August 10, 2005 Full Review Source: Sex Gore Mutants

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Alan Simpson

Sex Gore Mutants

Not really terrible, but way too dry and dull for any self-respecting serial killer biopic.

April 3, 2005 Comment (1)

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Manages to make Ed Gein dull. An amazing feat.

March 1, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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America's first Serial Killer Ed Gein was no doubt a very disturbed man. This film is by no means for the weak stomached as although some of it's content can be seen on many Horror style films, the fact that this was based on real people however adds to the eerieness to this dark film. Ed Gein hears instructions from

February 21, 2007

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Poor Steve Railsback has been type cast as Serial Killers & Bad Guys since Playing Manson, or is it that he is just so Darn Good at Being Bad? He makes a very Creepy Ed Gein as well, but he'll forever be Charlie Manson whenever I see that6 face.

June 16, 2011