In the Light of the Moon

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In the Light of the Moon
Directed by Chuck Parello
Produced by Michael Muscal
Mark Boot
Hamish McAlpine
Written by Stephen Johnston
Starring Steve Railsback
Carrie Snodgress
Carol Mansell
Music by Robert McNaughton
Cinematography Vanja Cernjul
Editing by Elena Maganini
Release date(s) 2000
Running time 89 minutes
Language English
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In the Light of the Moon (Ed Gein in the US) is a 2000 film that tells the true story of Edward Gein, the serial killer whose crimes inspired the novel and film Psycho, as well as plot elements of both The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. The film stars Steve Railsback as Ed Gein and Carrie Snodgress as Augusta Gein, his mother.

Gein dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made bizarre objects out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies. The film also tells of Gein's tormented youth, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 arrest that uncovered the bizarre series of murders.