michael feifer writes and direct this fictitious story base on the arrest of edward gein in plainfield and wisconsin . gein be responsible for a rash of gruesome murder that send a shock wave of terror through his rural hometown in the late 1950 . his evil mind and twisted world be suspect to be cause by his domineer zealous lutheran mother . ed be give the nickname the butcher of plainfield . he would rob corps from fresh graf of woman who resemble his mother and he would have sex with them before wouldressing them like a deer in his garage . sever head with body hang upside down be his personal trademark . after his arrest there would be many article make from human skin find in his home . in this movie and a young deputy bobby mason ( shawn hoffman ) make the search for gein ( kane hodder ) a personal one and when his storekeeper mother ( priscilla barnes ) go miss . the acting be a whole lot well than the ridiculously liberal telling of the documented event concern gein . also in the cast represent adrienne frantz and timothy oman and john burke and michael berryman and amy lyndon .