Ed Gein (2000)
"Before DAHMER, Before GACY, There was ED."
ThumbScore
👍 64%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 26%
(RT: 10%, MC: 42) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Steve Railsback as Ed Gein
Carrie Snodgress as Augusta W, Gein
Carol Mansell as Collette Marshall
Sally Champlin as Mary Hogan
Steve Blackwood as Brian
Nancy Linehan Charles as Eleanor
Bill Cross as George Gein
Travis McKenna as Ronnie
Is Ed Gein good?
It's divisive. 64% audience score, estimated from 128 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 26%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 arrest uncovered the most bizarre series of murders America has ever seen Wikipedia ↗
