That was an interesting link posted earlier. Most of the information can also be obtained from watching the features included in the DVD.
Including some very interesting commentary from Gunnar Hansen et. al. during the supper scene.
In addition to all the information about the Tobe Hooper's fantasy about the chainsaw and hearing stories about Ed Gein as a child, he also thought that a story based around the backwater towns of Texas would be an interesting idea. He said something along the lines of:
You never know what these kinds of people are capable of...
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