The Sawney Bean Clan
16th Century
Dozens of modern horror films utilize the trope of the cannibalistic, inbred, homicidal maniac. Movies like, The Hill Have Eyes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Wrong Turn, etc. So where do we get these demented and horrific ideas from? Why is there a thread in all of these stories of a whole family of monsters? Well the truth lies in 16th century Scotland with the man who would give birth to these nightmarish cannibals…
Alexander “Sawney” Bean
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