Ed Gein inspired the TV series Friday The 13th .
Gein served as a model for several book and film characters , most notably such fictional serial killers as Norman Bates ( Psycho ) , Leatherface ( The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ) , The 1990 episode `` The Long Road Home '' of the fantasy horror series `` Friday The 13th [ The Series ] '' is in homage to this movie . ; Buffalo Bill ( The Silence of the Lambs ) and the character Dr. Oliver Thredson from the TV series American Horror Story : Asylum .