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2 days ago · Born of the thrills created by Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) and Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th (1980), slashers reached their ...
3 days ago · Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre film is a seminal take on the slasher genre, inspiring the horror film X that came out in 2022.; The setting, visual style and story structure are among the many similarities which X shares with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
1 day ago · Much of that televisual impact is down to director Tobe Hooper; but ultimately, I blame the King. That's right, Stephen King gave me actual recurring nightmares. Yet still, ...
1 day ago · Poltergeist was a collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper and was a really creepy, if somewhat cheesy, supernatural horror flick that was appreciated by fans and critics alike.
1 day ago · This is a movie where, when a character is threatening Maxine (Mia Goth), the porn star that survived the events of “X” and now, circa “MaXXXine” is struggling to make it in mainstream Hollywood in 1985, they send her a newspaper clipping with the headline: “The Texas Porn Star Massacre,” a direct reference to Tobe Hooper’s ...
3 days ago · While X was a tribute to Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and Pearl nodded to the grand musicals of Fred Zinnemann, Maxxine embraces the stylized thrillers of the 1980s. West draws inspiration from Brian De Palma’s Body Double and the surreal world of David Lynch, creating a film that feels both nostalgic and innovative.
3 days ago · His horror influences are evident, drawing from the suspenseful tension of Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho plays a pivotal part in the movie), as well as the gritty realism of Tobe Hooper. And West’s use of practical effects over CGI adds a tangible sense of dread and realism (a scene in an alleyway will stay with you long after the ...
