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Willard Tobe Hooper (⫽ ˈ t oʊ b i ⫽; January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, best known for his work in the horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time.
Tobe Hooper was a horror film director, writer and producer, best known for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist. He died in 2017, leaving behind a legacy of 44 films and 11 awards.
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Tobe Hooper and Mick Garris in Post Mortem with Mick Garris (2009)- Producer/Actor Brian Ronalds, Director/Producer Lloyd Kaufman, Director/Producer Toby Hooper and Director/Producer Dean Ronalds screen their films at the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival in Tempe, Arizona
- Eli Roth with Tobe Hooper at the "Cabin Fever" premiere.
- Directors Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, Stuart Gordon, Rob Zombie and Eli Roth at the 2003 Mania Fest "Masters of Horror" panel.
- Steven Spielberg, Tobe Hooper, Craig T. Nelson, and James Karen in Poltergeist (1982)
- "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" Marilyn Burns and Director Tobe Hooper, Bryanston Distributing Company, 1974, I.V. 0122782
- Frank Darabont, Tobe Hooper, and Mick Garris
- Tobe Hooper and Jessica Biel
- Mortuary. After the father dies, a family relocates to a new town and a dilapidated mortuary to continue their business of being morticians.
- Eggshells. Although not as out of left field as Hooper’s first feature, the documentary The Song Is Love, his first full-length effort, 1969’s Eggshells, is still plenty odd.
- Spontaneous Combustion. An inept actor finds himself blessed/cursed with the gift of pyroteknesis, a power he received due to nuclear tests his parents were a part of.
- Night Terrors. Visiting her hypocritical religious zealot father in Egypt, young woman Genie becomes involved with a bizarre cult, led by a man who claims to be a descendant of the Marquis de Sade.
Aug 27, 2017 · Tobe Hooper, who realized just how terrifying a chain saw in the wrong hands could be and used the insight to make one of the most influential horror movies of the last century, “The Texas...
Aug 27, 2017 · A tribute to the director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist, who passed away in 2017. Read about his influences, his legacy, and his controversies in this article that covers his career and his impact on horror cinema.
Aug 27, 2017 · Tobe Hooper, the horror movie pioneer whose low-budget sensation The Texas Chain Saw Massacre took a buzz saw to audiences with its brutally frightful vision, has died. He was 74.
Aug 27, 2017 · A tribute to the horror director who made Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, with his career highlights and controversies. Learn about his documentary background, his collaboration with Spielberg, and his later works.
