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His final three films as director were Toolbox Murders (2004), with Angela Bettis, released through Lions Gate; Mortuary (2005), a zombie film with Dan Byrd; and evil genie tale Djinn (2013). Tobe Hooper died on August 26, 2017, in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.
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.
Sep 16, 2017 · His 1979 made-for-TV movie of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot is seen as a minor classic of the genre, while his work on Amazing Stories, Tales from the Crypt, and Masters of Horror are all fine examples of Hooper’s stylistic ability to depict horror in a new, often gory, and slyly satirical light.
Some of his favorite films were produced by the iconic British horror filmmakers at Hammer Films. THE HEISTERS (restored at 2K from a 35mm print) is Hooper's trippy, Looney Tunes send-up of those films. At the time Hooper was the only student in the University of Texas Austin film department.
Mar 16, 2024 · Tobe Hooper made some of the most important and influential horror movies in history. However, not all his films were as successful as others.
Aug 26, 2017 · Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre.
Aug 28, 2017 · Tobe Hooper’s Best Films: An IndieWire Tribute to ‘Texas Chainsaw,’ ‘Poltergeist,’ and More. The director's oeuvre extended far beyond his two biggest hits, from a seminal Stephen King...
May 12, 2022 · Hailed as one of the founding fathers of horror, Tobe Hooper has created many of the most iconic and terrifying horror movies of all time. Frightening audiences since 1974, with The Texas...
With his feature directing career in tatters, he found new life on the small screen, directing made-for-television horror movies as well as episodes of "Nowhere Man" (UPN, 1995-96), "Dark Skies"...
Aug 27, 2017 · Tobe Hooper, whose 1974 shocker The Texas Chain Saw Massacre “became one of the most influential horror films of all time,” as Pat Saperstein puts it in Variety, has passed away at the age of seventy-four.
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