Tobe Hooper

I have a person relationship with Mr. Tobe Hooper, or at least in my mind I do mainly because I grew up with his films. Like most kids I wasn't even aware that it was the same creative man behind most of my childhood nightmares and a few of my adult ones until way late in the game. 


I think I first heard the name Tobe Hooper associated with Poltergeist. I figured any guy Stephen Spielberg would work with had to be cool. That's when I heard people saying things like, "Yeah, he's the Texas Chain Saw Massacre guy" or "He's the guy who did Funhouse" or "Wasn't he the guy who did Eaten Alive!?" So I started taking note of this man and his work. I continued being  fan through Lifeforce, Invaders from Mars, Night Terrors and Body Bags. I kind of fell away after The Mangler.

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I will always remember watching his version of Salem's Lot when I was 16. I had read the Stephen King book and it had freaked me significantly out, as did Mr. Hooper's film. He gave us an iconic vampire that DIDN'T sparkle in the sun! Watching it again for this blog just reminded me how much I miss David Soul! hehehe

So here's to you, Mr. Hooper. Thanks for the thrills and chills.

The Filmography of Tobe Hooper

Film

·         Eggshells (1969)

·         The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

·         Eaten Alive (1977)

·         The Funhouse (1981)

·         Poltergeist (1982)

·         Lifeforce (1985)

·         Invaders from Mars (1986)

·         The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

·         Spontaneous Combustion (1990)

·         I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)

·         Night Terrors (1993)

·         Body Bags (1993)

·         The Mangler (1995)

·         The Apartment Complex (1999)

·         Crocodile (2000)

·         Toolbox Murders (2004)

·         Mortuary (2006)

·         Destiny Express Redux (2009)

·         Djinn (2013)

Television

·         Salem's Lot (1979)

·         The Equalizer (1987)

·         Freddy's Nightmares: "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (1988)

·         Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (1991)

·         Tales from the Crypt: Dead Wait (1991)

·         Nowhere Man (1995)

·         Dark Skies (1997)

·         Taken (2002)

·         Dance of the Dead (Masters of Horror) (2005)

·         The Damned Thing (Masters of Horror) (2006)