Tobe Hooper
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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. His works include the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), along with its first sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986); the three-time Emmy-nominated Stephen King film adaptation Salem's Lot (1979); and the three-time Academy Award-nominated, Steven Spielberg-produced Poltergeist (1982).
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Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time - Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020)
As: Self
The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking classics like "Night of the Living Dead," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and sci-fi gems such as "Blade Runner," and "A Clockwork Orange."
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Danny Wolf
Stars: Kevin Pollak | Illeana Douglas | Joe Dante | John Waters | Roger Corman
Also Starring Austin (2018)
ALSO STARRING AUSTIN uses scenes from locally shot films as a lens to explore a community's rapidly changing built and natural environment and unique, enduring culture.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Mike Blizzard
Stars: Robert Rodriguez | Richard Linklater | Tobe Hooper | Willie Nelson | Elizabeth Avellan
We Blew It (2017)
As: Himself
How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinemascope - from New Jersey to California - this melancholic and elegiac road-movie draws upon the portrait of a confused, complex and incandescent America one year after the start ...
Runtime: 137 min.
Directed by: Jean-Baptiste Thoret
Stars: Peter Bogdanovich | Tobe Hooper | Ronee Blakley | Charles Burnett | Peter Hyams
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
As: Himself
Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were two movie-obsessed cousins from Israel who became Hollywood’s ultimate gate-crashers. Following their own skewed version of the Great American Dream, they bought an already low-rent brand – Cannon Films – and ratcheted up its production to become so synonymous with schlock that the very sight of its iconic logo made audiences boo throughout the 1980s. And yet who ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Mark Hartley
Stars: Mimi Rogers | Dolph Lundgren | Marina Sirtis | Bo Derek | Molly Ringwald
Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce (2013)
As: Himself
Extensive documentary on the making of Tobe Hooper's infamous 1985 science fiction flop LIFEFORCE. Features interviews with Hooper, producer Michael J. Kagan, editor John Grover, actors Aubrey Morris and Nicholas Ball, makeup artist Sandra Exelby, screenwriter Michael Armstrong, sound designer Vernon Messenger, artistic designers Tom Adams and Roger Stewart and effects artist John Schoonraad.
Runtime: 70 min.
Directed by: Calum Waddell
Stars: Nicholas Ball | Tobe Hooper | Michael Armstrong | John Grover | Michael J. Kagan
Masters of Horror (2002)
As: Tobe HOOPER
Documentary showcasing the work of prominent film directors in the horror genre. Featuring interviews with the directors, behind the scenes footage and clips from popular horror films, and hosted by Bruce Campbell, star of The Evil Dead (1981).
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Dave Parker | Mike Mendez
Stars: Wes Craven | John Carpenter | Bruce Campbell | David Cronenberg | Dario Argento
The American Nightmare (2000)
As: Himself
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Adam Simon
Stars: Tom Savini | Wes Craven | John Carpenter | David Cronenberg | George A. Romero
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000)
As: Himself
For the first time the full story behind the film which terrified the world...
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: David Gregory
Stars: Marilyn Burns | William Lustig | Tobe Hooper | Gunnar Hansen | Dorothy J. Pearl
Body Bags (1993)
As: Morgue Worker #2
Three tales are told, each one increasingly terrifying. The first tells the story of a woman being stalked by an axe-weilding maniac. The second is the story of a man who pays the ultimate price for a beautiful head of hair. The final tale shows what it is like to see life through the eyes of a killer.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: John Carpenter | Tobe Hooper | Larry Sulkis
Stars: Stacy Keach | Robert Carradine | John Carpenter | David Naughton | Alex Datcher
Sleepwalkers (1992)
As: Forensic Tech
A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures come to town to seek out a virgin to feed on.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Mick Garris
Stars: Alice Krige | Brian Krause | Mädchen Amick | Cindy Pickett | Jim Haynie
The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991)
As: Himself
The second annual program opens with Robert Englund enjoying a relaxing smoke on a playground which slowly begins to fill with birds, a parody of a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Ron de Moraes
Stars: John Kassir | Gilbert Gottfried | Robert Englund | Adrienne Barbeau | Tobe Hooper
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
As: Man in Hotel Corridor
A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Stars: Bill Moseley | Caroline Williams | Dennis Hopper | Jim Siedow | Bill Johnson