Tobe Hooper, R.I.P.

Remembering The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director

"...filmmakers that change the canon with their debut. Yet Tobe Hooper, who died Saturday at the age of 74,..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fan of Underrated Tobe Hooper

"...Chronicle to a story about one of my heroes, Tobe Hooper. In my opinion, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre..."

March 1, 2010 Postmarks

Tobe Hooper Remembers 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Eggshells' Is an Austin Time Capsule

Tobe Hooper presents 'Eggshells' on Tuesday night with Louis Black

"...town would become a filmmaking capital and years before Tobe Hooper would would break through with his 1974 landmark,..."

July 7, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mangler

"...Directed by: Tobe Hooper. Starring: Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor, Jeremy..."

March 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Spine Tingler

Horror pioneer and first-time novelist Tobe Hooper plays with the medium and metafiction in Midnight Movie

"...The great horror filmmaker Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, released in 1974, is..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Found Film

The rehatching of Tobe Hooper's 1969 debut, Eggshells

"...Tobe Hooper's first film, Eggshells, released a half decade before..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

In this prequel to the original Chainsaw, we learn how Leatherface grew up to become a monster.

"...eye than an errant eyelash. So this prequel to Tobe Hooper's 1974 shocker arrives handicapped by both the odds..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Poltergeist

They're here … again. But why?

"...Since 1982, film nerds have debated whether the credited Tobe Hooper had indeed directed the horror hit Poltergeist or..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Monster Movies

Tobe Hooper on his new film, Djinn

"...New passion for novel-writing aside, Tobe Hooper hasn't forsaken filmmaking. He's currently in postproduction for..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Species

"...another tired rip-off of Alien, with a touch of Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce thrown in for good measure. The story..."

July 7, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Sleepwalkers

"...featuring Big Steve himself alongside genre luminaries Clive Barker, Tobe Hooper, Joe Dante, and John Landis. That's the most..."

April 17, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cry of the Owl

"...known in America as the soul-sucking space bimbo in Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce). When the two finally meet, they become..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: 'Lifeforce'

Like a comet, Tobe Hooper's long-forgotten sci-fi oddity returns

"...always make a movie better? When it comes to Tobe Hooper's forgotten 1985 sci-fi/horror oddity Lifeforce, the answer is..."

June 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: Restoring the 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre'

40 years on, Tobe Hooper talks about the movie that shocked the world

"...will be heard in a new restoration, and director Tobe Hooper will be there to hear the flesh rend...."

March 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Eggshells

Let's get weird with Tobe Hooper's first film

"...tells you that The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was Tobe Hooper's first film as a director, tell 'em they're..."

April 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...Texas Chain Saw Massacre is an Austin film. Director/co-writer/co-producer Tobe Hooper, co-producer/co-writer Kim Henkel, Leatherface actor Gunnar Hansen –..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Buzz Heard 'Round the World

"...Gunnar Hansen as Chainsaw's Leatherface..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Screamlines

"...D: Tobe Hooper (1974) w/Gunnar Hansen, Ed Neal, Marilyn Burns..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

The Bulgarian Chainsaw Massacre

David Blue Garcia proves you can take Leatherface out of Texas in the new Netflix horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre

"...Texas. True, there were films made in Texas before Tobe Hooper's fever dream, but that's the movie that proved..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'The Last Supper'

Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas: an excerpt

"...Kim] Henkel's eighteen-year-old brother-in-law. As the day began, [director Tobe] Hooper, [cinematographer Daniel] Pearl, and the others busied themselves..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...-- George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), John Carpenter's..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

How The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Helped Shape Austin Filmmaking

The saw remains the same for Mike Blizzard

"...This weekend, AFS Cinema screens Tobe Hooper's bizarre, comedy-tinged gorefest in a double-bill with Also..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blood on the Controller With The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Who will play, and what will become of them?

"...Chain Saw Massacre, the Austin-made 1974 classic directed by Tobe Hooper that began the series. But the publisher and..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

The Lights Go Down at South Lamar

Final night at the Alamo Drafthouse mothership

"...End, and a double bill of home-fried horror as Tobe Hooper presented an archive print of The Texas Chain..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short Cuts

Last Saturday found Tobe Hooper in absentia and John C. Reilly quite the opposite

"...despite threatening rain clouds and the nonappearance of director Tobe Hooper, who was originally scheduled to fly in from..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

No Ordinary Folk

Producer Fred Miller remembers the making of this antiwar documentary, which focuses on the music of folk legends Peter, Paul & Mary.

"...The film was directed by Tobe Hooper and mainly shot by Tobe and Ron Perryman...."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Alamo South Pulls Out All the Stops For Closing Bash

Cramming everything you love about the Drafthouse into one night

"...Texas Chain Saw Massacre double feature, wherein original visionary Tobe Hooper will hang around for screenings of his 1974..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Last House on the Left

Louis Black reviews Night of the Living Dead, Last House on the Left, Texas Chain-saw Massacre, and Halloween -- all featured in IFC's new documentary, American Nightmare

"...have many sources. Still, the work of George Romero, Tobe Hooper, John Carpenter, and Wes Craven can't be overestimated...."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Screen Play

Austin Film Festival Reviews

"...Horror Night(Q&A with Tobe Hooper)..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Feature

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