MondoCon Gets Evil

More guests, plus Army of Darkness first look

"...on movies including the Conan franchise, The Hitcher, and Tobe Hooper's remake of Invaders From Mars...."

Aug. 6, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Advice to Young Journalists

What cinema tells us about what we expect from the news

"...will run at 6 and 9. He's nothing new: Tobe Hooper recalled that part of the inspiration behind the..."

Feb. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

History in the Emulsion

The physical history of Austin can be traced through the movies that have been filmed in the city over the decades

"...the 512, going back at least as far as Tobe Hooper's Eggshells (1969) and that director's groundbreaking The Texas..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' Star Marilyn Burns Dies

A sad farewell to Texas' original scream queen

"...to work with several Chain Saw alums, including director Tobe Hooper on Eaten Alive, and Ed Neal (the infamous..."

Aug. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Texas Film Awards Class of 2014

"...such as Eagle Pennell's The Whole Shootin' Match and Tobe Hooper's Eggshells, Black's contribution to Texas cinema is being..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Texas Chain Saw Massacre – 40th Anniversary Screening Director/Screenwriter: Tobe Hooper, Screenwriter: Kim Henkel An idyllic summer afternoon becomes..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Texas Film Awards for Young Guns, Old Lions

Here's the full list of inductees

"...such as Eagle Pennell's The Whole Shootin' Match and Tobe Hooper's Eggshells, Black's contribution to Texas cinema is being..."

Jan. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Man Behind the Leatherface Mask

Gunnar Hansen signing "Chain Saw Confidential" at Bookpeople Sunday

"...For Leatherface, I was very lucky in that Tobe [Hooper, director] and Kim really explained to me in..."

Sept. 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Screen to Stage … Seriously?

Surveying the unlikeliest candidates for Broadway adaptation

"...Either version – Tobe Hooper's 1974 or Marcus Nispel's 2003 remake – would..."

April 10, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Top 10 From Visual Art in 2012

In an exceptional year for seeing art, deconstructed graphics, technosculpture, and detailed drawings stood out

"...Their Work) A sculptural nature documentary, by way of Tobe Hooper and Alexander McQueen...."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Drafthouse Films Gets Cannonized

Drafthouse Films acquires Cannon Films documentary

"...our neighborhood Quickie Pawn to stockpile some more VCRs: Tobe Hooper's underrated Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (which was shot..."

Dec. 1, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Butthole Surfers Meet John Hawkes in Super-8

John Hawkes' B'Hole Surfers movie

"...Entering Texas or Bar-B-Que Movie, this comic riff on Tobe Hooper's Texas Chain-Saw Massacre was shot on glorious Super-8..."

Sept. 11, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'86 Plots,' One Graphic Novel

Local comic creators need a Kickstart

"...influences on 86 Plots are cinematic. Bryan said, "There's Tobe Hooper in here, there's some James Cameron Aliens in..."

Sept. 11, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Celebrate Texas Independents

A new touring program sends small films far and wide throughout the state

"...owns the rights to The Whole Shootin' Match and Tobe Hooper's first film, Eggshells. I approached him about trying..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In Memory of Dennis Hopper

'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'

"...Welles' unfinished epic The Other Side of the Wind; Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), rumored to..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Last Call With Lou

Remembering actor Lou Perryman

"...copies of Eagle Pennell's The Whole Shootin' Match and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and hand 'em..."

April 10, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: The Incredibles

SXSW Film lines 'em up

"...Eggshells: Director Tobe Hooper's first film, long thought to be lost, will..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Guess Who's Coming to Terrorize Your Night

UT alum Bryan Bertino's nerve-shattering debut, 'The Strangers'

"...did it with Last House on the Left, and Tobe Hooper did it with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,..."

May 30, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

512 + 1

Non-native filmmaker Kevin Ford got here as fast as he could

"...to god of the chain saw (and tool box) Tobe Hooper, and you've got to wonder: What hyperproductive alternate..."

May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Here's Blood in Your Eye

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors eviscerates the 512

"...of Boll's post-Postal, Seed; the first-ever cast reunion of Tobe Hooper's Austin-shot (in what is now the Austin American-Statesman..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Recognizables

One night, one of a kind

"...else." Past honorees include such luminaries as Sissy Spacek, Tobe Hooper, Horton Foote, Robert Benton, Farrah Fawcett, and Robert..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

Cam King

"...Had Tobe Hooper not chosen Cam King's "Circuit Queen" for the..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...The Ed Neal?! The same actor who starred in Tobe Hooper's seminal splatter film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Hell's..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

God Help Us

Austinite Stephen Romano's psychotic collaboration with Don Coscarelli launches Showtime's 'Masters of Horror' series

"...from Garris and Coscarelli, there's Dario Argento, Takashi Miike, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Stuart Gordon,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDs

"...Both versions came from Canon Films, which also begat Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2...."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Land of Plenty Time

The fifth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...event has seen a dazzling array of names honored: Tobe Hooper, Sissy Spacek, Forest Whitaker, Terrence Malick, Farrah Fawcett,..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Film News

Austin movie crews are coming home for the holidays and should quickly unpack for frightful film fun

"...self's murder. Chainsaw folks, whose 2002 remake – like Tobe Hooper's 1974 original – was shot in Austin, have..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Page Two

Here in filmtown, 'Slacker' is on DVD (finally) and 'Louisiana Boys' is on 'SXSW Presents.' Meanwhile, despite the lack of a Hussein connection, the Iraq war is a triumph for the 9 / 11 terrorists and their co-conspirators.

"...this community by such creative talents as Eagle Pennell, Tobe Hooper, David Schmoeller, William Wittliff, Edwin "Bud" Shrake, Terrence..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Short Cuts

Kat Candler can't be stopped, Robert Burns will live forever, Pedazo Chunk chips in free beer and films, and Steve Mims loves L.A.

"...family restaurant, no less), from director (and native son) Tobe Hooper to Ed "Hitchiker" Neal and Gunnar "Leatherface" Hansen...."

Aug. 13, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...October 2000-January 2001: The New Guy (Revolution Studios) D: Edward..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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