4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, on what would have been his 81st birthday, the Shattered Lens pays tribute to Texas’s own, Tobe Hooper!
The Austin hippie who redefined horror and left thousands of yankees terrified of driving through South Texas, Tobe Hooper often struggled to duplicate both the critical and the box office success of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s only been in the years since his death that many critics and viewers have come to truly appreciate his unique and subversive vision.
Down here, in Texas, we always believed in him.
It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Tobe Hooper Films
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, dir by Tobe Hooper, DP: Daniel Pearl)
The Funhouse (1981, dir by Tobe Hooper. DP: Andrew Laszlo)
Poltergeist (1982, dir by Tobe Hooper, DP: Matthew F. Leonetti)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986, dir by Tobe Hooper. DP: Richard Kooris)
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Probably one of the most shameful aspects of his career is when people gave Spielberg credit for “really” being the one who directed “Poltergeist.” Here’s one of many things online right now: by now it’s common knowledge that Spielberg was, so to speak, a ghost director. “It was so exciting to work on a movie that Spielberg was involved in, and he was very, very actively involved,”
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