4 Shots From 4 Horror Films: Special Tobe Hooper Edition


4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films is just what it says it is, 4 (or more) shots from 4 (or more) of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films lets the visuals do the talking.

Today, I am proud to pay homage to a director from my home state, a man who changed the face of horror and the movies but who was treated terribly by a jealous film industry.  I am talking, of course, about Texas’s own Tobe Hooper.  Hooper redefined horror with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  Though his later films were never quite as critically or financially successful as that classic, many of them have since been rediscovered by audiences who now better appreciate Hooper’s quirky sensibility.  Hollywood may not have known how to handle Tobe Hooper but horror fans like me will always appreciate him.

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4 Shots From 4 Tobe Hooper Films

One response to “4 Shots From 4 Horror Films: Special Tobe Hooper Edition

  1. I’ve always been annoyed about the rumor that Spielberg took over “Poltergeist” and directed large parts of it. Disrespectful to Hooper – and even if there was a LOT of behind-the-scenes drama going on, he is listed as the Director so leave it be

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