Tobe Hooper, famed director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, has always been famed for having something of a complicated sence of humour that
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The Funhouse
Even though it features a masked maniac boring through teens one at a time with a roaring powerful, I’ve always been loath to class The
Eaten Alive
After The Texas Chainsaw Massacre had cut a bloody swathe through cinemas and drive-ins up and down America, maverick/lunatic Tobe Hooper had a decision to
Toolbox Murders
In the world of horror cinema, a comeback is firmly in the eye of the beholder – but surely no-one needed one more than the
Spontaneous Combustion
As the imaginative excesses of the 80’s drew to a close, the established, iconic horror directors of the era that had seen their careers flourish
The Mangler
It’s probably best to employ a certain level of subtle sophistication when approaching a Stephen King adaptation with the intent of turning his many, many
Top 5 Murderous Maulings Of Leatherface
Whether going by the name Bubba Sawyer or Thomas Howlett, its certainly an understatement to suggest that the powertool waving figurehead of the Texas Chainsaw
Lifeforce
Is there a more apt movie that exists that sums up the questionable business practices of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus’ legendary cult factory, Canon
Invaders From Mars
Back in the 80’s, Cannon – the cash hemorrhaging super studio – offered horror director Tobe Hooper a lucrative three picture deal with the understanding
Salem’s Lot
After Brian DePalma’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Carrie hit big the race was on to adapt the author’s books pretty much as fast as
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
The years have been pretty kind to Tobe Hooper’s madcap and legitimately deranged sequel to his cold stone original classic but it wasn’t always the
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Classic horror movies, as the years plod on, have a habit of losing their edge. Be it decades of homages and rip offs eroding it’s
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