Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper

January 25, 1943 · 83 years old

Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. His works include the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), along with its first sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986); the three-time…

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974 · 1h 23m · Movie

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

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Poltergeist

Poltergeist

1982 · 1h 54m · Movie

A family's home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a doorway to the "other side." With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.

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Leatherface

Leatherface

2017 · 1h 30m · Movie

A teenage Leatherface escapes from a mental hospital with three other inmates, kidnapping a young nurse and taking her on a road trip from hell, while being pursued by a lawman out for revenge.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

2006 · 1h 31m · Movie

Before being sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip, but when they get into an accident, a terrifying experience will take them to a secluded house of horrors, with a chainsaw-wielding...

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Texas Chainsaw

Texas Chainsaw

2013 · 1h 32m · Movie

A young woman travels to Texas to collect an inheritance. Little does she know that an encounter with a chainsaw-wielding killer is part of the reward.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

1986 · 1h 41m · Movie

A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.

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Lifeforce

Lifeforce

1985 · 1h 41m · Movie

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

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The Funhouse

The Funhouse

1981 · 1h 36m · Movie

Teenage Amy Harper, her boyfriend Buzz Dawson, and their friends Richie Atterbury and Liz Duncan visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement, but soon witness a fortune teller's murder and find that the exits are locked.

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Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

1986 · 1h 40m · Movie

A boy tries to stop aliens who have taken over his town and are attempting to brainwash its inhabitants.

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The Mangler

The Mangler

1995 · 1h 46m · Movie

A laundry-folding machine has been possessed by a demon, causing it to develop homicidal tendencies.

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Eaten Alive

Eaten Alive

1976 · 1h 31m · Movie

Psychotic redneck Judd owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, where he murders people who upset him or his business, and then feeds their remains to his large pet crocodile in the swamp beside his hotel.

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Toolbox Murders

Toolbox Murders

2004 · 1h 35m · Movie

A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades, but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.

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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014 · 1h 46m · Movie

The history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc.

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Dance of the Dead

Dance of the Dead

2005 · 59m · Movie

In a post-apocalyptic society, 17-year-old Peggy lives with her mom, who's overprotective since her young daughter Anna died. Peggy works at her mom's restaurant. When two punk couples come to the diner to eat, Peggy is attracted ...

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Crocodile

Crocodile

2000 · 1h 33m · Movie

A group of college friends are attacked by a giant man-eating crocodile while on spring break.

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Night Terrors

Night Terrors

1993 · 1h 38m · Movie

A woman visiting her father in Egypt becomes involved with Marquis De Sade's descendant and his terrifying cult.

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I'm Dangerous Tonight

I'm Dangerous Tonight

1990 · 1h 33m · Movie

When Amy turns an ancient Aztec priest's cloak into a dress, she discovers it's cursed and whoever wears it comes under its evil influence.

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Eggshells

Eggshells

1971 · 1h 29m · Movie

Experimental allegorical story about a group of hippie students in Austin, Texas, who move into an old big house in the woods. However, something else is there and it's influencing them.

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Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever

2012 · 1h 18m · Movie

A celebration of slasher cinema - from PSYCHO to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre's forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it is almost ...

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We Blew It

We Blew It

2017 · 2h 17m · Movie

How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinem...

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The Windsplitter

The Windsplitter

1971 · 1h 40m · Movie

A nice young man leaves his conservative hometown of Houston and becomes a Hollywood star. Proud of the youth's success, the city of Houston invites him to crown the homecoming queen.

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Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time- Vol. 2 Horror and Sci-Fi

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time- Vol. 2 Horror and Sci-Fi

2020 · 1h 23m · Movie

The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking classics like "Night of the Living Dead," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and sc

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