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Tobe Hooper
Director 1943 - 2017

Tobe Hooper

Austin, Texas, USA

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

19 titles
Djinn

Djinn

Tobe Hooper 2013 1h 25m

An Emirati couple return home from a trip and discover that their new apartment has been built on a site that is home to some malevolent beings.

The Damned Thing

The Damned Thing

Tobe Hooper 2006 57m

Sheriff Reddle thinks there's a connection between a mysterious, invisible force that made his father kill his mother back in 1981. He sets out to uncover and stop the so-called "dammed thing" before it decimates the whole town by forcing the residents to kill each other and then finally... themselves.

Mortuary

Mortuary

Tobe Hooper 2005 1h 34m 3.5

A family moves to a small town in California where they plan on starting a new life while running a long-abandoned funeral home. The locals fear the place, which is suspected to be on haunted ground

Dance of the Dead

Dance of the Dead

Tobe Hooper 2005 59m

In a post-apocalyptic society, seventeen-year-old Peggy lives with her over-protective mother and works in the family restaurant. When punks enter the restaurant, and one takes an interest in her, Peggy makes a decision that will change her life forever.

Toolbox Murders

Toolbox Murders

Tobe Hooper 2004 1h 35m 3.7

A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades - but when renovations start, a series of murders take place. It's up to our heroine to solve the mystery.

Crocodile

Crocodile

Tobe Hooper 2000 1h 34m

Eight college students board a houseboat for spring break that promises to be the best of their young lives...how many will survive?

The Mangler

The Mangler

Tobe Hooper 1995 1h 46m 6.0

When an accident involving a folding machine at an old laundry happens, detective John Hunton investigates. While he tries to solve the mystery, Bill Gartley, the owner, wants to find new victims for his machine.

Night Terrors

Night Terrors

Tobe Hooper 1995 1h 34m 2.0

A young girl travels to Cairo to visit her father, and becomes unwillingly involved with a bizarre sadomasochistic cult led by the charismatic Paul Chevalier, who is a descendant of the Marquis de Sade.

Body Bags

Body Bags

John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper 1993 1h 35m

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college student working a graveyard shift is terrorized by a serial killer; a hair transplant goes horribly wrong; and a baseball player loses an eye and gets a new one from a recently executed murderer.

Spontaneous Combustion

Spontaneous Combustion

Tobe Hooper 1990 1h 37m 3.0

A young man learns that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before his birth, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Tobe Hooper 1986 1h 40m 7.2

A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them.

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

Tobe Hooper 1986 1h 40m 3.7

In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.

Lifeforce

Lifeforce

Tobe Hooper 1985 1h 42m 6.4

A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible.

Poltergeist

Poltergeist

Steven Spielberg, Tobe Hooper 1982 1h 54m 7.5

An American horror film from 1982 in which a poltergeist comes into an American family and causes terror. Although Steven Spielberg didn’t direct the film he did cooperate in creating one of the scariest films to date.

The Funhouse

The Funhouse

Tobe Hooper 1981 1h 35m 5.3

Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask.

Eaten Alive

Eaten Alive

Tobe Hooper 1976 1h 31m 6.1

A psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in the backwater swamps of Louisiana kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Tobe Hooper 1974 1h 23m 8.0

A group of friends passing through are stalked and hunted down by a deformed killer with a chainsaw in order to sustain his poor family who can only afford to eat what they kill.

Eggshells

Eggshells

Tobe Hooper 1971 1h 30m 6.0

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.

The Heisters

The Heisters

Tobe Hooper 1964 10m 7.0

Tobe Hooper grew up in motels, hotels and movie theaters. He says he watched at least two films a day. Some of his favorite films were produced by the iconic British horror filmmakers at Hammer Films. THE HEISTERS (restored at 2K from a 35mm print) is Hooper's trippy, Looney Tunes send-up of those films.

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