
Tobe Hooper
Director · 1943 – 2017 · 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 (1986); the three-time Emmy-nominated Stephen King film adaptation Salem's Lot (1979); and the three-time Academy Award-nominated, Steven Spielberg-produced Poltergeist (1982).
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Movie6.9ComedyRomanceAn African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
Coming to America
1988 · 4.9K votes
Movie5.7HorrorComedyA radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
1986 · 1.1K votes
Movie6.1HorrorFantasyCharles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.
Sleepwalkers
1992 · 647 votes
Movie6.2HorrorComedyA 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.
Body Bags
1993 · 401 votes
Movie7.2DocumentaryA documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · 180 votes
Movie4.7HorrorScience FictionA 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.
Spontaneous Combustion
1989 · 89 votes
Movie5.7DocumentaryHorrorThe 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 sci-fi gems such as "Blade Runner," and "A Clockwork Orange."
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020 · 6 votes
Movie7.7DocumentaryA documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre.
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005 · 3 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryHorrorAn examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
The American Nightmare
2000 · 38 votes
Movie5.2DocumentaryHow 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 Cinemascope - from New Jersey to California - this melancholic and elegiac road-movie draws upon the portrait of a confused, complex and incandescent America one year after the start of the electoral campaign. That golden age has become its last romantic border and an inconsolable America is about to pull on a trigger called Trump.
We Blew It
2017 · 10 votes
Movie7.0TV MovieDocumentaryDocumentary tracing the rise of the 'slasher' movie.
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
2000 · 2 votes
Movie8.7DocumentaryTV MovieA behind-the-scenes look at how some of the visual effects were accomplished in the feature film Poltergeist (1982).
The Making of Poltergeist
1982 · 3 votes
Movie6.7DocumentaryActors, directors and special effects technicians are interviewed at a horror-film convention.
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986 · 7 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryA documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
2000 · 25 votes
Movie5.2DocumentaryHorrorA 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 always a final girl and rarely a final guy... this is a documentary which is designed for both the biggest fan of "mad maniac" movies and the person who may only have seen HALLOWEEN and SCREAM. Either way, this is a documentary that proves the SLASHER FILM is truly FOREVER!
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
2012 · 14 votes
Movie2.7DocumentaryDocumentary about the making of the film Invaders from Mars (1986).
Movie7.8DocumentaryDocumentary showcasing the work of prominent film directors in the horror genre. Featuring interviews with the directors, behind the scenes footage and clips from popular horror films, and hosted by Bruce Campbell, star of The Evil Dead (1981).
Masters of Horror
2002 · 15 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryALSO STARRING AUSTIN uses scenes from locally shot films as a lens to explore a community's rapidly changing built and natural environment and unique, enduring culture.
Also Starring Austin
2018 · 2 votes
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A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the sci-fi classic Lifeforce, directed by Tobe Hooper, and special effects created by Oscar award winning John Dykstra.
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TV8.1DocumentaryE! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 81 votes
TV7.1DocumentaryMark Gatiss examines the history of the horror film, from classic Hollywood monsters to Hammer's glory days and beyond.
A History of Horror
2010 · 21 votes