Tag Archives: Tobe Hooper

24 Hours of Horror for Halloween

Posted on October 27, 2017 at 10:03 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Looking for Halloween (or Halloween-weekend) viewing recommendations? Here’s another proposed 24 hour marathon from Midnight Only, one to fit the season. Of course, rather than indulge in the whole exhaustive thing, you can simply take a film or two that … Continue reading →

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Posted on September 1, 2017 at 11:14 am by Jeff Kuykendall

While out driving with my father-in-law earlier this summer, he decided to take me on a short detour past the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin – once known as the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. This, he … Continue reading →

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The Funhouse (1981)

Posted on June 29, 2017 at 2:21 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Before Poltergeist (1982), Tobe Hooper was a director of low-budget horror films whose reputation was built on the notoriety of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), an expertly crafted terror machine. After Poltergeist, things got messy: the film was a … Continue reading →

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