Tobe Hooper
🎬 Director

Tobe Hooper

🎂 Born 25 January 1943 (age 74)✝ 26 August 2017📍 Austin, Texas, USA
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Acting Credits
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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).

Known For

Coming to America
★ 6.9
Coming to America
1988
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sleepwalkers
★ 6.1
Sleepwalkers
1992
Forensic Tech
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
★ 5.7
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986
Man in Hotel Corridor (uncredited)
Body Bags
★ 6.1
Body Bags
1993
Man #2

Directed Films(26)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
★ 7.3
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974
Director
Poltergeist
★ 7.2
Poltergeist
1982
Director
Lifeforce
★ 6.2
Lifeforce
1985
Director
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
★ 5.7
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986
Director
The Mangler
★ 4.9
The Mangler
1995
Director
Eaten Alive
★ 5.5
Eaten Alive
1976
Director
Crocodile
★ 5.1
Crocodile
2000
Director
Body Bags
★ 6.1
Body Bags
1993
Director
The Funhouse
★ 5.9
The Funhouse
1981
Director
Invaders from Mars
★ 5.6
Invaders from Mars
1986
Director
Shadow Realm
★ 5.3
Shadow Realm
2002
Director
Toolbox Murders
★ 5.6
Toolbox Murders
2004
Director
Spontaneous Combustion
★ 4.7
Spontaneous Combustion
1990
Director
Mortuary
★ 4.5
Mortuary
2005
Director
Dark Skies
★ 8.0
Dark Skies
1996
Director
Night Terrors
★ 4.1
Night Terrors
1993
Director
I'm Dangerous Tonight
★ 4.9
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
Director
Djinn
★ 4.3
Djinn
2013
Director
Dance of the Dead
★ 5.5
Dance of the Dead
2005
Director
The Nightmare Begins Again
★ 6.2
The Nightmare Begins Again
1993
Director
The Apartment Complex
★ 5.7
The Apartment Complex
1999
Director
The Damned Thing
★ 5.1
The Damned Thing
2006
Director
Eggshells
★ 5.4
Eggshells
1971
Director
Peter Paul and Mary: The Song Is Love
Peter Paul and Mary: The Song Is Love
1971
Director
The Heisters
★ 6.5
The Heisters
1965
Director
Down Friday Street
★ 7.5
Down Friday Street
1966
Director

Full Filmography(24 films)

YearTitleRating
1988Coming to America★ 6.91992Sleepwalkers★ 6.11986The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2★ 5.71993Body Bags★ 6.12014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films★ 7.21990Spontaneous Combustion★ 4.72017We Blew It★ 5.22000The American Nightmare★ 6.82020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault—2005The Perfect Scary Movie★ 7.71982The Making of Poltergeist★ 8.72020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi★ 6.42012Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever★ 5.22002Masters of Horror★ 7.82000Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film★ 7.01986Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors★ 6.72020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.—2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1★ 8.02022Making I'm Dangerous Tonight★ 6.01975Lost in the Garden of the World—2000Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth★ 6.92018Also Starring Austin★ 7.01971The Windsplitter★ 7.02015The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'★ 2.7
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