Tobe Hooper
Also Known As: 토브 후퍼, 托比·霍珀
Biography: 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).
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Austin, Texas, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: January 25, 1943
Age: 82 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 26, 2017
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Body Bags
Overview: A woman working the late shift at a gas station while a killer is on the loose; a man who can't stand the thought of losing his hair; a baseball player that submits to an eye transplant. An anthology of terror.
Genres: Horror Comedy TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-08
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Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Overview: A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-21
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The Making of Poltergeist
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at how some of the visual effects were accomplished in the feature film Poltergeist (1982).
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
Overview: Behind the scenes footage of I'm Dangerous Tonight. Footage shot by Stan Giesea and Eric H. Lasher
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-26
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Inside the Graveyard
Overview: This documentary by Kevin Ford explores the creation of Tobe Hooper's movie Mortuary (2005), following Hooper closely through every step of the production from start to finish.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-26
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Overview: A 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-06
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The American Nightmare
Overview: An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-11
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Spontaneous Combustion
Overview: A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-23
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Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
Overview: Actors, directors and special effects technicians are interviewed at a horror-film convention.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Overview: A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-22
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We Blew It
Overview: 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 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-11-08
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Also Starring Austin
Overview: ALSO 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-05
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Masters of Horror
Overview: Documentary 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).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-06
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Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce
Overview: Extensive documentary on the making of Tobe Hooper's infamous 1985 science fiction flop LIFEFORCE. Features interviews with Hooper, producer Michael J. Kagan, editor John Grover, actors Aubrey Morris and Nicholas Ball, makeup artist Sandra Exelby, screenwriter Michael Armstrong, sound designer Vernon Messenger, artistic designers Tom Adams and Roger Stewart and effects artist John Schoonraad.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-14
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Sleepwalkers
Overview: Charles 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.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-10
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Lost in the Garden of the World
Overview: Cannes is the town in France where Bergman meets bikinis, and the art of filmmaking meets the art of the deal. In 1975, a group of expat Kiwis managed to score interviews with some of the festival's emerging talents, indulging their own cinematic dreams in the process. Werner Herzog waxes lyrical on the trials and scars of directing; a boyish Steven Spielberg recalls the challenges of framing shots during Jaws; Martin Scorsese and Dustin Hoffman talk a gallon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-02
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AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1
Overview: Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 is a brand new compilation of the most electrifying found footage mayhem that you’ll see this week. For our kick-off tape, we’ve curated an hour-long joyride through the hallowed halls of “behind the scenes” horror. Our team has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support during these difficult times. So this is our way of saying thanks! The price is set at 99 cents, which is the lowest possible option that Vimeo offers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this. But if you’re able to donate more to our non-profit mission, there’s also an option to pay what you want. Thank you for your continued support, and remember: “DIDN’T YOU USED TO BE SATAN?”
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-08
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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Overview: Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #2: LATER IN L.A. is a brand new compilation of the most electrifying found footage mayhem that you’ll see this week. For our second tape, we’ve returned to the hallowed halls of “behind the scenes” horror for another hour-long joyride of F-U-N. Thank you for your incredible support during these difficult times. And remember: “Do what your spirit tells you.”
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-22
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Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Overview: 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 sci-fi gems such as "Blade Runner," and "A Clockwork Orange."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-19
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The Perfect Scary Movie
Overview: A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-29
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Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
Overview: 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 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!
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-07
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Coming to America
Overview: An 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.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-29
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The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Overview: Documentary about the making of the film Invaders from Mars (1986).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-07
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Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
Overview: Documentary tracing the rise of the 'slasher' movie.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-28
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The Windsplitter
Overview: Bobby Joe Smith returns to his home in a small town, having changed his name, his outlook on life, and gained a career as a Hollywood star. Bobby Joe finds a renewed love in Jenny Jenkins, his childhood sweetheart, whose father is the town reverend and who believes that Bobby Joe has returned as a corrupt and demoralized person. Jenny's father jealously wants no connections between Bobby and Jenny, and takes measures to keep Bobby Joe from attending any of the Homecoming activities by persuading some local boys to beat him up. This builds to a crashing climax which is utterly shocking and unexpected.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-11
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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Overview: THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including two that have only ever been available theatrically.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-25
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