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Tobe Hooper


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  • Death Trap
  • Death Trap review by from Berkshire, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Weird! 14 May 2004
    ...t is supposed to be causing such havoc! Death Trap is not up to the standard of Tobe Hooper?s other horror efforts (Texas Chain Saw Massacre) but was certainly watchable....   Read customer review
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 review by A customer from Haitch, Cardiff
    Rated - 1.0 stars 'Boys, you never should've been doing this...' 19 August 2005
    ...sums up this film - they never should have done this. Despite being directed by Tobe Hooper, and featuring original TCM cast members along with Dennis Hopper (legend) and ...   Read customer review
  • Salem's Lot
  • Salem's Lot review by Ghostfinder from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Scarier than you average TV movie 7 January 2012
    ...othing has ever been as unsettling or terrifying as the vampires in this movie. Tobe Hooper, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre brought vampires up to date with their rot...   Read customer review

Tobe Hooper - filmography


  • Mortuary (2005)
    Starring: Denise Crosby,  Dan Byrd,  Stephanie Patton
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Directed by Tobe Hooper (POLTERGEIST, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE), MORTUARY follows the Doyle family as they move to a small, sleepy California town and attempt to run a funeral home and cemetery. As viewers might suspect, the formerly abandoned funeral home is not clear of spirits or horror, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 532 members
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  • Toolbox Murders on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Angela Bettis,  Juliet Landau,  Brent Roam
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tobe Hooper (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) delivers a screamer that exhibits, to its credit, a solidly 1970s slasher feel. Set entirely in LA's historic Ambassador Hotel--which housed the very first Academy Awards--it blends the claustrophobic feel of Polanski's THE TENANT with the sleazy aura of that ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 6,240 members
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  • Crocodile on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Mark McLaughlin,  Caitlin Martin,  Chris Solari
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A group of teenagers look forward to a party on a houseboat for fun, sun, sex and beer but when one of them disturbs a crocodile's egg its mother comes back to tear the limbs off them - one by one...
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 332 members
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  • Freddy's Nightmares - Vol. 1 on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Robert Englund
    Director: Tobe Hooper,  Tom McLoughlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Just when you thought it was safe to sleep again... one, two, Freddy is back, and he's coming for you! Robert Englund reprises his role as the menacing slasher star of teenager nightmares, Freddy Krueger, in this NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET spin-off television series, FREDDY'S NIGHTMARES. This ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 514 members
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  • Lifeforce on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Steve Railsback,  Peter Firth,  Frank Finlay
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    As Tobe Hooper's LIFEFORCE begins, American and British space travelers discover humanoids while exploring near Halley's Comet. The astronauts bring three of these aliens aboard their spaceship and head back to earth. However, their guests turn out to be evil vampires who kill all but one of the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,917 member
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  • Poltergeist on DVD (1982)
    Starring: JoBeth Williams,  Craig T. Nelson,  Beatrice Straight
    Director: Tobe Hooper,  Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Life is very pleasant for the close-knit Freeling family until a host of otherworldly forces invades their peaceful suburban home. It starts with just an odd occurrence or two, but soon their house is transformed into a swirling supernatural sideshow. The forces at work are anything but friendly, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 5,449 members
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  • Poltergeist - Blu-ray (1982)
    Starring: JoBeth Williams,  Craig T. Nelson,  Beatrice Straight
    Director: Tobe Hooper,  Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A peaceful suburban home suddenly becomes a gateway for enraged ghosts who kidnap a little girl and take her to their twilight world. Hiring paranormal experts, the girl's family attempts to discover why she was taken and how to get her back. Great performances by all in this superlative ghost story.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,358 member
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  • The Funhouse - Blu-ray (1981)
    Starring: Elizabeth Berridge,  William Finley,  Cooper Huckabee
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Directed by Tobe Hooper, this chilling horror film follows two teenage couples as they dare to stay all night in the funhouse of a creepy carnival. However, their mischief lands them in serious trouble when they witness a terrifying murder and become caught in a seemingly inescapable web of terror.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 107 members
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  • The Funhouse on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Elizabeth Berridge,  William Finley,  Cooper Huckabee
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Directed by Tobe Hooper, this chilling horror film follows two teenage couples as they dare to stay all night in the funhouse of a creepy carnival. However, their mischief lands them in serious trouble when they witness a terrifying murder and become caught in a seemingly inescapable web of terror.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 401 members
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  • Salem's Lot on DVD (1979)
    Starring: David Soul,  James Mason,  Lance Kerwin
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With Salem's Lot, a blood-curdling shocker based on the novel by Stephen King, director Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) sends the time-honored vampire legend soaring on bat wings into the modern era. Sinister events bring together a writer (David Soul) fascinated with an old hilltop house, a suave ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,546 members
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  • Eaten Alive on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Neville Brand,  Mel Ferrer,  Carolyn Jones
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in the backwater swamps of Louisiana kills various people whom upset him or his business, and feeds their bodies to a large crocodile he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 121 members
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  • Death Trap on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Robert Englund,  Neville Brand,  Mel Ferrer
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Death Trap tells the story of a deranged madman who uses the guests of his rundown hotel, not only to be victims for his demented thirst for blood, but also as food for the crocodile he keeps under the hotel... Whilst "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was almost gore free and relied on music, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 272 members
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  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Marilyn Burns,  Allen Danziger,  William Vail
    Director: Tobe Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A quiet summer drive through rural Texas ends in violent tragedy when several youths encounter a chainsaw-wielding psychopathic killer and his demented family. Tobe Hooper's gruesome tale of terror is loosely based on the Ed Gein killings, which actually occurred in Plainsfield, Wisconsin. Shot in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 9,374 members
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Tobe Hooper facts

5 most recent films

Masters Of Horror - Series 1 - Vol.2 - 3.0 stars
Mortuary - 2.0 stars
Toolbox Murders - 2.5 stars
Crocodile - 2.0 stars
The Mangler - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Poltergeist - 3.5 stars
Poltergeist - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Salem's Lot - 3.5 stars
Masters Of Horror - Series 1 - Vol.2 - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Dark - 2.0 stars
Spontaneous Combustion - 2.0 stars
Mortuary - 2.0 stars
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 - 2.0 stars
Death Trap - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Johnathon Schaech - 7 times - show films
Jonathan Tucker - 7 times - show films
Saul Rubinek - 7 times - show films
Steven Weber - 7 times - show films
Sean Patrick Flanery - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ernest R. Dickerso - 7 times - show films
Dario Argento - 7 times - show films
Larr - 7 times - show films
Takashi Miike - 7 times - show films
Brad Anderson - 7 times - show films