Obituaries
Tobe Hooper, the horror-movie pioneer whose low-budget sensation “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” took a buzz saw to audiences with its brutally frightful vision, has died.
Aug. 27, 2017
Movies
Director Tobe Hooper, who guided such films as “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Poltergeist,” has died.
Aug. 5, 1990
‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ director Tobe Hooper died Saturday at 74.
Aug. 28, 2017
“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” is a work of such raw power that it has attained a status that’s rare for any film — or work of art.
July 23, 2014
If Tobe Hooper had never been born, maybe the cheapie thriller “ClownTown” would seem scarier.
Sept. 29, 2016
Consider, for a second, what you might honestly expect from a movie called “The Mangler.”
March 6, 1995
California
Tropical Storm Harvey continues to drench southeastern Texas.
Sept. 2, 2017
Tobe Hooper flipped a switch and a 10-foot projection screen smoothly rolled down from the ceiling in his Benedict Canyon home.
Tobe Hooper’s remake of “Invaders From Mars” (citywide Friday) is set in a small California/Midwestern-looking town: Anywhere, U.S.A.
June 5, 1986
A blood-soaked remake of over-the-top 1974 horror flick makes the original look good by comparison.
Oct. 17, 2003