Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper is a American Réalisateur born with Austin (Texas) the January 25th 1943, mainly known for its films of horror.

Biography

Before becoming realizer, Tobe Hooper is, in the Années 1960, professor and Caméraman for Documentaire S. It organizes a Casting which brings together professors and pupils of his school, and Kim Henkel and carry out to him Massacre with the slicer, film which changed the industry of film of horror and remains traditional kind today. Hooper is inspired for this film by the life by ED Gein, killer nécrophile responsible for the murder of several people in the Années 1950. In 1976, Tobe Hooper reforms the team of this film to carry out the crocodile of dead the ( Eaten Alive in original version), film of horror gore with Mel To shoe, William Finley and Marilyn Burns (the main actor of Massacre to the Slicer). This film tells the history of a guard of motel giving his customers in grazing ground to his alligator. The role of owner of the motel helped the career of Robert Englund to take off and it worked again with Tobe Hooper on several occasions. the crocodile of dead the accepted many prices in film festivals of horror.

In 1979, Tobe Hooper is chosen by the productions Film Ventures International to carry out The Dark, a thriller of Science-fiction but is thanked 3 days after the beginning for turning and is replaced by John Cardos . It has more chance the same year with the adaptation in serial of the novel of Stephen King , Salem . In 1981, it realizes, for Universal Pictures, The Fun House . In 1982, it meets success when Steven Spielberg chooses it to carry out one of its productions: Poltergeist which quickly becomes a success with the Box-office. Persistent rumors affirm that Steven Spielberg carried out most of film. This last assembled and controlled the majority of the elements of film.

Poltergeist has perhaps more success than Massacre with the slicer but three years are passed before Tobe Hooper does not find finally work. It signs a three year old contract with Menahem Golan and Canon Films, and carries out many films of which apocalyptic the Lifeforce in 1985, remake of Invaders from Mars , and one following its first film, Massacre with slicer 2 . It also carries out two films with Robert Englund, Night Terrors in 1985 and The Mangler in 1995, as well as many episodes for televised series of horror like the Tales of the crypt . It carries out also the pilot episode of Freddy' S Nightmares , version televised of film of Wes Craven, the Claws of the night . Its most recent film, left directly in video in spite of very favorable criticisms, is a remake of traditional film of horror The Toolbox Murders .

Catalog of films

External bonds

  • Official site of Tobe Hooper
  • Card IMDb

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