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Master Of Horror: Remembering Texas Chainsaw Massacre Director Tobe Hooper

Horror director Tobe Hooper changed cinema forever with 1974’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Not only is the film one of the great films within the horror genre, but the title also entered the general lexicon, conjuring-up a million horrific images [...]

January 25, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Charles B. Pierce’s THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN

The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 horror set in the Texas town of Texarkana. The film is based in a loose fashion on the Phantom Killer who haunted Texarkana in 1946. Charles B. Pierce’s thriller is one of the first in the wave of 1970s [...]

April 25, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Tobe Hooper’s EATEN ALIVE

Tobe Hooper has had an inconsistent career as a horror director. When he scores big he delivers classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist. When he fails he delivers uneven efforts like The Texas Chainsaw 2 – and this 1977 [...]

February 10, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Tobe Hooper Directs Leatherface On The Set Of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

The late Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre came out of nowhere in 1974, terrifying audiences with its deranged characters and iconic villain Leatherface. Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper’s screenplay was loosely inspired by Ed Gein, the [...]

November 29, 2020

Podcast: Movies In Focus Joins At The Flicks To Discuss Tobe Hooper’s Adaptation Of Stephen King’s SALEM’S LOT

Movies In Focus believes that Stephen King’s 1975 novel, Salem’s Lot is one of the author’s finest works. I’m also a huge fan of Tobe Hooper’s 1979 television adaptation starring David Soul and James Mason. I was [...]

October 31, 2020

The Madness Returns: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Poster

In August David Blue Garcia was hired to replace Andy and Ryan Tohill in the directing seat of Texas Chainsaw Massacre after one week of filming because of creative differences. The production then went quiet but now the first poster has arrived. [...]

October 20, 2020

TEXAS CHAINSAW Directors Leave After One Week; New Director Hired For Horror Pic

There’s some disappointing news coming in from Bulgaria – directors Andy and Ryan Tohill have departed the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie after just one week of filming. The reason has been cited as ‘creative differences’, as [...]

August 25, 2020

True Terror: Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre came out of nowhere in 1974, terrifying audiences with its deranged characters and iconic villain Leatherface. Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper’s film was loosely inspired by Ed Gein, the real-life killer [...]

April 26, 2020

Belfast Boys Andy & Ryan Tohill To Direct New TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Movie

Tobe Hooper‘s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the great horror movies of all-time. It’s a visceral rollercoaster, a gripping tale of terror told in a very simple way. None of the film’s follow-ups have managed to replicate [...]

February 12, 2020

Obituary: Texas Chainsaw Massacre Director Dies – Tobe Hooper 1943 – 2017

Tobe Hooper changed cinema forever with 1974’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Not only is the film one of the great films within the horror genre, but the title also entered the general lexicon, conjuring-up a million horrific images (even if the film [...]

August 28, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Have A Horrific Fall Break With THE MUTILATOR

The Mutilator (aka Fall Break) is a 1984 slasher film directed by Buddy Cooper and John Douglass. It might not be one of the genre’s best entries but it has a few good moments to keep old-school schlock fans happy though the casual viewer might [...]

February 21, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Tobe Hooper’s Killer Crocodile Horror EATEN ALIVE Is A Death Trap

October 10, 2015

Oh The Horror! Poster For LEATHERFACE – The Prequel To The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Here’s the poster for Leatherface, the new prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. You have to give people credit for the hard work they’ve put into sequelizing, prequelizing and rebooting Tobe Hooper’s 1974 genre classic. Alexandre [...]

September 5, 2015

Blu-ray Review: 1976’s THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN Came Before Most Other Slasher Movies

August 4, 2015

Does This New POLTERGEIST Poster Scare You?

The Sam Raimi produced remake of Poltergeist hits on 22 May. That means the marketing is ramping-up in order to inform the masses that it’s on the way. This new poster is an improvement over the last one but it has a strong Saw feel to it. Sam [...]

April 6, 2015

POLTERGEIST Gets The Horror Remake Treatment Along With A New Trailer And Poster

Poltergeist is a seminal horror film which people have a lot of affection for. I don’t know if you would call it a classic but you could say that it’s as well loved as a horror movie gets. Over thirty years have passed since Tobe Hopper’s [...]

February 7, 2015

Blu-ray Review: THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 40th Anniversary Restoration

Remade, sequelised, prequelised but never bettered, Tobe Hopper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a legendary entry in the horror movie cannon. Gritty, creepy and darkly comic, Hooper’s film is all about primal terror. The fear of the unknown [...]

November 17, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Australian Horror WOLF CREEK 2 Starts Well But Loses Its Way

Wolf Creek 2 is a violent and darkly comic horror that will do one thing – put you off visiting the Australian outback. I haven’t seen the original Wolf Creek but I get the impression that it was probably a darker, leaner movie than this sequel. [...]

September 20, 2014

Blu-ray Review: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2 Misses The Point Of The Original

It took 12 years for the sequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to reach the screen, but The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 wasn’t worth the wait. It takes the minimalist (almost documentary) feel of the original and ups the gore and humour, [...]

October 13, 2013

DVD Review: The Truth Is Out There With DARK SKIES

Dark Skies is an enjoyable little science fiction chiller. It’s not startlingly original, but enough time has passed since the mid-nineties, post X-Files glut of alien abduction stories to feel fresh. Kerri Russell and Josh Hamilton star as a [...]

July 28, 2013

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