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A Symphony Of Horror: The Legacy Of F.W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU

Released in December 2024, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu has been a break-out hit, garnering not only art-house critical acclaim but also strong box office – where it has made over $90 million in the U.S. and more than $140 million worldwide. [...]

January 19, 2025

Notebook Reviews: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

Tobe Hooper – 1974. Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a low budget and quite horrific horror pic that set the template for a plethora of other fright films. The set-up is a slow burn, but once things kick-0ff, it becomes [...]

November 3, 2024

Reviews: Experimental Horror SKINAMARINK Is Hypnotic & Mesmerising

Canadian writer-director Kyle Edward Ball makes his feature directorial debut with Skinamarink, a bold experimental horror film. A slowly paced mood piece, Skinamarink is a crowdfunded feature, shot on a budget of just $15,000 that went on to make [...]

July 11, 2023

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