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Tobe Hooper
At the onset of the 1970s, the landscape of North American horror cinema began to change dramatically gone were the genteel gothic monster movies of previous decades, as the turbulent socio-political climate of the era crept into genre filmmaking, creating shocking films that would gradually become more visceral and confrontational throughout the late-60s and into the late-70s. Five directors emerged as the leaders of this transitional horror movement, five filmmakers whose extraordinary early films would change the genre forever: Tobe Hooper ( The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , 1974), George A. Romero ( Night of the Living Dead , 1968), John Carpenter ( Assault on Precinct 13 Halloween , 1978), Wes Craven ( Last House on the Left The Hills Have Eyes , 1977) and David Cronenberg ( Shivers Rabid , 1977). In the three decades that have followed, each member of this quintet has enjoyed enormous subsequent success (and also career disappointments), but one thing remains certain: none of the remaining four filmmakers delivered a directing debut as astonishing as Tobe Hoopers seminal The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Born in Texas in 1943, Hooper would move into filmmaking in his teens by crafting his own 8mm horror movies. Prior to | |
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