Honoring Hooper – The Horror Community Pays Tribute to the Great Tobe Hooper
Steve Barton
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Tobe was a pioneer of independent cinema, and forever changed the genre. Beyond the impact he achieved with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, he was a master of the horror genre who consistently told stories in his own indelible, unique voice.
I’ll never forget the first time I saw TCM, and the visceral reaction it evoked. Or the strange, erotic insanity that was Lifeforce. But surely the one that left the biggest mark on me was his treatment of Salem’s Lot. The image of Ralphie Glick, vampirized, floating gracefully outside of his brother Danny’s bedroom window seared itself into my young mind and has never left me.
Tobe was a filmmaker who took risks, shattered conventions, and did so while remaining true to a vision and style that were truly his own. And he did all of this while being one of the kindest, gentlest people in the business. He was (and will always remain) an inspiration for filmmakers everywhere.
– Mike Flanagan
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