RIP Tobe Hooper


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The man behind classics such as 'Poltergeist', 'Lifeforce', and the original 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' died just a day or so ago.

We're losing a lot of folks from 70's and 80's movies of late, aren't we? Mister Hooper, Romero, Haruo Nakajima, Carrie Fisher. And Adam West, though his heyday was more the 60's.

I also feel odd to remember that when I was growing up, TCM was "the" Unspeakable Gorefest among films. Yet when I finally saw it, it wasn't that gory. It worked to scare you, rather than just hurling a bucket full of pig intestines and blood at the camera and calling it a day.

Never thought I'd see the day when Texas Chainsaw Massacre could honestly be called tame.


*sads*

That is to be expected though. Time flies. People who were our icons age too.


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Hooper, Romero, Angus Scrimm...

*sigh*

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