Summary

Director Tobe Hooper is simultaneously one of horror’s most celebrated filmmakers and one of its most underrated — celebrated thanks to his direction of one of the most influential and accomplished horror movies of all time, “ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ,” but underrated given the overall lack of appreciation for most of what came after. Credit for Hooper’s biggest hit, “Poltergeist,” is generally (and erroneously) attributed to producer Steven Spielberg .

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