The news has just arrived: Tobe Hooper passed away yesterday at the age of 74.
Best known for the masterpiece "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Tobe Hooper has had an uneven career. Not easy to follow a work as complex and traumatic as "Massacre". He managed to return to the front of the stage by being chosen by Spielberg to direct Poltergiest and, once again, created an unforgettable film.
Tobe Hooper was a genius artist. He not only revolutionized horror film, he allowed it to enter modernity. Using an aesthetic much closer to reality, with bright colors, playing on the naturalness of the sets and lighting, Tobe creates a psychopathic killer of appalling intensity and realism.
Tobe, it's not just moviegoers who will miss you, but all cinema.
