Horror director Tobe Hooper died yesterday in Sherman Oaks at the age of 74: the filmmaker was best known for helming “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” which tells the story of a group of unfortunate friends who encounter a group of cannibals on their way to visit an old homestead. Despite being shot for $300,000 and getting banned in several countries, it was one of the most profitable independent films of the 1970s in the US.



Hooper also directed the 1986 sequel “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” which took a more comedic approach, as part of his Cannon Films deal. The 1982 “Poltergeist,” written and produced by Steven Spielberg, also became a classic of the genre. The story of a family coping with a house haunted by unruly ghosts starred JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson. The film was a box office success for MGM and became the eighth-highest grossing film of the year. After “Poltergeist,” Hooper directed two movies for Cannon Films, “Lifeforce” and “Invaders from Mars,” a remake of the 1953 alien movie.

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