Tobe Hooper

Poltergeist

(1982)
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04 Jun 1982
? PG
114 min
Steven Spielberg (screenplay by), Michael Grais (screenplay by), Mark Victor (screenplay by), Steven Spielberg (story by)
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations.
A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the family before they "kidnap" the youngest daughter.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

(1974)
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04 Oct 1974
? R
83 min
Kim Henkel (story), Tobe Hooper (story)
1 win & 1 nomination.
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.