Tobe Hooper's Filmography (2020): Masters of Terror

By Steve Hutchison

This book contains the synopses and reviews of the darkest films in Tobe Hooper's filmography. The movies are ranked.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Steve Hutchison
• Release date: Mar 10, 2023
• ISBN: 9781778871627

Steve Hutchison

Artist, developer and entrepreneur in film, video games and communications Steve Hutchison co-founded Shade.ca Art and Code in 1999, then Terror.ca and its French equivalent Terreur.ca in 2000. With his background as an artist and integrator, Steve worked on such games as Capcom's Street Fighter, PopCap's Bejeweled, Tetris, Bandai/Namco's Pac-Man and Mattel's Skip-Bo & Phase 10 as a localization manager, 2-D artist and usability expert. Having acquired skills in gamification, he invented a unique horror movie review system that is filterable, searchable and sortable by moods, genres, subgenres and antagonists. Horror movie fans love it, and so do horror authors and filmmakers, as it is a great source of inspiration. In March 2013, Steve launched Tales of Terror, with the same goals in mind but with a much finer technology and a complex engine, something that wasn’t possible initially. He has since published countless horror-themed books.

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Tales of Terror’s

Masters of Terror 2020

Tobe Hooper’s Filmography

INTRODUCTION

This book contains the synopses and reviews of the darkest films in Tobe Hooper’s filmography. The listings are ranked from best to worst.

#1

Poltergeist

1982

A suburban family’s home becomes infested with ghosts.

Stars

8/8

STORY

7/8

CREATIVITY

8/8

ACTING

7/8

QUALITY

7/8

Few ghost movies are this marketable, complete and polyvalent; containing taboos, scares and gore, yet available to adults and younger audiences alike. It is also convincing when relying on psychological horror. Ultimately, the fear of the unknown is what it focuses on. It makes you go through a wide range of emotions in between its terrifying key scenes, borrowing from many genres.

The cast is relatively limited. The actors are intense and can convey both humor and terror. The dialogue feels natural, when not purposely surreal. A character is injected late in the script to bring fantasy, spirituality and hope to a film otherwise much darker. The dynamic between scientists, believers and the family gives you a false sense of security that it can take away