Strange Things Happen: The Movies Of Tobe Hooper

WHO WILL SURVIVE AND WHAT WILL BECOME OF THEM? Legend has it that writer-director, Tobe Hooper was working on a story about young people in peril when he found himself, one weekend, in the hardware department of a busy store. While trying to locate the exit, he said: “I looked down and there was a rack of chain saws in front of me for sale. I said, ‘if I start the saw, those people would just part. They would get out of my way.’” So was born a classic horror movie, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – and a character, Leatherface, wearing a mask of human skin. In this definitive book on the films of the Texas-born writer/director, Chris Koetting explains how the mob took over the financing of Texas Chainsaw, how Tobe himself thought the best thing he ever did was his epic TV movie of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot, and we discover just what happened behind the scenes on Poltergeist. How much of this hugely popular ghost story was directed by Tobe and not Steven Spielberg? With copious quotes from Tobe himself and his fellow filmmakers Chris also reveals what went wrong with Hooper’s Cannon deal that resulted in a trio of big budget flops: Invaders From Mars, Lifeforce and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Lavishly illustrated throughout with many unseen behind the scenes images, this is a must-read for anyone who loves classic horror! Please be aware that the price per book for foreign orders is: £30.00 – Europe £38.00 – US & Canada and ROW (inc P&P) £48.00 – Australia & New Zealand (inc P&P). STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN – 196 FULL COLOUR PAGES – WILL BE PRINTED IN MAY