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Michael Buckner, Getty ImagesNot many filmmakers can be said to have shaped an entire genre, but Tobe Hooper did. Invented one, you might say.“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” changed the horror game, with heretofore unseen levels of violence and carnage. You can trace modern horror movies, in particular slasher films, back to Hooper’s film, which came out in 1974.It wasn’t the only film Hooper directed — it’s not even my favorite of his works — but it is without question the most important.Hooper died Saturday, Aug.
26 at 74 in Sherman Oaks, Calif.It’s almost impossible to overstate the influence of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” The story of a group of young people menaced by a cannibalistic family in rural Texas — “menaced” doesn’t really do it justice, I guess, when you’re dealing with people trying to kill you and eat you — would become the blueprint for scores of horror films, if not directly in plot, then certainly in sensibility. Leatherface, whose chainsaw-wielding meltdown at the end of the film provides its most iconic image, is a clear model for villains like Jason in “Halloween” or Freddy Kruger in “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”. New Line CinemaIf you have only heard of the film, you may not know that it has a sense of humor (twisted, naturally) and is in some ways a bizarre study of family dynamics. A non-traditional family, let’s say. There’s more going on than butchering.I wrote about the film 40 years after its release, about the hysteria that rose up around the release of the film, about how it was banned in places. To modern eyes the outrage will seem silly — Hooper, like all great horror directors, knew that the less you really show, the scarier the film. For me, it’s his use of sound that makes the movie so disturbing.
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And sometimes not even the sound of bodies being violated in unusual ways. The slamming of a metal door is probably the scariest thing in the film. CBSFor my money his best work is a television movie – “Salem’s Lot,” a two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. It came out in 1979. Remember, Hooper just five years before had directed what was at the time one of the most-shocking movies ever made.
Now he would have to work within the confines of TV standards and practices, with a cast led by David Soul, best known for being the Hutch half of “Starsky and Hutch.” (He did have the great James Mason on board, however.)Hooper rose above the limitations and then some. The story of a writer who returns to his hometown, only to find that a vampire has also taken up residence, is terrific. It’s tempting to say that it’s scary for a TV movie — think of the scene of little Ralphie Glick, who just died and is now a vampire, floating outside the window, scratching on the pane, begging his younger brother to let him in.No, it’s not scary for a TV movie. “Salem’s Lot” is just scary, period.Hooper would direct other films, notably “Lifeforce” and “Invaders from Mars,” as well as a sequel to “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” He even directed the video for Billy Idol’s “Dancing with Myself” (fitting, what with the dancing zombies).
His career was long and distinguished by any standards, but the minute he fired up the chainsaw and handed it to Leatherface, it became iconic. RIP.DOWNLOAD: azcentral.com Things to Do appMORE AZCENTRAL ON SOCIAL: Facebook Twitter Instagram PinterestReach Goodykoontz at bill.goodykoontz@arizonarepublic.com. Facebook: facebook.com/GoodyOnFilm. Twitter: @goodyk.
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