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| 3 | ->''"No matter where you're going it's the wrong place."'' |
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| 5 | William Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 27, 2017) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter who primarily worked in the horror and sci-fi genres. |
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| 7 | He became famous after his low-budget 1974 debut ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', which opened the way to Hollywood for him and is cited as a horror classic, as well as a great inspiration for subsequent {{Slasher Movie}}s. After doing couple films with minor success, he collaborated with Creator/StevenSpielberg and did his second famous work, ''Poltergeist'', in 1982. Afterwards, his popularity declined, partially because his work on ''Poltergeist'' was believed to be done by Spielberg. |
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| 9 | After the '80s, he worked mostly in television, with an occasional movie here and there. |
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| 13 | !!Filmography: |
| 14 | [[index]] |
| 15 | * ''[[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' (1974) |
| 16 | * ''[[Film/EatenAlive1976 Eaten Alive!]]'' (1976) |
| 17 | * ''Film/TheFunhouse'' (1981) |
| 18 | * ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'' (1982) |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Lifeforce|1985}}'' (1985) |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{Invaders from Mars|1986}}'' (1986) |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' (1986) |
| 22 | * ''Film/SpontaneousCombustion'' (1990) |
| 23 | * ''I'm Dangerous Tonight'' (1990) |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Body Bags|1993}}'' (1993) |
| 25 | * ''Night Terrors'' (1993) |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheMangler'' (1995) |
| 27 | * ''The Apartment Complex'' (1999) |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{Crocodile|2000}}'' (2000) |
| 29 | * ''Shadow Realm'' (2002) |
| 30 | * ''[[Film/TheToolboxMurders Toolbox Murders]]'' (2004) |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{Mortuary}}'' (2005) |
| 32 | * ''Film/{{Djinn}}'' (2012) |
| 33 | [[/index]] |
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| 35 | !!Television |
| 36 | * ''Literature/SalemsLot'' miniseries (1979) |
| 37 | * ''Series/AmazingStories'' episode "Miss Stardust" (1987) |
| 38 | * ''Series/TheEqualizer'' episode "No Place Like Home" (1988) |
| 39 | * ''Series/FreddysNightmares'' episode "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (1988) |
| 40 | * ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' episode "Dead Wait" (1991) |
| 41 | * ''Series/NowhereMan'' episodes "Absolute Zero" and "Turnabout" (both 1995) |
| 42 | * ''Series/DarkSkies'' pilot episode "The Awakening" (1996) |
| 43 | * ''Series/TheOthers2000'' episode "Souls on Board" (2000) |
| 44 | * ''Series/NightVisions'' episodes "The Maze" and "Cargo" (both 2002) |
| 45 | * ''Series/{{Taken}}'' episode "Beyond the Sky" (2002) |
| 46 | * ''Series/MastersOfHorror'' episodes "Dance of the Dead" and "The Damned Thing" (2005 and 2006) |
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| 48 | !!Other Works: |
| 49 | * Music video for Music/BillyIdol's "Dancing With Myself" (1981) |
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