Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has died aged 74, the Los Angeles County Coroner has confirmed. Despite being banned in several countries including the UK for its violent content, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre would prove to be enormously successful at the box office, and is now regarded as one of the most influential horror films of all time. The success of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre allowed Hooper to work with larger budgets. Derek Malcolm reviews The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: from the archive, 18 November 1976 Read moreHooper continued to direct into his later years but was never able to match the success of his early work. His later films included monster movie Crocodile, released in 2000, a 2004 remake of crime drama The Toolbox Murders and the 2005 zombie film Mortuary.

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2017 09:15 UTC