Eaten Alive at a Chainsaw Massacre: The Films of Tobe Hooper

by John Kenneth Muir

Book Overview

The sound of chainsaws revving on "haunted" Halloween trails has evoked untold screams since Tobe Hooper's 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre hit the cinemas. Since that first take-no-prisoners horror movie, Hooper's reputation as a master of horror has been secured by his adaptations of Stephen King (Salem's Lot, 1978, and The Mangler, 1995), his blockbuster breakthrough Poltergeist (1982) and a variety of cult hits,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786444614
• ISBN13: 9780786444618
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher