Tobe Hooper, best known for being the director of “Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “Poltergeist” died in Sherman Oaks, California, on Saturday, Aug. 26. He was 74.
The 1970s “Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” filmed on a budget of less than $300,000, and became one of the most influential horror films of all time.
The movie tells the story of two unfortunate siblings and some friends who go to visit the grave of the siblings’ grandfather when they are attacked by cannibals.
The film was loosely based on the true story of Ed Gein, a Wisconsin man responsible for several deaths in the 1950s and known for making paraphernalia out of dead women he either killed or exhumed.
Directors Tobe Hooper (L), John Landis (C), and Mick Garris at a party to celebrate Showtime's series "Masters of Horror" on March 30, 2005, in Los Angeles, Calif. Kevin Winter/Getty Images
