Tobe Hooper, 'texas Chain Saw Massacre' Director, Dies At 74

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Sun, 08/27/2017 - 12:09pm

Tobe Hooper, the horror-movie pioneer whose low-budget sensation "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" took a buzz saw to audiences with its brutally frightful vision, has died. The Los Angeles County coroner's office on Sunday said Hooper died Saturday in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. Marketed as based on a true story, "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" is about a group of...

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