I had an experience in a restaurant one time where there was a large trolley with beef being carved up, and I just transposed different images onto it. Like, what if there was a nice little cow there with a… — Tobe Hooper Copy Share Image
The original Return of the Living Dead, I was attached to direct it, and I wrote the story. Production was delayed. In the meantime… — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
Thousands of people come to LA every year, and some of them just disappear. Somebody gets them. In the States around 100,000 people vanish… — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
I don't know when the Return of the Living Dead are happening. That's been on the Internet for years. — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
The films I liked were European films - Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut. — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original,… — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also,… — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons and the… — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
The kids are really smart. They are sharp and they're not yet bent over by the system. I think there's a wonderful intelligence in… — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
“the best illustration of insanity is to show normally in an insane situation” — Tobe hooper Copy Share
“the best illustration of insanity is to show normalcy in an insane situation” — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to… — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
I had worked so hard for so long that I developed a speech impediment. It happens when I get tired. — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate. — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown — Tobe Hooper Copy Share
