Tobe Hooper

The original Return of the Living Dead, I was attached to direct it, and I wrote the story. Production was delayed. In…

— Tobe Hooper

Thousands of people come to LA every year, and some of them just disappear. Somebody gets them. In the States around 100,000…

— Tobe Hooper

I don't know when the Return of the Living Dead are happening. That's been on the Internet for years.

— Tobe Hooper

The films I liked were European films - Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut.

— Tobe Hooper

I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of…

— Tobe Hooper

No matter where you're going it's the wrong place

— Tobe Hooper

Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen…

— Tobe Hooper

I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons…

— Tobe Hooper

The kids are really smart. They are sharp and they're not yet bent over by the system. I think there's a wonderful…

— Tobe Hooper

“the best illustration of insanity is to show normally in an insane situation”

— Tobe hooper

“the best illustration of insanity is to show normalcy in an insane situation”

— Tobe Hooper

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…

— Tobe Hooper

I had worked so hard for so long that I developed a speech impediment. It happens when I get tired.

— Tobe Hooper

The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate.

— Tobe Hooper

You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown

— Tobe Hooper

If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light

— Tobe Hooper

I had an experience in a restaurant one time where there was a large trolley with beef being carved up, and I…

— Tobe Hooper

The films I liked were European films-Fellini, Antonioni, Truffaut.

— Tobe Hooper

You can't get away, you can't escape. You'll jump through a plate-glass window several times and end up being right back in…

— Tobe Hooper

I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from…

— Tobe Hooper