Tobe Hooper, 74, is no longer with us

[javakoala]

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/tobe-hooper-dead-dies-texas-chain-saw-massacre-poltergeist-director-dies-1202539868/

Like Romero, I don't even have words to express the loss here. This guy has been and still is one of my heroes in the world of cinema.

[kakihara]

Ive enjoyed many of his films. RIP.

[Allhallowsday]

I am sorry to hear this.  I am a HUGE TOBE HOOPER fan.  Good night TOBE. 

[Newt]

It is indeed a loss.  Mr Hooper you will be missed. 

[Alex]

Another one gone. RIP. :(

[Trevor]

RIP, Mr H, rest well. 

I wonder when he came to South Africa to make The Mangler if anyone told him that almost all of his films were banned here at one point?

[RCMerchant]

That's messed up. 

[kakihara]

The Mangler was filmed in south Africa?

Ive always thought it was an under-rated horror movie. I remember back in the day that we had rented this movie fom blockbuster and i stayed home from school and watched it repeatedly. I must have watched it 5 times that day. That was probably a little unhealthy.

Invaders from mars - ive liked this movie since it came out when i was a little kid. I never seen the original. I used tell people that Krang was in this movie.

[Trevor]

The Mangler was filmed in south Africa?

In a warehouse in Eastern Johannesburg, no less.