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Eaten Alive(Movie), Motel Hell(Movie), The Burning(Movie), Dead & Buried(Movie), Alone in the Dark(Movie), Tourist Trap(Movie), Hell Night(Movie), April Fool's Day(Movie), The Prowler(Movie), Terror Train(Movie), Night Terrors(Movie), Eggshells(Movie)
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film #12 of hooptober the 6th: the producers cut getting this out of the way quickly: tobe hooper did much better work in his career than the funhouse. hooper was, of course, a man whose helming of films like texas chain saw massacre and poltergeist earned him a spot among the best horror directors of all-time. even his lesser works like lifeforce and night terrors were laudable in some respects, with hooper swinging for the fences with bold, ambitious concepts. by comparison, funhouse seems remarkably tame by any standards. the plot about a group of teenagers trying to escape a murderous read
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a very clear step towards tcm2 in manic energy and visual prowess. it takes a while to get going, but the funfair is such a great place to hang around until it does and hooper makes great use of it. glad to know he can still surprise me as i'm not the biggest tcm fan and i haven't been able to make it through lifeforce yet. read
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