Tobe Hooper, director of horror classics such as 'Don't open that door' (The Texas chainsaw massacre) and 'Poltergeist', died at the age of 74. According to Variety, the news of the death, which occurred in Sherman Oaks, California, was given by the medical examiner of Los Angeles County. The causes of death are not known. In 1974 Hooper directed one of the most famous films in the horror genre, Don't Open That Door (costing less than $ 300.000), which tells the bloody story of a group of friends who come across a group of cannibals during a trip to an old house. It became one of the most successful independent films of the 1977s. In the same decade, he confirmed his talent for scaring viewers with 'That Motel Near the Swamp' (1982). In XNUMX it was the turn of 'Poltergeist-Demoniache Presenze', written and produced by Steven Spielberg, which became another classic of the genre. Hooper had also worked for television, turning Stephen King's novel 'Salem's lot' into a highly successful miniseries. He was also the director of the video for Billy Idol's song 'Dancing with myself'.
