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BOTD - Marilyn Burns (May 7, 1949 – August 5, 2014) was best known for playing Sally Hardesty in Tobe Hooper's 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974), which established her as a scream queen and a catalyst of the final girl trope. Her performance was so authentic and believable that it should have launched her as a major up-and-coming star. Sadly, the industry's view of the horror genre as a low-brow form of entertainment prevented Burns career from developing past this classic of the genre.

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BOTD - Marilyn Burns (May 7, 1949 – August 5, 2014) was best known for playing Sally Hardesty in Tobe Hooper's 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974), which established her as a scream queen and a catalyst of the final girl trope. Her performance was so authentic and believable that it should have launched her as a major up-and-coming star. Sadly, the industry's view of the horror genre as a low-brow form of entertainment prevented Burns career from developing past this classic of the genre.

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Sterling Hayden, born on this day March 26, 1916. was an American actor that specialized in film noir, in films such as John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar (1954), and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956). He became noted for supporting roles, perhaps most memorably as General Jack D. Ripper in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Irish-American policeman Captain McCluskey in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), and alcoholic novelist Roger Wade in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973). Tobe Hooper cast Hayden as Howard Anderson in his unrealized version of Venom. Hooper was replaced as director after only a couple of weeks of filming and the film was eventually released in 1981, with Piers Haggard credited as director.

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Tobe Hooper's television adaptation of Salem's Lot premiered on CBS on this day in 1979. It was the first major TV adaptation of King's work and received positive reviews and has significantly impacted the vampire genre #TobeHooper #StephenKing #SalemsLot #Vampire #Horror #HoopervilleBook #Hooperville

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Released on this day in 1974 - Tobe Hooper's 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.' Considered by many to be the scariest movie ever made. Shot on a shoestring budget, but it's power is undeniable. Visceral and unforgettable #TobeHooper #Hooperville #HoopervilleBook #Horror #leatherface

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A celebration of Tobe Hooper's work from the 1980s at the Museum of Modern Art this August

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Tobe Hooper's episode of 'Amazing Stories' aired on this day April 10 1987. Here's a great picture of Tobe on-set directing the episode.

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Happy 20th Anniversary to Tobe Hooper's Toolbox Murders. Released on this day in 2004

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Happy birthday to the great Tobe Hooper. Born on this day in 1943. Cited as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time. Hooper's visual flair, varied body of work, and sheer capacity to invoke dread in the audience makes him a titan of the genre and dearly missed #TobeHooper #Hooperville #HoopervilleBook #TexasChainsawMassacre #SalemsLot #Poltergeist #EatenAlive #Lifeforce #InvadersFromMars #TheFunhouse #SpontaneousCombustion #TheMangler #ToolboxMurders #NightTerrors #Djinn #Eggshells #FreddysNightmares

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Happy Halloween folks

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Remembering James Karen who died five years ago on this day October 23, 2018. Karen was an American character actor of Broadway, film and television and was known for his roles in The China Syndrome, Wall Street, The Return of the Living Dead. But perhaps best known for working with Tobe Hooper on Invaders from Mars and Poltergeist #jameskaren #TobeHooper #hooperville #HoopervilleBook #Poltergeist #InvadersFromMars

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Released on this day in 1976 - 'Eaten Alive' directed by Tobe Hooper. known under various alternate titles, including Death Trap, Horror Hotel, and Starlight Slaughter, tells the story of a psychotic hotel proprietor in rural East Texas, who feeds those who upset him to a large crocodile that lives in a swamp beside the hotel #tobehooper #HoopervilleBook #Hooperville #HorrorMovies #Horror #HorrorCommunity

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Happy Birthday to the King of Horror Stephen King. Seen here with Mick Garris, Clive Barker and Tobe Hooper on the set of Sleepwalkers in 1991 #TobeHooper #Hooperville #HoopervilleBook #StephenKing #clivebarker #mickgarris #Sleepwalkers #HorrorMovies #Horror #HorrorCommunity