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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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Hooperville, Joan Longas

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Hooperville, Joan Longas

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Personal Narrative

Bud, not Buddy, published in 1999, by Christopher Paul Curtis, takes place in Flint, Michigan during the great depression. An African-American 10-year-old boy named Bud Caldwell takes on a quest to find his father. This historical fiction novel portrays real-life difficulties of what people ought to face during the great depression. Bud’s mother died since he was four-years-old, ever since he been in and out of foster homes. Bud’s prized possession was his suitcase, his mother left him concert flyers and travels on his own to find a musician, Herman E. Calloway, who he believes is his father. He gets on a railroad train with his best friend, Bugs,  hoping to reach Chicago. They stopped at shanty town Hooverville where they were greeted with kind people, then Bud experiences his first kiss with a girl, Deza Malone. The following day police forced the people of Hooperville to move, which causes a crowd of people to get on the train. Bud was left behind, while Bugs got on the train on time. Bud decided to stay back in Flint, he had no place to go, so he slept the Christmas tree next to the library. Still committed to finding his father, Bud walks to Great Rapids, where he met a friendly and concerned limo driver named Lefty Lewis. Bud finally finds Herman E. Calloway and meets his band. Turns out the musician was his grandfather, Bud’s mother was his runaway daughter. In the end, Bud does find a home with his grandfather and his band.

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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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