Tag: The Mangler

  • Tobe Hooper and the Aesthetics of Madness (Part 2) by Jonny Numb

    The Aesthetics of Madness – Chainsaw Style You need not look further than The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 for a full-bore taste of Tobe Hooper’s subversive aesthetics-infused spirit. The fact that some viewed the film as a kitchen-sink mess and others saw it as a cheeky, gory commentary on ‘80’s excess underlined the persistent divisiveness of…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Remembering Tobe Hooper

    We salute independent horror director and writer, Tobe Hooper Sad times as we say goodbye to independent filmmaker Tobe Hooper who left his mark by creating a new form of horror storytelling with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But he’s far from a one-hit movie wonder. The Texas born director went on to helm Eaten Alive,…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Terror Technology

    Without technology, the western world would be living as if in the Dark Ages. To imagine life without a microwave, a personal computer, or a cell phone would make many souls break down in tears. However, if horror cinema has taught us anything, it’s that the things we love to cling to for ease or…