You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown

- Tobe Hooper

Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are…

- Tobe Hooper

The original Return of the Living Dead, I was attached to direct it, and I wrote the story. Production was delayed. In the meantime I went to London …

- Tobe Hooper

I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's …

- Tobe Hooper

I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks…

- Tobe Hooper

The films I liked were European films - Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut.

- Tobe Hooper

I had an experience in a restaurant one time where there was a large trolley with beef being carved up, and I just transposed different images onto i…

- Tobe Hooper

I had worked so hard for so long that I developed a speech impediment. It happens when I get tired.

- Tobe Hooper

I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His moth…

- Tobe Hooper