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As per usual the Oscars ceremony last night at the Dolby Theatre included an In Memoriam segment put together by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and as usual some weren’t happy about a few names that failed to make the cut. This year, a total of 51 names and photos were flashed across the screen as…

Refresh for updates: Filmmakers from the horror movie world and others from Hollywood took to social media to remember Tobe Hooper, a trailblazing director who helmed iconic horror pics such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist. He died on Saturday at the age of 74 in Sherman Oaks. Hostel director Eli Roth…

Tobe Hooper, one of the pioneers of the horror genre, died Saturday at age 74. He passed in Sherman Oaks. Hooper made two of the most distinguished films in the fright genre. His low budget 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which gave a glimpse of the frightful potential of a power tool, and became a favorite on…