Tobe Hooper, eh? We’ll always love him for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, an exercise in sustained terror, implied violence, and pitch black comedy. He also directed Poltergeist, but it’s dogged with rumours that producer Steven Spielberg ghost-directed (Heh. Yes, I’m proud of that pun) the feature, so strong is the Spielbergian influence on the film. What you may not know is after the success of Poltergeist, Hooper went on to direct another big budget, effects-laden feature. You might think there’s no way you can follow a murderous family based on real-life serial killer Ed Gein, or the tale of vicious and vindictive spirits terrorising a home, but you’d be wrong. Dead wrong. You make a film about space vampires laying waste to London town… Wait. What? Yup. This is Lifeforce. Read more »
