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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 almost a companion piece."

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"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 almost a companion piece."

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"You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman."

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"Thousands of people come to LA every year, and some of them just disappear. Somebody gets them. In the States around 100,000 people vanish each year. I don't know what that means. Maybe there's something that just pulls 'em out."
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"The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate."
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"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 mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin."
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"No matter where you're going it's the wrong place."
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"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 in their minds."
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"If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light."
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"You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown."
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