Presented in conjunction with our weeklong run of Tobe Hooper’s legendary The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), this series highlights the late director’s celebrated and controversial genre films of the 1980s: The Funhouse (1981), Poltergeist (1982), Invaders from Mars (1986), Lifeforce (1985), and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986). After starting the decade with the classical slasher The Funhouse (which earned him a chapter in Quentin Tarantino’s book Cinema Speculation) and a high-profile collaboration with Steven Spielberg on Poltergeist, Hooper turned to science fiction with a B-film-inspired remake of Invaders from Mars, followed by the bizarre, ill-fated space-vampire epic Lifeforce. Hooper closed out his ’80s run with the delirious sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, which is considered by some superior to the original. Although he continued to challenge taboos—and decorum—on screen in the ’90s and into the 2000s, promising Hooper horror titles like Spontaneous Combustion, The Mangler, Night Terrors, and Toolbox Murders failed to impress critics or attract audiences.
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THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Christian Marclay: The Clock NOVEMBER 10, 2024 – SPRING 2025 (11/10/24-5/5/25)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Member Evening: A Surrealist Halloween OCTOBER 31ST 6:30PM – 9:30PM at Museum of Modern Art (10/31/24-10/31/24)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Otobong Nkanga: Cadence OCTOBER 10TH – JUNE 8TH (10/10/24-6/8/25)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Designer’s Choice: Norman Teague—Jam Sessions, the Inaugural Exhibition in a New Series OCTOBER 10TH – MAY 11TH (10/10/24-5/11/25)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Thomas Schütte SEPTEMBER 29th – JANUARY 18th (9/29/24-1/18/25)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Paramount in the 1970s AUGUST 21 to SEPTEMBER 15 (8/21/24-9/15/24)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Texas Chainsaw Massacre at 50 AUGUST 8 to 14 (8/8/24-8/14/24)
Rialto at 25 (4/19/23-5/22/23)
Georgia O'Keeffe: To See Takes Time (4/9/23-8/12/23)
Guillermo del Toro: Tales of Mourning and Imagination (1/9/23-1/29/23)
Videos
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cirqueSaw (1/8 - 1/26) | ||
New Year's Eve Dinner
Gene Frankel Theatre (1/17 - 1/19) | ||
THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS IMPROV SHOW
The WARA Theatre (4/28 - 4/28) | ||
Gary Gulman: Grandiloquent
Lucille Lortel Theatre (1/7 - 2/8) | ||
The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
Wagner College Theatre's Stage One (1/17 - 1/19) | ||
The 2025 GMHC Cabaret & Howard Ashman Award
Joe's Pub (2/10 - 2/10) | ||
How To Embarrass Your Immigrant Parents
SoHo Playhouse (3/19 - 3/22) | ||
Broadway Bound Theatre Festival 2025 Season
AMT Theater (7/22 - 8/17) | ||
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