On this day in movie and book history - Poltergeist (1982)

Poltergeist

directed by Tobe Hooper,

written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor,

based on a story by Steven Spielberg,

was released in the United States on June 4, 1982.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O’Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Beatrice Straight, Richard Lawson, Martin Casella, James Karen, Michael McManus, Virginia Kiser, Lou Perryman, Clair E. Leucart, Dirk Blocker, Allan Graf, Joseph Walsh, Helen Baron, Noel Conlon, Robert Broyles, Sonny Landham, Jeffrey Bannister, William Vail, Craig Simmons, Phil Stone, Dana Gendian, Jaimi Gendian, Danny Nero, Paula Paulson.

Recommended reading:

Poltergeist

by James Kahn.

Filmed as Poltergeist (1982), directed by Tobe Hooper.

Mass Market Paperback.

Published by Granada Publishing Ltd.
Published 1982.

ISBN-10: 0583136419
ISBN-13: 978-0583136419
 
Description:

Based on a Story by Steven Spielberg with a Screenplay by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais & Mark Victor. From the imageless eye of the tv set, from the flickering snowy light, it calls to Carol Anne, six years old and innocent. From beyond the world of the living, it reaches out in unholy anger, ripping her from the arms of her family into the thrall of the Poltergeist.

Born on this day – Tobe Hooper:

Tobe Hooper

Director

Writer

Producer

January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017

On this day in movie history - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

 

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

directed by Marcus Nispel,

written by Scott Kosar,

based on the 1974 screenplay by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper,

was released in the United States on October 15, 2003.

Music by Steve Jablonsky.

Cast:

Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour, Andrew Bryniarski, R. Lee Ermey, David Dorfman, Lauren German, Terrence Evans, Marietta Marich, Heather Kafka, Kathy Lamkin, Brad Leland, Mamie Meek, John Larroquette, Scott Martin Gershin, Harry Jay Knowles.