The Resume

(January 25, 1943-August 26, 2017)
Directed 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974),' 'Eaten Alive (1976),' 'Poltergeist (1982),' 'Lifeforce (1985),' 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)'
Also directed episodes of 'Tales from the Crypt (1989),' 'Nowhere Man (1995),' 'Dark Skies (1996),' 'Perversions of Science (1997),' 'The Others (2000)' and 'Night Visions (2001)'

Why he might be annoying:

Most of his movies are overtly violent and gruesome.
His main inspiration for Texas Chainsaw Massacre was Ed Gein.
He was fired after three days from working on the movie 'The Dark (1979).'
He directed the music video 'Dancing With Myself' by Billy Idol.
After directing the disappointing sequel to 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre,' he spent the next 15 years mainly working on television.
He looks like Steven Spielberg.

Why he might not be annoying:

Before becoming a director, he was a college teacher.
He changed the world of horror twice by directing 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and then directing 'Poltergeist.'

Credit: His Name is Robert

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills [Directors] (Ranked: 84)
• Bears
• Bravo’s 'Scariest Movie Moments' Commentators
• His Name is Robert's Profiles [Series 1]
• I am a Texan
• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 74)
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Tux
• Profiles 9001-9250 (Ranked: 9062)
• Stars of Horror Films
• Stephen King Films
• Steven Spielberg Films
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre [Film Series]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 47 Votes: 68.09% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 76 Votes: 59.21% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 99 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 184 Votes: 55.43% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 256 Votes: 53.52% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 151 Votes: 49.67% Annoying