Horror legend Joe Dante is back to delight genre fans of a new generation as Deadline confirms that Dante is returning with a long-awaited follow-up to the Roger Corman-helmed horror comedy The Little Shop of Horrors. The project is titled Little Shop of Halloween Horrors, which Charles S. Haas will pen. Corman and Brad Krevoy […]
Joe Dante’s Piranha snaps its way onto 4K Ultra HD in November
Shout Factory has announced that Joe Dante’s cult 1978 horror-comedy Piranha is set to snap its way on a collector’s edition 4K Ultra HD this November; check out the cover artwork and details below… While searching for missing teenagers, novice skip tracer Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies) and one of the locals, town boozer Paul Grogan […]
Blu-ray Review – In Search of Tomorrow (2022)
In Search of Tomorrow, 2022. Directed by David A. Weiner. Starring Lance Guest, Clancy Brown, Sean Young, Wil Wheaton, Catherine Mary Stewart, John Carpenter, Adrienne Barbeau, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Jenette Goldstein, Joe Dante, Carrie Henn, Bruce Boxleitner, Shane Black, Dee Wallace, Mark Rolston, Barry Bostwick, Ivan Reitman, Billy Dee Williams, […]
HBO Max’s Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai announces voice cast and early season 2 renewal
It appears someone over at HBO Max has spilt water on the box marked Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, because news is popping faster than it takes a Gremlin to cook in the microwave. Not only have they announced the voice cast for the forthcoming animated show, but the prequel-series has also been given an […]
Blu-ray Review – Sleepwalkers (1992)
Sleepwalkers, 1992. Directed by Mick Garris. Starring Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige, Ron Perlman, Glenn Shadix, Joe Dante, John Landis, Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Mark Hamill. SYNOPSIS: A vampiric mother-and-son move to a small town to seek out a young virgin in order to suck out her lifeforce . Sort of. Fed up […]
Joe Dante talks Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai animated series
While the long-rumoured third movie appears no closer to becoming a reality, the Gremlins franchise is being resurrected for Warner Bro.s’ upcoming HBO Max streaming service with the animated series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, and Joe Dante – direct of the original 1984 film and its 1990 sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch – […]
Gremlins at 35: The timely return of Joe Dante’s controversial creatures
With Gremlins returning to UK cinemas this week, George Nash takes a look at how its satire remains timely, over three decades on… Thirty-five years on from its initial release, few films have come to epitomise the notion of not judging a book by its cover quite like Joe Dante’s iconic ’80s cult creature comedy, […]
4K Blu-ray Review – Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins, 1984. Directed by Joe Dante Starring Zack Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain. SYNOPSIS: A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. I’m a no-doubt-about-it Gen Xer, so I was squarely in the demo, as […]
Horror anthology Nightmare Cinema gets a new poster and trailer
Good Deed Entertainment as released a new poster and trailer for the horror anthology Nightmare Cinema. The film consists of five instalments directed by Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), Joe Dante (The Howling), Ryûhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train), David Slade (30 Days of Night), and Mick Garris (The Stand) and features a cast […]
Horror anthology Nightmare Cinema gets a trailer
A trailer has arrived online for the horror anthology Nightmare Cinema. The film features five segments, directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers), Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus) and Alejandro Brugues (Juan of the Dead) and stars Mickey Rourke, Richard Chamberlain, Adam Godley, Orson Chaplin, Eric Nelsen, Kevin Fonteyne, and Maurice […]
