Cult 80s musical horror-comedy Little Shop of Horrors was set for a long-delayed sequel but plans are now officially dead, with filmmaker Joe Dante confirmed the project’s fate in a new interview with The Direct. “The word is ‘stasis,’ not status. At the moment, like so many things in town, nothing’s happening, and we always […]
The Essential Joe Dante Movies
We take a look at the essential works of the vastly underrated Joe Dante… Some directors are rightly heralded as part of the grand pantheon of legendary directors. Thinking of Steven Spielberg immediately brings to mind an array of iconic masterpieces, not least some of his trailblazing films in the blockbuster realm. Arriving in the […]
Joe Dante returning with Little Shop of Halloween Horrors
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 […]
