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 […]
Blu-ray Review – Amazon Women On The Moon (1987)
Amazon Women on the Moon, 1987. Directed by John Landis/Joe Dante/Carl Gottlieb/Robert K. Weiss/Peter Horton. Starring Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer, Arsenio Hall, Peter Horton, Griffin Dunne, Joe Pantoliano, Forrest J. Ackerman, Sybil Danning, Henry Silva, Carrie Fisher, Steve Guttenberg, Jenny Agutter, Dick Miller, Paul Bartel, and Russ Meyer. SYNOPSIS: An anthology of comedy shorts and […]
Blu-ray Review – The Howling (1981)
The Howling, 1981. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone, Patrick Macnee, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, John Carradine, Elisabeth Brooks, Dennis Dugan, Belinda Belaski, and Kevin McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: A female reporter is attacked by a notorious murderer so to get over her trauma she is sent to The Colony for relaxation. And then […]
Mick Garris, Joe Dante, David Slade and more set for horror anthology Nightmare Cinema
Deadline is reporting that Cinelou Films and Good Deed Entertainment have enlisted genre filmmakers Mick Garris, Joe Dante, David Slade, Ryuhei Kitamura and Alejandro Brugues for the horror anthology Nightmare Cinema. The feature will follow a “series of down-on-their-luck individuals who enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought […]
12 Days of Christmas Horror: Day 4 – Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins, 1984. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Francis Lee McCain. SYNOPSIS: Young Billy receives a rather unusual Christmas gift from his father in the form of a furry little creature called a Mogwai. Christening the fuzzy pet Gizmo, Billy is given three strict rules on how […]
Joe Dante wanted John Lithgow to play The Joker in his Batman movie
Before Tim Burton signed on to bring The Dark Knight to the big screen with 1989’s Batman, Warner Bros. spent several years trying to get the project off the ground, with numerous directors in contention for the coveted gig. One of those was Joe Dante (Gremlins), who has now been speaking to Psychotronic Blog about being […]
Blu-ray Review – Matinee (1993)
Matinee, 1993. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub and John Sayles. SYNOPSIS: An enterprising film promoter capitalises on the hysteria during the Cuban missile crisis and introduces the idea of live props and special effects to a Florida town during a horror […]
Movie Review – Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex (2015)
Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex, 2015. Directed by Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet. Starring Rick Baker, Joe Dante, Guillermo Del Toro, Phil Tippett and Tim Woodruff Jr. SYNOPSIS: Documentarians Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet interview Hollywood special effects and make up artists to explore the ‘Frankenstein Complex’ of creature design in filmmaking. “Now […]
Joe Dante to direct an episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim has revealed via Twitter that Joe Dante – director of the likes of Gremlins, The ‘Burbs and Small Soldiers – is set to helm an episode of The CW’s new superhero series. SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Legends of Tomorrow Ep. […]
