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Tag Archives: Gremlins
Who Exactly Is Sharing These Scary Ghost Stories?
Ed. note– George Wyle, the man behind the lyrics I discuss below, also wrote the words for “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Island,” which became a standard in the minds of classic TV sitcoms. It also explains … Continue reading
Posted in In the Abyss
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Andy Williams, Charles Dickens, Eddie Pola, George Wyle, Gilligan's Island, Gremlins, Hold That Ghost, Insidious, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Jerry Goldsmith, Nat King Cole, Poltergeist, Silent Night, The Omen, Tobe Hooper, X Chris
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GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
Okay, so Phil isn’t exactly enamored with every movie Joe Dante’s made. To this day 22 years later, he can’t decide if the excruciating sunburn or GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH was the more painful that … Continue reading
Posted in Criminally Insane
Tagged Angel of Death, Batman, Belinda Balaski, Bride of Frankenstein, Charles S. Haas, Christopher Lee, Clamp, comedy, Dawn of the Dead, Dick Miller, excruciating sunburn, Frankenstein, genetics gone wrong, George Romero, Gizmo, Gremlins, Gremlins 2 The New Batch, Hulk Hogan, Jackie Joyce, James Whale, Joe Dante, John Gibbons, John Glover, Leonard Maltin, Louisa in a bikini, Mogwais, Phoebe Cates, Reign in Blood, Robert Picardo, Sarah Fasso, Slayer, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Howling II, The Tingler, William Castle, Zach Galligan
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EXPLORERS
To honor Joe Dante upon the long awaited release of his new film THE HOLE, Phil takes us a bit beyond fright and reviews EXPLORERS, a much maligned Dante film with which a studio tampered. … Continue reading
CRITTERS
Next up for Dee Wallace Week, a look at CRITTERS. If you want to watch GREMLINS, I suggest you watch GREMLINS. Because a knockoff will never be as good as the source, even with Dee … Continue reading
THE HOWLING
Werewolves have been cool for a long time. Back in 1941, Universal Pictures unleashed THE WOLF MAN a decade into its Classic Monsters run, giving horror fans one of the genre’s most fun monsters. Also … Continue reading
Posted in Criminally Insane
Tagged adaptation, Allen Ginsberg, Belinda Balaski, Carrie, Christopher Stone, Dee Wallace, Dick Miller, Dressed to Kill, E.T., Elisabeth Brooks, Fasso's Great Horror Flicks, Gary Brandner, George Waggner, Gremlins, Howl, Joe Dante, John Carradine, John Hora, John Sayles, Kevin McCarthy, Lon Chaney Jr., Mike Finnell, Patrick Macnee, Pino Donaggio, Piranha, Rob Bottin, Robert Picardo, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, The Howling, The Thing, The Wolf Man, Universal Classic Monsters, werewolves
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WAXWORK
As the first part of the Deborah Foreman Double Shot, Phil looks at WAXWORK, an In Its Own Universe flick that takes 40s era screwball comedy and graphic horror and never manages to integrate them slightly. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Hickox, Blame It on Rio, Bo Derek, Christopher Cibelli, David Warner, Deborah Foreman, Dracula, Gremlins, In Its Own Universe, Joe Dante, Marquis de Sade, Maurice Chevalier, Michelle Johnson, Miles O'Keefe, Patrick Macnee, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Thank Heaven for Little Girls, The Howling, vampires, wax museum, Waxwork, werewolves, Zach Galligan, zombies
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Howling in Innerspace with Piranhas: The Kevin McCarthy/ Joe Dante Connection
All this recent buzz about THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X has Kevin McCarthy on my brain. The dashing movie star would have been 98 yesterday, and with fond memories of meeting Kevin many times on … Continue reading
