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Tag Archives: Joe Dante
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
PIECE BY PIECE: U.S. Trailer for Joe Dante’s THE HOLE
Please support Trailers from Hell, a great site that features filmmakers who love horror and genre film just as much as you do. And see THE HOLE, Joe Dante’s newest film after a long layoff. Subject: … Continue reading
Hell of Fame Inductee: Dee Wallace
Dee Wallace as howled in by Phil Fasso I remember the thrill I had the first time I met Dee Wallace. Back in 2005, Chiller hosted a rare January show with a small guest … Continue reading
Posted in Hell of Fame
Tagged convention, Critters, Cujo, Dee Wallace, E.T., Joe Dante, The Howling, X Chris
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The Dee Wallace-Motherhood Equation
I blame E.T. Steven Spielberg’s 1982 tale of a kid and his new friend the alien was one of the biggest box office hits of all time when it came out, and it’s most likely where … Continue reading
Posted in In the Abyss
Tagged Critters, Cujo, Dee Wallace, E.T., Joe Dante, Rob Zombie, Rob Zombie's Halloween, Stephen King, The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, Wes Craven
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THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
Ed. note– Mike Cucinotta and I followed our breakfast buffet today with a showing of CABIN IN THE WOODS. Dimming our experience, both literally and figuratively, was the theatre’s projectionist. As Mike explained to me, he … Continue reading
Posted in Criminally Insane
Tagged 1980s slasher, April Fool's Day, Brian White, Chris Hemsworth, Cthulhu Mythos, Dawn of the Dead, Drew Goddard, Fran Kanz, Friday the 13th, Generic Stereotype Generator, George Romero, H.P. Lovecraft, Joe Dante, Joss Whedon, Kristen Connolly, Mike Cucinotta, Politics of Love, slasher, The Cabin in the Woods, The Evil Dead, Will Keenan, zombies
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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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Dee Wallace Week on Death Ensemble
Dee Wallace is a solid, talented actress on whom many of the horror genre’s favorite directors have come to depend. For more than 30 years she’s been in some of horror’s most well-loved flicks, and she’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Criminally Insane, In the Abyss
Tagged Dee Wallace, Joe Dante, The Howling
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