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Joe Dante

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Director of motion pictures like Gremlins 1 & 2, The 'Burbs, The Howling, Small Soldiers, Innerspace and more. Check out my side gig ➡ http://trailersfromhell.com (@trailersfromhell.bsky.social) Official Site www.renfieldproductions.com

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Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social · 7d

Our @trailersfromhell.bsky.social podcast @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social is back with a bang! Bone Lake director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling (much like Bone Lake) with hosts @josholson.bsky.social & yours truly!

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BONE LAKE director Mercedes Bryce Morgan - The Movies That Made Me | iHeart

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrate Trailers From Hell Guru Ti West’s birthday by rewatching the X trilogy!

When you finish that, check out these trailer commentaries:

The ’Burbs
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Teen Wolf
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The Golden Child
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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 1d

Rooms With Views Week kicks off with, naturally, Bernard Rose’s brand-new trailer commentary for the Merchant-Ivory classic A Room With A View, starring a very young Daniel-Day Lewis, Helena Bonham Carter, and Julian Sands!

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A Room With A View | Trailers From Hell

A crowd-pleasing film with art house appeal can mean a bonanza at the box office—a formula that made James Ivory’s film one of the surprise hits of 1985. Based on E. M. Forster’s 1908 romance, the mov...

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 1d

The Quatermass Xperiment is out in a massive new Hammer boxed set. Glenn Erickson of CineSavant writes that Nigel Kneale’s original “organic invasion” scare show hasn’t lost its power.

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The Quatermass Xperiment - 4K - Trailers From Hell

Wonder of wonders — Hammer’s massive boxed sets seem unreasonable until one sees the depth and breadth of the extras. Nigel Kneale’s original ‘organic invasion’ scare show hasn’t lost its power, thank...

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 3d

This week on Trailers From Hell, we remember another fallen great, Claudia Cardinale. Blood Of The Vines scribe @randyfuller1.bsky.social supplies wine pairings for her star turns in The Leopard, Once Upon A Time In The West and 8 ½:

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 3d

A quarter of the 21st century is almost over, and there has been no lack of quality horror, filmic or otherwise, during that time. Watching The Dark’s Terry Morgan will be starting at the bottom of his top 25 horror movies this century, five at a time:

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The 25 Greatest Horror Films of the Past Quarter Century, Part One - Trailers From Hell

A quarter of the twenty-first century is almost over, and there has been no lack of quality horror, filmic or otherwise, during that time. It seems like an appropriate time to take stock and being tha...

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 5d

We wrap up our Claudia Cardinale tribute week with Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary for the avant garde Federico Fellini classic 8 ½!

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8 1/2 | Trailers From Hell

Federico Fellini's follow up to La Dolce Vita (and his last black-and-white movie) is the rare classic that rewards each viewing over a lifetime with new and different insights. A favorite of virtuall...

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Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social · 5d

The Two Deaths of Roy Hanson - from my pal Ian at The Gremlins Museum!

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The Two Deaths of Roy Hanson - The Gremlins Museum

This article examines the death of Roy Hanson in Gremlins, tracing how the scene evolved from its graphically violent conception—complete with a corpse riddled with syringes—to the more restrained ver...

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Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social · 5d

RIP Renato Casaro - creator of iconic movie posters.

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Renato Casaro Dies: The Italian Maestro Behind Posters For ‘Fistful Of Dollars’, ‘Conan The Barbarian’ & Thousands More Was 89

Renato Casaro has died. He leaves behind a legacy of classic film posters including 'Conan the Barbarian,' 'Octopussy,' 'A Fistful of Dollars' & More

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 6d

Akira Kurosawa’s modern crime masterpiece High and Low takes the leap to @criterion.bsky.social 4K. It’s a kidnapping tale in a context of social friction — the perpetrator is maddened by the gap between haves and have nots. Glenn Erickson of CineSavant reviews:

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High AND Low - 4K - Trailers From Hell

Akira Kurosawa’s modern crime masterpiece takes the leap to 4K. It’s a kidnapping tale in a context of social friction — the perpetrator is maddened by the gap between haves and have nots. A superb de...

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Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social · 7d

We managed to wrangle almost the entire Gremlins cast and crew together for a group photo on the backlot one day. Who can you spot? Autographed stills from Gizmo and/or me are available upon request!

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The Gremlins Gang On The Backlot | Renfield Collection

The cast and crew of director Joe Dante's classic creature feature Gremlins takes a group photo on the backlot!

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 7d

We’re still Remembering Claudia Cardinale this week on Trailers From Hell! Tune in to TFH Guru John Landis’ epic trailer commentary for the epic Sergio Leone Western, Once Upon A Time In The West.

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Once Upon A Time In The West | Trailers From Hell

Sergio Leone's 1968 masterpiece gives the lie to the term "spaghetti western". In a hastily shortened version it was a box-office disappointment in the U.S.but it played in the same theater in Paris f...

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Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social · 7d

Three decades later and now my movie Small Soldiers is a cult classic, sez here! It's now streaming on @paramountplus.com:

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Paramount+ Finally Streaming a Cult Classic Movie All ‘90s Kids Loved

The Paramount+ streaming library is packing a blast from the past that ‘90s kids won’t want to miss.

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Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social · 7d

BONE LAKE director Mercedes Bryce Morgan - The Movies That Made Me | iHeart

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 9d

Celebrate TFH Guru John Sayles’ birthday with these trailer commentaries!

In Cold Blood
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J09h...

Ride Lonesome
www.youtube.com/watch?v=--A-...

Beginning Of The End
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvom...

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 9d

This week on Trailers From Hell, we remember Robert Redford, the guy every guy’s wife says she'd have married had she had the chance. Blood of the Vines' @randyfuller1.bsky.social has wine pairings for The Candidate, Three Days of the Condor, & The Hot Rock.

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 8d

We’re Remembering Claudia Cardinale this week on TFH! First up, tune in to TFH Guru @larrythek.bsky.social's trailer commentary for the Visconti period epic The Leopard.

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The Leopard | Trailers From Hell

Classical movie making of the highest order, Luchino Visconti's sweeping 1963 epic set during the Italian revolution plants Burt Lancaster at the center of a long form feast for the senses embodied by...

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 11d

TFH Guru Ernest Dickerson, along with his collaborators Rose Geddes & Kevin Nicklaus, has created a BRAND-NEW noir graphic novel, Noh Face! It's set to appear in the compendium Noir Is The New Black later this year, and is available for pre-order right now:

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 10d

Having established itself as the Cadillac of gothic horror by the early 60s, Hammer embraced mashups by the 70s. @charlielargent.bsky.social of CineSavant reviews the studio’s Three Musketeers-Dracula hybrid Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter.

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Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter - 4K - Trailers From Hell

Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter Hammer – 4K Ultra HD 1974 – 1.37:1, 1.66:1, 1.85:1 Starring Horst Janson, John Cater, Caroline Munro Written by Brian Clemens Directed by Brian Clemens Having establish...

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 12d

We finish Remembering Robert Redford today with @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social podcast co-host @josholson.bsky.social’s trailer commentary for the Redford-George Segal caper classic The Hot Rock!

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The Hot Rock | Trailers From Hell

First of five comic Donald E. Westlake adaptations featuring the character of Dortmunder, ex-con and master thief (sort of), played here by Robert Redford. Westlake, who wrote under no less than 15 ps...

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 12d

CineSavant’s Glenn Erickson assesses a movie that isn’t yet on Blu-ray. England’s 1956 Michael Anderson version of George Orwell’s legendary book 1984 dropped (mostly) out of sight long ago. The production impresses in every way.

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1984 (1956) - Trailers From Hell

Here we take a ‘Missing on Blu’ Review break thanks to the Public Domain availability of a show we aren’t convinced was ever given a legit disc release, legit as in ‘authorized.’ England’s 1956 Michae...

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Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social · 13d

Vegas! I'll be hanging out at The Beverly Theater for a screening on Saturday, 10/24, to fete a screening of my movie The 'Burbs! See you there.

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 13d

Now at Austin's Fantastic Fest, TFH Gurus @thejoedante.bsky.social, Don Coscarelli, @ernest-dickerson.bsky.social & @mickgarris.bsky.social talk shop with @fangoria.bsky.social’s @philnobilejr.bsky.social to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Masters of Horror!

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 13d

We're still Remembering Robert Redford today on Trailers From Hell! Tune in to Don Coscarelli's trailer commentary for the astutely paranoid Three Days of the Condor:

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3 Days of the Condor | Trailers From Hell

For years studio development execs have tried to use Sydney Pollack's classic conspiracy thriller as a template for would-be blockbusters, but hardly any of the various subsequent attempts have equall...

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Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social · 13d

I got a chance to chat with @bjcolangelo.bsky.social of @slashfilm.bsky.social during @screamfactory.bsky.social's special Piranha screening at @vidiots.bsky.social last week about cult cinema restoration & preservation!

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Why Restoring Cult Movies Is A Public Service, According To Legendary Horror Director Joe Dante [Exclusive] - SlashFilm

Joe Dante, the filmmaker behind movies like Gremlins, Piranha, The Howling, and The 'Burbs, has strong feelings about the restoration of cult films.

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Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.social · 14d

My pals at one of my favorite LA repertory theaters, @vidiots.bsky.social, are still thriving! New from the @latimes.com:

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L.A.'s repertory cinemas endure through an age of streaming and Hollywood turmoil

The box office revenue is not the same since the pandemic, yet repertory theaters in Los Angeles have shown endurance because of the curated experiences they create.

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