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Joe Dante
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
Piranha (1978)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy - A gag–filled spoof of JAWS and B–Movies from the 1950s. Premium schlock from the pen of John Sayles.
Howling, The (1981)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Dee Wallace Stone, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan - A well–regarded werewolf movie that gets funnier and scarier as it progresses. Rob Bottin's bone–crunching werewolf transformation scenes…
Twilight Zone - The Movie (1983)- Dir. John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante
Feat. John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks… - Big–screen homage to the classic 60s TV–series, features four segments of varying (though often effective) creepiness, helmed by…
Gremlins (1984)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Hoyt Axton, Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates… - Comedy–horror gold just mild enough for the kids, about a boy's new pet that spawns a legion of furry, unruly monsters.
Explorers, The (1985)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix - Imaginative space adventure film also has enormous fun at the expense of American popular culture. Among the explorers are a very baby–faced…
Innerspace (1987)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan… - The premise of FANTSTIC VOYAGE is comically reworked with a vastly different plotline involving a miniaturized Dennis Quaid is inadvertently injected…
Burbs, The (1989)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher… - A worthwhile comic spin on that age–old comic scenario – what if those strange new neighbours were members of a cannibalistic cult?…
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover - This commendable sequel sees the little critters take the mayhem to gargantuan proportions, attempting to take over the entire city of New York.
Matinee (1992)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. John Goodman, Cathy Moriaty, David Clennon - The director of GREMLINS and EXPLORERS affectionate nod to science fiction B–movies and film director/gimmick meister, William Castle. Set…
Second Civil War, The (1997)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, James Coburn - Fairly realistic speculation of an American Civil War, occurring when present–day Idaho cedes from the Union, painted over with the lighter…
Small Soldiers (1998)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Kirsten Dunst - A kidult toy story that concocts a legion of CGI plastic soldiers into a live–action smalltown America. Doing battle with the toy monsters…
Looney Tunes - Back in Action (2003)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin… - Veteran toons Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are successfully dusted off for the 21st century big–screen, interacting with live actors in a frantic…
Masters of Horror Vol. 3 (Pick Me Up, Homecoming) (2005)- Dir. Larry Cohen, Joe Dante
Feat. Fairuza Balk, Michael Moriarty, Robert Picardo - The brainchild of dir. Mick Garris (THE STAND), this anthology produced by the Showtime cable network commissions some of the genre's greatest…
Hole, The (2009)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Chris Massoglia, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble… - Spooky fun with two brothers who stumble upon a mysterious hole in their basement of their new home. Joe Dante brings his sly touch to a horror…
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