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  1. This evening's viewing: classic 80s horror, Joe Dante's The Howling (complete with a very young, pre-Trek Robert Picardo!).

    For my money, along with American Werewolf in London (from the same era), still one of the best lycanthrope movies of all time, with incredible transformation effects, all achieved with practical, on-set effects.

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    #horror #horreur #film #ClassicFilm #HorrorFilm #TheHowling #Werewolf #Lycanthrope #WerewolfMovie #WerewolfFilm #1980sFilm #JoeDante

  2. This evening's viewing: classic 80s horror, Joe Dante's The Howling (complete with a very young, pre-Trek Robert Picardo!).

    For my money, along with American Werewolf in London (from the same era), still one of the best lycanthrope movies of all time, with incredible transformation effects, all achieved with practical, on-set effects.

    .

    #horror #horreur #film #ClassicFilm #HorrorFilm #TheHowling #Werewolf #Lycanthrope #WerewolfMovie #WerewolfFilm #1980sFilm #JoeDante

  3. #BehindTheScenes
    #TheBurbs (1989)
    An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.

    Director #JoeDante and #TomHanks

  4. #BehindTheScenes
    #TheBurbs (1989)
    An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.

    Director #JoeDante and #TomHanks

  5. LA DIRECTOR'S CUT DE "GREMLINS" QUE SOLO UNOS POCOS HAN VISTO.
    Durante una noche casi clandestina en Los Ángeles, un reducido grupo de cineastas, guionistas y productores fue convocado a una proyección con un reclamo irresistible: asistir a una película que, en cierto modo, nunca había existido para el público…
    nuevoimagenesdeactualidad.blog
    #cine #cinema #joedante #gremlins

  6. I just watched an episode of Masters of Horror called Homecoming directed by Joe Dante.

    Almost all of Dante's movies are political but you often need to interpret. In 2005 he had something to say about the Iraq War and George W. Bush. This time there was no subtlety involved.

    Homecoming is not great. If it had been purely black humor it might have worked better but it also tries to be sentimental which falls flat. As a political statement I love it.

    If you want the spoiler summary ....

    #JoeDante #MastersOfHorror #GeorgeWBush #IraqWar

  7. I just watched an episode of Masters of Horror called Homecoming directed by Joe Dante.

    Almost all of Dante's movies are political but you often need to interpret. In 2005 he had something to say about the Iraq War and George W. Bush. This time there was no subtlety involved.

    Homecoming is not great. If it had been purely black humor it might have worked better but it also tries to be sentimental which falls flat. As a political statement I love it.

    If you want the spoiler summary ....

    #JoeDante #MastersOfHorror #GeorgeWBush #IraqWar

  8. JOE DANTE SE CONVIERTE EN UN FIRME DEFENSOR DEL FILM, "¡LA NOVIA!" DIRIGIDO POR MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL.
    En medio del ruido —ese murmullo constante que hoy decide la suerte de una película en cuestión de horas—, ¡La novia! ha quedado atrapada en una especie de limbo incómodo: demasiado extraña para el gran público, demasiado cara para permitirse el lujo de serlo. Y, sin embargo, no todos han querido sumarse al veredicto apresurado…
    nuevoimagenesdeactualidad.blog
    #cine #cinema #joedante #maggiegyllenhaal

  9. ¿Creciste viendo Pequeños Guerreros? No era una película infantil. Joe Dante metió una sátira violenta sobre el militarismo y las corporaciones disfrazada de juguete. Los Commando Elite daban miedo de verdad. Revísala hoy y entiende por qué.
    #PequeñosGuerreros #CineNoventero #JoeDante

    pletnet.io/pequenos-guerreros-

  10. Joe Dante lâche les monstres à New York ! Fini la peur, place à la satire totale et aux parodies jubilatoires. Découvrez notre critique de #Gremlins2, la suite la plus barrée des années 90 sur CritiKs MoviZ. #Cinema #JoeDante #CritiqueFilm #CKMZ

    critiksmoviz.fr/2026/03/13/gre

  11. Tom Hanks’ name may be above the title, but Joe Dante was the real draw. Like Sam Raimi, he was one of those directors that my film-loving friends and I gravitated towards. Apparently this originally had a much darker ending until Hanks was cast — would have loved to have seen that version too.

    #admitonedaily #theburbs #joedante #1980smovies #ticketstub

    callsheetapp.com/movie/11974

  12. From Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses - Chris Nashawaty

    > [Roger Corman] did that first for [Ingmar Bergman's] Cries and Whispers. He dubbed the picture, and he played it in drive-ins.
    >
    > - Joe Dante

    #film
    #JoeDante
    #RogerCorman
    #IngmarBergman
    #OlisQuoteFile

  13. From Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses - Chris Nashawaty

    > [Roger Corman] did that first for [Ingmar Bergman's] Cries and Whispers. He dubbed the picture, and he played it in drive-ins.
    >
    > - Joe Dante

    #film
    #JoeDante
    #RogerCorman
    #IngmarBergman
    #OlisQuoteFile

  14. Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #Matinee #JohnGoodman #JoeDante From the Director of 'Gremlins,' This John Goodman War Comedy Deserved So Much More at the Box Office dlvr.it/TNmCBh

  15. #NowWatching “The Howling” (1981) on 4K UHD Blu-Ray from Shout! Factory.

    Directed by Joe Dante

    Get it: amzn.to/3Dyz7zR

    After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

    #4K #4KUHD #4KBluray #bluray #PhysicalMedia #blurayCollector #ad #horror #werewolf #JoeDante #ShoutFactory

  16. #NowWatching “The Howling” (1981) on 4K UHD Blu-Ray from Shout! Factory.

    Directed by Joe Dante

    Get it: amzn.to/3Dyz7zR

    After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

    #4K #4KUHD #4KBluray #bluray #PhysicalMedia #blurayCollector #ad #horror #werewolf #JoeDante #ShoutFactory

  17. I am reading the second draft of Gremlins. I knew it was different but ...

    When Billy gets the mogwai he calls it a bastard, when it starts to sing he tells it to shut up and when it bothers him a little he picks up a sword wanting to kill it.

    #JoeDante #ChrisColumbus #StevenSpielberg #Gremlins

  18. I am reading the second draft of Gremlins. I knew it was different but ...

    When Billy gets the mogwai he calls it a bastard, when it starts to sing he tells it to shut up and when it bothers him a little he picks up a sword wanting to kill it.

    #JoeDante #ChrisColumbus #StevenSpielberg #Gremlins

  19. I just watched The 4:30 Movie. A semi-autographical film by Kevin Smith about high-schoolers in 1986 who go to the cinema.

    I really enjoyed it though I wouldn't put it up with Cinema Paradiso or Matinee, the best in the movies-about-movies genre. Really funny at times and great 80s bad movie pastiches.

    Kevin Smith was a guest on The Movies That Made Me podcast last week and was extremely happy to hear that Joe Dante had been up for directing Batman (before Tim Burton got the job).

    #KevinSmith #430Movie #The430Movie #MoviesAboutMovies #TheMoviesThatMadeMe #Batman #JoeDante

  20. I just watched The 4:30 Movie. A semi-autographical film by Kevin Smith about high-schoolers in 1986 who go to the cinema.

    I really enjoyed it though I wouldn't put it up with Cinema Paradiso or Matinee, the best in the movies-about-movies genre. Really funny at times and great 80s bad movie pastiches.

    Kevin Smith was a guest on The Movies That Made Me podcast last week and was extremely happy to hear that Joe Dante had been up for directing Batman (before Tim Burton got the job).

    #KevinSmith #430Movie #The430Movie #MoviesAboutMovies #TheMoviesThatMadeMe #Batman #JoeDante

  21. The Movies That Made Me podcast is my favourite podcast about film. Instead of talking to filmmakers about their movies they discuss the, you know, "movies that made them".

    Kevin Smith doesn't stick to the rules in his appearance, he even talks about his own mental health. He also made me interested to see his latest film *The 4:30 Movie* (not 420). Movies about movies is one of my favourite genres.

    One of the movies Kevin mentions as having made him is *The World According To Garp" which he saw in a theater at an "inappropriate" age. I only saw it on TV but I was also quite young, about ten I think. It has stuck with me. I even read the book about a quarter century later.

    I wasn't the only one in my school to see Garp. I remember talking about that one scene, you know.

    I did wonder where the name Garp came from because it is quite similar to the Icelandic/Norse word "garpur" (which means something like hero/champion). The word was used as the Icelandic name of He-Man (Garpur og hetjur himingeimsins).

    I sometimes wonder about "inappropriate" films and now I think about which movies my sons will talk about having watched with me at an inappropriate age.

    #TheMoviesThatMadeMe
    #JohnIrving
    #JoeDante
    #KevinSmith
    #Films
    #Movies
    #Podcasts
    #MentalHealth

    The Movies That Made Me: CLERKS filmmaker Kevin Smith

    Episode webpage: moviesthatmademe.com/podcast/k

    Media file: podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/c

  22. The Movies That Made Me podcast is my favourite podcast about film. Instead of talking to filmmakers about their movies they discuss the, you know, "movies that made them".

    Kevin Smith doesn't stick to the rules in his appearance, he even talks about his own mental health. He also made me interested to see his latest film *The 4:30 Movie* (not 420). Movies about movies is one of my favourite genres.

    One of the movies Kevin mentions as having made him is *The World According To Garp" which he saw in a theater at an "inappropriate" age. I only saw it on TV but I was also quite young, about ten I think. It has stuck with me. I even read the book about a quarter century later.

    I wasn't the only one in my school to see Garp. I remember talking about that one scene, you know.

    I did wonder where the name Garp came from because it is quite similar to the Icelandic/Norse word "garpur" (which means something like hero/champion). The word was used as the Icelandic name of He-Man (Garpur og hetjur himingeimsins).

    I sometimes wonder about "inappropriate" films and now I think about which movies my sons will talk about having watched with me at an inappropriate age.

    #TheMoviesThatMadeMe
    #JohnIrving
    #JoeDante
    #KevinSmith
    #Films
    #Movies
    #Podcasts
    #MentalHealth

    The Movies That Made Me: CLERKS filmmaker Kevin Smith

    Episode webpage: moviesthatmademe.com/podcast/k

    Media file: podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/c

  23. I remember when I first heard about the proposed film "Jaws 3 - People 0" I thought it was a funny joke someone made, a "haha, wouldn't it be funny if ..."

    Actually it was almost made. Not a "Scary Movie" type of thing but the actual third movie of the #Jaws franchise.

    #films #movies

    When I say almost I mean that the script was written by some #JohnHughes while #JoeDante had been hired as the director. They had even made storyboards (without consulting the director).

    When #JoeDante heard that #TheHowling needed a director while there were obviously some problem with the production he decided to give up what would have been his first studio picture.

  24. #BehindTheScenes
    #TheHowling (1981)
    After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

    Director #JoeDante discusses the scene with the werewolf.
    #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬