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Joe Dante
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Joseph James Dante Jr. (born November 28, 1946) is an American filmmaker, producer, editor and actor. His films—notably Gremlins (1984) alongside its sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)—often mix the 1950s-style B movie genre with 1960s radicalism and cartoon comedy. Dante's output includes the films Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Explorers (1985), Innerspace (1987), The 'Burbs (1989), Matinee (1993), Small Soldiers (1998), and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). His work for television and cable include the social satire The Second Civil War (1997), episodes of the anthology series Masters of Horror ("Homecoming" and "The Screwfly Solution") and Amazing Stories, as well as Police Squad! and Hawaii Five-0. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Dante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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When Nature Turns
Exploring the deep to the desert, and the skies to the suburbs, animals have long been cinema's most primal villains. This chain traces the evolution of the cre...
8 films
The Moon Is a Bloody Mirror
A Halloween journey through the werewolf film, from suburban Canadian adolescence to 18th-century France, tracking what the beast has always known about becomin...
8 films
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Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024 · Self
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022 · Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021 · Self
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020 · Self
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 · Self - Host
In Search of Darkness
2019 · Self
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009 · Self
Monsterland
2009 · Self
