Joe Dante

Joe Dante

@thejoedante.bsky.social

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

11,348 Followers 655 Following 4,330 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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The Best '90s Cult Horror Adventure Series Has a 100% RT-Score and It's Streaming Free, No Strings Attached A cult horror classic you can watch without spending a penny.

My show Eerie, Indiana is streaming for FREE on Tubi RIGHT NOW!

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Chaos and Creation in the Backyard | Renfield Collection A lupine creation is constructed under the California sun in this behind-the-scenes pre-pro still from director Joe Dante's The Howling.

My lupine horror comedy The Howling turns 45 years young (!) today. Who here first saw it in theaters? On VHS? Cable?

Celebrate with a fresh still from my Renfield Collection. Custom autographs from yours truly are available upon request!

www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...

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Portnoy's Complaint | Trailers From Hell Moviegoers who loved Philip Roth’s comic masterpiece about the bedeviled Alexander Portnoy, his monstrous mother, and his mostly silent psychiatrist, were hard-pressed to endure Ernest Lehman’s awkwar...

Today, Trailers From Hell Guru @larrythek.bsky.social revisits Portnoy’s Complaint, Ernest Lehman’s attempt to bring Philip Roth’s infamous and wildly provocative novel to the screen. One of the more daring literary adaptations of its era.

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The Day and the Hour - Trailers From Hell René Clément all but invented the resistance movie in France and returned to the topic several times. This story of an American flier and a Frenchwoman avoids political sentiment and escapist excesses...

In a new review, Glenn Erickson of CineSavant appraises the tense wartime drama The Day and the Hour — the tale of a Parisian woman helping an American airman escape Nazi-controlled France.

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Mogambo - Trailers From Hell John Ford went to Africa and brought home a fine remake of a 1930s pre-Code hit, with its original star Clark Gable. Clark has his hands full juggling leading ladies of the next generation, Ava Gardne...

John Ford’s Mogambo sends Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly into a Technicolor jungle romance full of rivalry and adventure. Check out Glenn Erickson’s CineSavant review of the safari epic on Trailers From Hell!

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Hey Karen | Renfield Collection Robert Picardo pays Dee Wallace a surprise visit in this still from director Joe Dante's classic lupine horror comedy The Howling.

The Howling birthday ramp-up (it's Friday) continues apace at my Renfield Collection shop!

Bob Picardo surprises Dee Wallace in this new still. Order your copy — replete with a custom autograph from me upon request — from our store forthwith!

www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...

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FLASH SALE: The Howling Blu-ray/4K + BTS Still | Renfield Collection SPECIAL FLASH SALE! This special Collector's Edition of the classic Joe Dante chiller The Howling arrives replete with standard and 4K Blu-ray discs. We're throwing in an extra Joe Dante BTS pic from ...

FLASH SALE ALERT on my Renfield Productions shop!

To celebrate the Friday bday of my film The Howing, we're bundling the special edition Blu-ray + 4K AND a behind-the-scenes still, with custom autographs included (if you'd like) at no additional charge.

www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...

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The Vigil | Trailers From Hell A supernatural tale of terror steeped in Jewish tradition and memories of the Holocaust, The Vigil stars Dave Davis as Yakov Ronen, a man charged with keeping watch over a deceased man who was interre...

Oy Vey Week is back on Trailers From Hell! Today, TFH Guru JD Lifshitz (Barbarian, Weapons) explains in his commentary that The Vigil, Keith Thomas’s chilling debut, draws on a deeply rooted Jewish ritual to build an atmosphere of dread.

trailersfromhell.com/the-vigil/

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TV Is Good, TV Is Tom's Pal | Renfield Collection Tom Hanks is glued to the TV as Carrie Fisher looks on in director Joe Dante's classic horror comedy The 'Burbs!

Take me back to The 'Burbs! We had a lot of fun with Tom and Carrie on this shoot. To celebrate/lean into my own nostalgia, here's a fresh still from my Renfield Collection. Custom autographs from yours truly are available upon request.

www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...

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BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI | Official Trailer | Now Streaming YouTube video by MUBI

Blossoms Shanghai is the most ravishingly photographed show on TV, at least since Ripley! From Wong Kar Wai. Fascinating!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HULz...

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Shiva Baby | Trailers From Hell Filmed over 16 days, Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby is an Altmanesque comedy with a wry twist. Rachel Sennott plays Danielle, a claustrophobic college girl whose neuroses are triggered in a big way at a v...

Oy Vey Week kicks off in חַי (if you know, you know) style with a brand-new trailer commentary! TFH Guru @pattonoswalt.bsky.social notes that Shiva Baby, Emma Seligman’s uncomfy comedy of manners, turns a familiar social ritual into a pressure cooker of anxiety.

trailersfromhell.com/shiva-baby/

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Listen to Director John Sturges' 'Better Than Film School' Commentary John Sturges is considered by many to be one of the most underrated filmmakers since the beginning of cinema. His films The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, and Bad Day at Black Rock tell stories ...

Director John Sturges explains it all for you!

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The Second Woman - Trailers From Hell Upscale country-club noir: James V. Kern’s well-directed psychological drama has become semi-obscure for a number of reasons but has been resurrected in decent shape, yielding a handsome show with som...

The Second Woman has become semi-obscure for a number of reasons, but Glenn Erickson of CineSavant submits that the movie has been resurrected in decent shape.

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Is Your Godzilla Collection Stop-Motion Ready? Cast your kaiju crew. Browse the full figure lineup at Godzilla.com. An original stop-motion production created entirely through human craftsmanship... TikTok video by GODZILLA.OFFICIAL

Stop motion kaiju!

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Celebrate Trailers From Hell interactive division head Kris Millsap’s birthday by spending some time on the site today!

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PlayTime 4K - Trailers From Hell PlayTime 1967 – 123 Min. – 1.78:1 Criterion – 4K Blu-ray Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden Written by Jacques Tati Directed by Jacques Tati PlayTime is work. Work for the audience who...

PlayTime is work. Work for the audience who must adjust their own understanding as to how a movie should move, and work for the man who conceived the film, Jacques Tati. @charlielargent.bsky.social of CineSavant reviews:

trailersfromhell.com/playtime-4K/

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Although Blood of the Vines’ @randyfuller1.bsky.social doesn’t recommend drinking and driving, he does have a wine pairing for each Road Games Week film: Honky Tonk Freeway, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Wild Boys of the Road. For when you get home.

trailersfromhell.com/road-games/

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80's Action-Comedy INNERSPACE To Receive Arrow Video Limited Edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray Release | Horror Cult Films Arrow Video has announced the release of 80’s flick INNERSPACE on limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray on 27th April 2026. From director Joe Dante (Gremlins, The ‘Burbs) and producer Steven Spielberg (P...

My movie Innerspace is coming to 4K UHD & Blu-ray in a special @arrowvideo.bsky.social limited edition!

horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2026/03/80s-...

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Wild Boys of the Road | Trailers From Hell William Wellman’s grueling depression-era film takes full advantage of its pre-code status. Starring Frankie Darrow as a high school dropout who hops a rail car to make ends meet, the 1933 movie fairl...

Road Games Week speeds to its thrilling conclusion on Trailers From Hell with Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary for the pre-Code, cross-country adventure Wild Boys of the Road!

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The Future of Horror Movies Is on YouTube Many of the strangest, most striking horror films, from “The Night of the Living Dead” to “The Blair Witch Project,” come from first-timers working on shoestring budgets—but these days Hollywood is lo...

YouTube: the Future of Horror Movies (it sez here)?

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TRAILER SHOW: Emilie Blichfeldt Spotify video

Amelie, Dogville, Involuntary, and multiple David Cronenberg classics number among the movies that made this week’s @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social podcast guest, Emilie Blichfeldt!

Check out her Trailer Show vodcast on Spotify:

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Joan Is Awful - Wikipedia

Don't miss one of the very best BLACK MIRROR episodes (but maybe wait till you watch before reading the Wiki entry)!

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Stranger on the Third Floor - Trailers From Hell The stylized visuals in this RKO mini-masterpiece are more extreme than any of the German expressionist classics said to have influenced it. A cub reporter experiences a nightmare of crazy injustice, ...

The stylized visuals in Stranger on the Third Floor are more extreme than any of the German expressionist classics said to have influenced it, writes Glenn Erickson of CineSavant.

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(Brodyfest Presents) Kilmerfest takes stock of Tombstone! Although TFH does not necessarily concur with the team's appraisal, per se. It's still an interesting convo with some great historic context into the Earp clan!

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Mad Max: Fury Road | Trailers From Hell Director George Miller takes his adrenalized action epic The Road Warrior and injects it with an unholy supercharged mix of psychotropics and nitroglycerin. The result is Mad Max: Fury Road; no less c...

We’re on the road again for Road Games Week on Trailers From Hell! Crank those amps to 11 as Brian Trenchard-Smith vaults us into George Miller’s madcap franchise revival Mad Max: Fury Road with a raucous trailer commentary.

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Excalibur  - 4K - Trailers From Hell Not every John Boorman film landed on target, but this fantastic take on the Arthur legend is a big winner. Beginning the story a generation back with Uther Pendragon deepens our understanding of Arth...

Glenn Erickson of CineSavant raves that Excalibur, John Boorman’s fantastic take on the Arthur legend, is a big winner. Excess romantic pathos is dropped in favor of a return to the mystical roots that would underpin epics to come, including Tolkien.

trailersfromhell.com/excalibur-4k/

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Dillinger - Trailers From Hell John Milius’s all-star gangland gundown epic is great fun for fans of gun action and the America’s number one Public Enemy Number One. Stars Warren Oates and Ben Johnson hail from Sam Peckinpah’s stoc...

John Milius’s all-star 1973 gangland gundown epic Dillinger is great fun for fans of gun action and America’s all-time Public Enemy Number One, writes Glenn Erickson of CineSavant.

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Cold Storage & Marshmallow - Trailers From Hell Sometimes one wants a film filled with subtlety and nuance, cinema that plumbs the human condition and makes one a better person. Sometimes one simply wants a movie in which, to quote SCTV Farm Film R...

Sometimes one simply wants a movie in which things get “blowed up real good,” posits Terry Morgan. Cold Storage is such a flick. If Terry had to narrow his critique down to one word, it would be “goopy.” Check out his reviews of Marshmallow & Cold Storage!

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