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
You Dirty Rat Week begins! TFH Guru Jesse V. Johnson kicks off the week with The Roaring Twenties, the Raoul Walsh crime classic starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart as GIs turned Prohibition-era bootleggers. trailersfromhell.com/the-roaring-...
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Celebrate TFH Guru Luca Guadagnino’s birthday with his (thus far) only trailer commentary for us, The Entity! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqKb... #theentity #lucaguadagnino #classicmovies #classicfilm #suspiria #bonesandall
Luca Guadagnino on THE ENTITY
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A slasher unlike anything you've seen before. Terry Morgan reviews Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a bloody, funny, deeply personal reinvention of the classic camp slasher. trailersfromhell.com/teenage-sex-...
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - Trailers From Hell
One of the pleasures of being a cinephile is watching a young filmmaker find their voice and get better as they make more movies. There’s something exciting in seeing potential in an artist early on a...
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A lost summer finally returns. CineSavant's B revisits Last Summer, the once nearly-lost Frank and Eleanor Perry drama now beautifully restored and back in circulation thanks to Warner Archive. trailersfromhell.com/last-summer-2/
Last Summer - Trailers From Hell
Like so many collectors, special CineSavant reviewer ‘B’ has been waiting forever for a decent disc of Frank and Eleanor Perry’s hard-to-forget 1969 film about three restless, careless teenagers idly ...
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The King goes noir. @charlielargent.bsky.social revisits King Creole, one of Elvis Presley's more substantial movie vehicles, and praises Kino Lorber's new 4K presentation of its noirish New Orleans atmosphere. Read the CineSavant review: trailersfromhell.com/king-creole-...
King Creole - 4K - Trailers From Hell
King Creole – 4K 1958 – 115 Min. – 1.78:1 Kino Lorber – 4K Blu-ray Starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart Written by Herbert Baker, Michael V. Gazzo Directed by Michael Curtiz If you’ve n...
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A Crock of Crazies Week wraps up! TFH Guru Darren Bousman revisits William Lustig’s Maniac, the notorious New York horror film that was banned in numerous countries and heavily cut in others. trailersfromhell.com/maniac/
Maniac | Trailers From Hell
Shot quickly and cheaply in New York on super 16mm, William Lustig's sleazoid gorefest was banned in numerous countries and heavily cut in others. Tom Savini's gruesome makeup FX set the corpuscular s...
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A Crock of Crazies Week wraps up with Blood of the Vines! @randyfuller1.bsky.social pairs Maniac Cop, Three on a Meathook, and Maniac with three fittingly crazy wine selections in this week’s column. trailersfromhell.com/a-crock-of-c...
A Crock of Crazies - Trailers From Hell
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many...
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Fritz Lang’s M comes to the Academy Museum this Saturday! Academy Governor Howard A. Rodman will appear in person for the screening, part of the museum’s Summer of Thrills series. Saturday, August 8 www.academymuseum.org/programs/det...
Fritz Lang’s M
Lang's 1931 first sound film. Peter Lorre plays a child murderer hunted through 1930s Berlin by both the police and the city's underworld. A landmark of suspense cinema. August 8 at the Ted Mann Theat...
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Wonder of wonders, Shakespeare gets the full Hollywood treatment. Glenn Erickson revisits A Midsummer Night’s Dream, where Shakespeare meets dazzling Hollywood spectacle, and praises Warner Archive’s beautifully remastered Blu-ray. trailersfromhell.com/a-midsummer-...
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Trailers From Hell
Wonder of wonders — restored to HD, Warners’ ode to high art generates big magic through Shakepeare’s giddy romantic comedy. Newcomer Olivia de Havilland romps with Dick Powell, Ross Alexander and Jea...
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A defining portrait of a man lost in America. Glenn Erickson revisits Five Easy Pieces, celebrating Jack Nicholson’s breakthrough dramatic performance and @criterioncollection.bsky.social’s new 4K restoration. trailersfromhell.com/five-easy-pi...
Five Easy Pieces - 4K UHD - Trailers From Hell
Jack Nicholson’s second breakthrough film and the first to show his dramatic range is Bob Rafelson and Carole Eastman’s portrait of an unsettled drifter. Bobby Dupea is described by Criterion as an al...
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A Crock of Crazies Week continues! TFH Guru Eli Roth revisits Three on a Meathook, a gloriously over-the-top slice of grindhouse horror that perfectly captures the spirit of exploitation cinema. trailersfromhell.com/three-on-a-m...
Three on a Meat Hook | Trailers From Hell
The vanished grindhouse era of gory, misogynist Ed-Gein-inspired Psycho knockoffs lives again, at least for the three minutes it takes Eli Roth to guide us through this frustratingly misguided trailer...
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Our @trailersfromhell.bsky.social podcast @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social is back! Give It Up writer/star @reynoldsgareth.bsky.social breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him, with me & my co-host @josholson.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
GIVE IT UP writer/star Gareth Reynolds
Podcast Episode · The Movies That Made Me · August 5 · 1h 21m
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Celebrate Trailers From Hell Guru Dennis Lehane's birthday today with these classic commentaries! Bull Durham t.co/U2J52BRENE The French Connection t.co/fDcRnzGD2O Sexy Beast youtube.com/watch?v=N-Of... #dennislehane #mysticriver #bulldurham #thefrenchconnection #sexybeast #classicmovies
Celebrate Trailers From Hell Guru Bernard Rose's birthday with these trailer commentaries! The Decameron www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWc6... Caravaggio www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqma... Amarcord www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceZZ... #bernardrose #thedecameron #caravaggio #amarcord #immortalbeloved
One of Hollywood's earliest serious confrontations with Nazi terror. Glenn Erickson revisits The Seventh Cross, celebrating its remarkable ensemble cast and Warner Archive's outstanding Blu-ray presentation of this powerful wartime drama. trailersfromhell.com/the-seventh-...
The Seventh Cross - Trailers From Hell
Vienna-born Fred Zinnemann’s first major MGM directorial assignment is an uncommonly intelligent and well researched anti-Nazi film. Spencer Tracy plays an embittered escapee from a concentration ca...
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My fellow @trailersfromhell.bsky.social Guru Allan Arkush's film Rock 'n' Roll High School ALSO has a birthday today. I helped on the script, ghost-directed a scene (Who knows which one? No cheating!) & have a brief cameo. So we've got a new pic! www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...
I Hate Mouse Work | Renfield Collection
A mousy mom objects to the Ramones in director Allan Arkush's Rock 'n' Roll High School. Renfield head honcho Joe Dante helped out on the script, substitute-directed a sequence, and has a brief cameo!
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A Crock of Crazies Week begins! TFH Guru JD Lifshitz kicks off the week with Maniac Cop, the cult horror favorite from William Lustig and Larry Cohen starring Bruce Campbell. trailersfromhell.com/maniac-cop/
Maniac Cop | Trailers From Hell
First there was Robocop, then there was Maniac Cop, director Bill Lustig and producer Larry Cohen’s low-rent gorefest about a cop returned from a near-death experience and out for revenge. The potenti...
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My movie Piranha turns 48 (!) today!! Celebrate with a fresh still from my Renfield Collection shop — with custom autographs available from moi. When did you first behold my fishy extravaganza? www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...
Fishy Friends | Renfield Collection
A nefarious fish explores a swimmer in director Joe Dante's classic horror parody Piranha!
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Happy 48th Anniversary to Piranha! Celebrate with TFH Guru Jon Davison’s trailer commentary. trailersfromhell.com/piranha/
Happy 47th Anniversary to Rock ‘n’ Roll High School! Celebrate with TFH Guru Eli Roth’s trailer commentary. trailersfromhell.com/rock-n-roll-...
Rock 'N' Roll High School | Trailers From Hell
Probably the most sheer fun New World Picture ever, Allan Arkush's classic would probably never have attained its legendary status without its most brilliant component -- the casting of The Ramones, t...
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BTD: Mario Bava. Blood and Black Lace (1964). Starring Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Claude Dantes, Dante Di Paolo. Title sequence directed by Bava, photographed by Ubaldo Terzano.
My pal Allan Arkush's classic Ramones musical Rock 'n' Roll High School turns 47 on the same day as my movie Piranha, 8/3! I acted in a small role, helped on the script, and substitute-directed briefly. We've got a fresh Renfield Collection still up now! www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...
Joey is a Punk Rocker | Renfield Collection
Joey Ramone rocks the mic in director Allan Arkush's Rock 'n' Roll High School! Renfield head honcho Joe Dante was briefly a substitute director during one stretch and earned a story credit for his wo...
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Belmondo before stardom. Glenn Erickson revisits A Man Named Rocca, an early Jean-Paul Belmondo crime thriller that may be uneven but rewards viewers with terrific performances and an unforgettable midsection set behind prison walls. trailersfromhell.com/a-man-named-...
A Man Named Rocca - Trailers From Hell
This early starring feature for Jean-Paul Belmondo co-stars him with Christine Kaufmann in an episodic crime tale. One friend tries to spring another from prison, while contending with gangsters on hi...
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What is the right thing to do when every choice is wrong? Glenn Erickson revisits Abandon Ship, a gripping survival drama built around one impossible moral dilemma, now beautifully restored on 4K by Sony. trailersfromhell.com/abandon-ship...
Abandon Ship - 4K UHD - Trailers From Hell
Sony surprises us with another fine 4K upgrade for an unheralded classic in the Columbia library. It’s a shipwreck survival tale that challenges ship’s officer Tyrone Power with a series of impossible...
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We've got a SPECIAL BIRTHDAY DEAL up now on my Renfield Collection shop! Get an autographed copy of the special @shoutstudios.bsky.social 4K + Ultra HD Blu-ray for my movie Piranha, which turns 48 on 8/3. www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...
*BIRTHDAY DEAL* Signed Piranha 4K Blu-ray | Renfield Collection
Just in time for Piranha's 48th birthday, fans can order autographed copies of the Scream Factory Collector's Edition Blu-ray + 4K Ultra HD. The set includes a 2022 restoration of the 4K scan of the o...
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We’re still Bingeing the Bard! TFH Guru John Badham continues our William Shakespeare movie theme week with Julius Caesar, Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation featuring one of Marlon Brando’s greatest performances. trailersfromhell.com/julius-caesar/
Julius Caesar | Trailers From Hell
One of Marlon Brando's greatest performances. Joe Mankiewicz's 1953 prestige MGM version of the classic is still one of the best film treatments of Shakespeare and saw a lot of 16mm classroom use duri...
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Our @trailersfromhell.bsky.social podcast @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social returns from our summer break! Today, my co-host @josholson.bsky.social & I chop it up with American Psycho co-writer/director Mary Harron about the movies that made her as a kid! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
AMERICAN PSYCHO co-writer/director Mary Harron
Podcast Episode · The Movies That Made Me · July 28 · 1h 16m
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Hard to believe it's been 10 years since my pal @juliamarchese.bsky.social wonderful crowdfunded documentary Out of Print premiered. Talkhouse is celebrating the anniversary of this love letter to 35mm, repertory cinemas, and the magic of the theatrical experience. talkhouse.com/iout-of-prin...
<i>Out of Print</i> is Back in Print! - Talkhouse
Julia Marchese on her movie theater documentary returning 10 years on, and why it’s more resonant than ever.
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TFH Guru Bernard Rose revisits Looking for Richard, Al Pacino's passionate and entertaining journey into Shakespeare's Richard III. trailersfromhell.com/looking-for-...
Looking for Richard | Trailers From Hell
This 1996 documentary about Richard III was directed by Al Pacino, who had recently starred in a production of the great tragedy on Broadway. Thankfully, the film itself is no downer but rather a witt...
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Pacifism goes Panavision and color. Glenn Erickson revisits Richard Attenborough's Oh! What a Lovely War, praising its timeless anti-war message and Eureka! Masters of Cinema's outstanding Region B Blu-ray. trailersfromhell.com/oh-what-a-lo...
Oh! What a Lovely War - Import - Trailers From Hell
Pacifism goes Panavision and color in Richard Attenborough’s first directorial effort, a musical epic of the tragedy of World War One. The mirth and magic — and despair — comes from songs sung in the ...
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