Search results for "Joe Dante"
Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie
IMDb: 6.4
101

1959. Friday nights. We time-travelled. Witnessed surprising twists. Entertained aliens. Experienced fear. And first journeyed to the “Twilight Zone” of Rod Serling’s memorable TV series. And guided by four imaginative…

Burying the Ex

Burying the Ex

Burying the Ex
IMDb: 5.4
89

Before horror enthusiast Max can break things off with his girlfriend Evelyn she dies in a bus accident. In time, Max meets another woman only to have Evelyn resurface as…

Genre: Comedy, Horror
The Hole

The Hole

The Hole
IMDb: 5.7
92

After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole…

Small Soldiers

Small Soldiers

Small Soldiers
IMDb: 6.2
110

When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

Innerspace

Innerspace

Innerspace
IMDb: 6.8
120

Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend,…

The Howling

The Howling

The Howling
IMDb: 6.5
91

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

Genre: Horror
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
IMDb: 6.6
93

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Piranha

Piranha

Piranha
IMDb: 5.9
94

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort’s rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
IMDb: 6.4
106

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of…

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
IMDb: 5.8
93

Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a round-the-world adventure, along with…

Gremlins

Gremlins

Gremlins
IMDb: 7.3
106

When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde…

The ‘Burbs

The ‘Burbs

The ‘Burbs
IMDb: 6.8
102

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of…

The Second Civil War

The Second Civil War

The Second Civil War
IMDb: 6.6
97

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state’s border. News Net Television, a…

Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon
IMDb: 6.2
85

Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have…

Explorers

Explorers

Explorers
IMDb: 6.4
109

The visionary dreams of three curious and adventuresome young boys become an exciting reality in Explorers, the action-fantasy from director Joe Dante, who combines keen humor, warmth and fantasy with…

Nightmare Cinema

Nightmare Cinema

Nightmare Cinema
IMDb: 5.5
119

A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist…

Genre: Horror
Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard
IMDb: 5.9
83

A Midwestern ingenue moves to Hollywood and rivals a B-movie queen in low-budget quickies.

Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Matinee

Matinee

Matinee
IMDb: 6.9
99

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalises on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Trapped Ashes

Trapped Ashes

Trapped Ashes
IMDb: 4.7
105

Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they’ll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.

Genre: Horror