In lesser hands, the overtly meta nature of 22 Jump Street could easily have become insufferably smug. Directing duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, though, have been proving themselves to be kings of manic, self-aware comedy, and their more consistently strong follow-up to 2012’s 21 Jump Street might be the best comedy sequel since Joe Dante’s Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
Writer Lee Gambin calls them Natural Horror films, other writers call them Revenge of Nature or Nature Run Amok films and writer Charles Derry considers them a type of Apocalyptic Cinema. Of course we’re speaking of one of the great horror subgenres for which we’ll employ writer Kim Newman’s tag: The Revolt of Nature. Since …
One of the more notable horror directors of the last 30 years is Joe Dante. Having helmed movies such as Gremlins, Small Soldiers, and Holes. The director has also, over the years, lent his support, by way of taking on the role of producer, to several projects, the latest of which is the psychological horror film Dark. The first …
One of modern Hollywood’s most amiable auteurs, Joe Dante will be helming a horror comedy titled Monster Love for Darclight, the genre arm of Arclight Films. The screenplay, by comics writer Greg Pak, follows a werewolf and a vampire whose romance sparks an inter-species war. Admittedly the director has been directing only TV projects since …
“Piranha is a fun cult classic with lots of blood and a great script.” Piranha Director: Joe Dante Writer: John Sayles Starring: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Dick Miller 1978 United States | R | 92 mins Deep down in the big blue abyss so many creatures, known and unknown, lurk. Sharks, barracudas, jelly fish, and other …