Joe Dante Movies

Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax".

Director Garry S. Grant’s insightful documentary celebrates the work and legacy of auteur filmmaker Mario Bava, the grand master of Italian...

On a weekend camping trip deep in the forest, a young U.S. Marine enlistee named Jim and his friends stumble upon the murdered bodies of a...

Lucio Fulci documentary

Documentary featuring director Joe Dante, screenwriter John Sayles, producer Mike Finnell, stars Dee Wallace Stone, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, and...

Making-of featurette for 'The Howling' (1981)

A brand new hour-long documentary featuring newly filmed interviews on the making of the 1985 film, Innerspace.

An in depth look at the making of The 'Burbs, from High Rising Productions. This feature-length documentary includes interviews with director Joe...

This documentary short explores the origins of the monster movie and how Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963) fits in the genre.

Chris Walas and Howie Mandel, the voice of Gizmo, describe the laborious development of Gizmo and the Gremlins and the painstaking work required to...

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...

Nudism. Esperanto. KING KONG. Sci-Fi. What do all of these things have in common? Simple: Forrest J Ackerman! Who's that? Glad you asked... Forrest...

A crew enters a mysterious maze buried underneath an abandoned Soviet research facility where supernatural disturbances occur.

A documentary exploring the birth, death and resurrection of illustrated movie poster art. Through interviews with a number of key art personalities...

Documentary about the making of "The Howling".

A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.

A series of interviews about the history behind the 1972 Hammer Films production "Vampire Circus".

A series of interconnected stories explore the dark underbelly of the city of lights.

In this video piece, director Joe Dante discusses To Be or Not to Be, the era it was made in, and its tone and message.