A lot of Jaws rip-offs flooded cinemas during the late ’70s and earlier ’80s but Joe Dante’s aquatic gem stands as one of the best, in fact, it was so good that when Universal wanted to sue Corman’s studio it was Steven Spielberg who convinced them not to. If that doesn’t equal a good recommendation…
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The Howling (1981) – Review
There aren’t a lot of great werewolf movie out there, in fact, when compared to vampire movies there aren’t all that many werewolf films period, but in 1981 we were treated to two competing werewolf films that have become the benchmark for the genre, first, there was the John Landis dark comedy An American Werewolf…
The Hole (2009) – Review
Director Joe Dante has been responsible for some of my favourite horror films such as Piranha and The Howling while films like Gremlins and The Hole could be classified as being part of that rare subgenre of Horror/Family films. These are films that have very scary elements, intense thematic moments but are able to dance close to…