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This lot is one of the last links to the heyday of Columbia serials. I used it in "Gremlins," "Small Soldiers" and "Eerie, Indiana." Everyone from John Ford to Orson Welles shot here. It will be a shame to replace it with more soulless steel and glass.https://t.co/Rfzwtz7QAr
— Joe Dante (@joe_dante) April 15, 2019

Joe Dante just pips John Carpenter for me, but it's damn close.
— Dave Scullion (@The_Scullion) March 28, 2019

Absolutely, he's often overlooked.

The Thing is probably my favourite film of all time, but Dante's work has probably influenced me the most (Eerie, Indiana / Gremlins / The 'Burbs / Small Soldiers and even The Hole).

He manages to make horror gleeful & dark at the same time.
— Dave Scullion (@The_Scullion) March 28, 2019

Eerie, Indiana, is a small town where anything can happen and where urban legends go to become reality. Eerie is a town which has an annual Tornado Day picnic to appease "Old Bob," the tornado that threatens the town each year. Eerie is a town where movie monsters emerge from the television screen, except these are not monsters -- they are actors cursed to repeat their roles forever. Eerie is a town with "a pompous business man known as The Donald who brainwashes the town into buying on credit." Eerie is a town where your next door neighbor (the one mowing his lawn) is an aging Elvis Presley.. Eerie is a town that ignores Daylight Savings Time and when you set your clock back an hour anyway you wake up in an abandoned town with garbage men who are trying to kill you. Eerie, Indiana, is a town where a group of intelligent dogs plot to take over the world.

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hehehehhehe I believe you. Don't worry. :) Have ya ever seen eerie indiana? It originally was on NBC but then it got reaired on fox kids. It was all right and directed by the guy who did gremlins
— socialismpupper69 (@Coolranch4lyfe) February 3, 2019

I don't think you get the kind of comforting background actor like Dick Miller in films anymore. I'll miss him.

I always liked to pretend he was the same dustman in Gremlins as he was in Eerie, Indiana.
— Tony (@TonyTimes2) January 31, 2019

One filmmaker who was a staple in my childhood was Joe Dante, I grew up with his work (such as GREMLINS, GREMLINS 2, THE HOWLING, THE ‘BURBS, EERIE INDIANA) and I am not sure what type of person I’d have become without them. His films manage to blend horror/comedy perfectly; whether they are aimed at teenagers/adults or children/family they all just seem to work. He’s a man for all seasons, no matter what you’re in the mood for he’ll have the right recipe for it. The man has dipped into feet into so much: films, television and even the fantastic TRAILERS OF HELL website, he knows no boundaries. So ladies and gentlemen, without further ado I present to you Joe Dante!

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Watching gremlins 2 & picking up on all sorts of things I never picked up on before.. gremlins specifically targeted the building because of the tech & because Clamp was developing in China town...
— Brian C. (@FuturistTeletex) January 2, 2019

Weirdly meant to be especially too since guy from the 1st one also just happens to be working there... & wow the traumatized neighbor guy just happens to be visiting NY & helps get rid of them & gets over his fear. What a fateful movie this new batch.
— Brian C. (@FuturistTeletex) January 2, 2019

It's actually pretty well thought out/expanded upon/ & improved upon. Gremlins 2 is definitely a movie that lives up to or maybe surpasses the original... not surprised! Joe Dante rocks.. Ever watch eerie Indiana?
— Brian C. (@FuturistTeletex) January 2, 2019

Fiancée "you know this movie really reminds me of eerie Indiana" well directed by joe Dante who was creative consultant to eerie Indiana. "How do you know that?" *shrug
— Brian C. (@FuturistTeletex) January 2, 2019

Here it is -- the photo of the year! Dick Miller wearing his 90th birthday gift, in the great tradition of Ugly Christmas Sweaters! pic.twitter.com/IvCCYQm2E8
— Joe Dante (@joe_dante) January 1, 2019

One from the Burbs (with a bonus chapter on Eerie, Indiana) and one on Gremlins

Joe’s films played a huge part in my movie watching experience growing up. Some of my favourite childhood memories were getting lost in the worlds and stories he created. #Gremlins #Explorers #Innerspace #Burbs #EerieIndiana 🙌
— Dave 4.1 (@Daveleerichards) November 29, 2018

Happy Birthday to Director Joe Dante, besides Gremlins what is your other favorite film he directed? @PromoteHorror @StrangeCinema65 @TWeirdling @replicantpinky @COMMANDOELITE99 @yeah_well_okay @kinky_horror @cinema_strikes @Duugy13 @FisherBurton @holli @JoshPond10 #JoeDante
— The Losman (@losman94) November 28, 2018

And Homecoming when it comes to TV, with Eerie Indiana second.
— televisionnutritiva (@telenutritiva) November 28, 2018

Happy 72nd Birthday to one of the great nerds of our time, Joe Dante, a man who loves movies and makes movies we love. Stop what you're doing and spend the day watching Piranha, The Howling, Gremlins, Innerspace, Matinee, Looney Tunes: Back in Action and TV's Eerie, Indiana. Fun! pic.twitter.com/UzCX8qFZEG
— Marshall Julius (@MarshallJulius) November 28, 2018

Hoy cumpliría años Henry Gibson: secundario en 4 filmes de Altman (de ahí su papel en 'Magnolia'), John Landis se lo recomendó para 'Innerspace' a Dante, con quien Gibson repitió en 'Gremlins 2', 'Eerie, Indiana' y 'Trapped Ashes', donde parecía volver a ser el Dr. Werner Klopek. pic.twitter.com/CRjjUcD1ey
— Álvaro Pita (@Alvaro_Pita) September 21, 2018

https://t.co/1CHpu3Yzyn celebrates Henry Gibson's birthday! https://t.co/rIcBb8YKv5 #SciFi #Fantasy #Innerspace #Charmed #StargateSG1 #TotalRecall2070 #StarTrekDS9 #CyberBandits #EerieIndiana #KnightRider #TheTwilightZone #TheIncredibleShrinkingWoman pic.twitter.com/2pfM2fF2yM
— E. Lee Zimmerman (@ELeeZimmerman) September 21, 2018

My nephew loves creepy movies, especially if they have a fascinating story or mystery behind them. He's too old now for most animated movies, and is very sensitive to watching anything he considers "baby" stuff. What to choose?

He likes: The Lady in White, Watcher in the Woods, Gremlins... He claims to have seen The Shining, but I think that's too scary for him. What really gets him scared and intrigued is ghosty stuff rather than murderous monster stuff.

I'd prefer he watch something with minimal gore and that isn't sexist.

I have no idea how they hold up -- maybe check out Eerie, Indiana or American Gothic? I remember being pretty weirded out by those when I was a little older than him. Also, Are You Afraid of the Dark.

Stranger Things obviously is a little more "murderous monster stuff" but there's ghostly-ness too.

Desde 'El chip prodigioso', el actor Archie Hahn ha aparecido en casi todas las obras de Joe Dante. #Innerspace #AmazonWomenontheMoon #EerieIndiana #Gremlins2 #Matinee #RunawayDaughters #SmallSoldiers #LooneyTunesBackinAction #BuryingtheEx pic.twitter.com/1gstSvKg5G
— Álvaro Pita (@Alvaro_Pita) July 7, 2018

The sharp and witty director of Gremlins, Innerspace and The Howling visited Edinburgh International Film Festival to provide an insightful overview of his rich career

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Dante’s taken some knocks, but there’s a sense that his reputation is ever-growing, despite the paucity of his output (he’s only made three features this century). There has been a highfalutin book written about his work (“Yeah, in Austria,” he scoffs), while at Paris’ great church of cinema, La Cinémathèque française, he received a loving retrospective of his work last year, showing everything from his 1968 movie mashup The Movie Orgy to his wonderful kids’ show Eerie, Indiana, which was clearly a huge influence on Stranger Things (“I’m sure my cheque is in the mail somewhere,” Dante says knowingly when Romney mentions the Duffer Brothers’ wildly popular Netflix show).

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What’s the deal with Gremlins 3? Recently the original film’s director Joe Dante told us that the film will be a prequel and today we have news that it will be a complete reboot.

What gives? Well, Metro USA spoke to Columbus recently and the man dropped some interesting info on the (possible) upcoming Gremlins film.

“Gremlins we are actively talking about that. So that’s what I am working on with my production company 1492 Pictures.”

He then adds: “It will almost definitely be a reboot.”

I’m thinking Chris Columbus knows what he’s talking about considering he’s not only producing this new movie but he was also the screenwriter on the 1984 classic. Who do you believe? Does it even matter? Reboot, prequel, or sequel, I know I’ll be there opening night.

What about you? Do you care what studios call the film as long as it has Gizmo in it? Make sure to hit us up and let us know what you think in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram!

Rulebreaking (666 words) by Deifire
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Eerie Indiana
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Marshall Teller, Simon Holmes, Dash X (Eerie Indiana)
Additional Tags: Gremlins, Stealth Crossover, Extratemporal Pocket Dimensions, 666 Words, Flagrant Rules Violations, Referenced non-graphic violence, Near Future Fic
Summary:

Never feed them after midnight.

A small while back, Froodle posted the rules for this gremlins fiction challenge in the Eerie, Indiana community. For some reason, I decided to see if I could break all of them in 666 words.

Gremlin Rule 1: You can set it during any time period – Medieval times, World War II, the present, the distant future, etc.

Gremlin Rule 2: You can set it in any real location, or one of your own imagination. Please don’t use Middle-earth, The Forgotten Realms, Azeroth, Hogwarts, Westeros, Hawkins (or Eerie) Indiana, Dagobah… you see where I’m going with this.

Gremlin Rule 3: You CANNOT use the rules set in the Gremlins films. If you want to use rules, then make them up!

@TylerShainline’s 7th Annual XVmasParty continues with 1984’s polarizing Gremlins

***Doors at 9:30 - Eerie Indiana: The Hole in the Head Gang (directed by Joe Dante) to precede feature*** pic.twitter.com/RTNE406Gvw
— KrebstarCinema (@KrebstarCinema) December 13, 2017

While Gremlins director Joe Dante has absolutely nothing to do with the next film, he does know why Warner Bros. Pictures and writer/producer Chris Columbus are having such a hard time getting it into production.

“I probably have less information to give you than anybody because I am not involved with it, I don’t control the material, it’s reverted back to Chris Columbus who wrote the script for the first movie,” Dante tells Forbes. “They have plans to do something but what Chris wants to do may not be what Warner wants to do and it’s not just Warner it’s also a lot of other people like Amblin and Steven Spielberg – everyone has to agree on what they want to do and at this point nobody is going to figure that out.”

What Dante is saying is that there are too many cooks in the kitchen, all who probably shouldn’t be fed after midnight. This is a huge red flag. Too many opinions and ideas injected into one project could result in a disaster. Even worse is that this is all taking place before they assign a director, who is likely going to have to deal with all of the aforementioned egos. Yikes.

As for whether it will be a sequel, Dante actually thinks it could be a prequel, although he made sure to note he has no real insight into the ongoing development.

“I think the reuniting of the cast is highly unlikely,” he added. “Perhaps a Gremlins prequel might be something they will do but I don’t know as I was not asked to be involved.”

What would you guys like out of a new Gremlins? A remake, sequel, prequel, or something else entirely?

He’s not involved, so he’s likely only hearing it from his spies at the Burbank compound, but “Gremlins” director Joe Dante ponders whether the recently announced reboot could actually be a prequel to the 1984 film.

It’s just a thought. An inkling. But he could be right.

The film’s original writer Chris Columbus, who the rights have reverted to, has hinted in the past that the film will connect to the original film – but we all just assumed that meant it would be a sequel, with all the gang (Billy, Kate) joining Gizmo on a latter day adventure.

But Dante, who directed the first two films in the series, suggests – in a yak with Forbes – it mightn’t be a sequel.

“I think the reuniting of the cast is highly unlikely. Perhaps a Gremlins prequel might be something they will do but I don’t know as I was not asked to be involved”.

If he’s on the money, that sucks.. I think we’d all love to see Zach Gallighan and Phoebe Cates reprise their roles from the classic original— If only to pass the baton (the baton being Gizmo) to some other poor sod.

Here’s what we want Warner : Fresh, frightening but familiar .. a meeting of the old and new. Give us a new hero, but also bring back Billy. And if there’s money in the budget, license some “Snow White” clips again.

Here’s to some concrete intel on the storyline of the new film soon.

“Gremlins 2: The New Batch” is quite possibly the only narratively sound and comprehensible movie that makes the audience member wonder: “What did I just watch?”

Set in New York City in the technologically wondrous Clamp Tower, Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) finds Gizmo, the pet Mogwai he had in the first “Gremlins” movie. As per the events in the first movie, the Mogwai multiply, turn into ravenous and destructive creatures and wreak havoc on the technological wonderland that is the movie’s setting.

“Gremlins 2” shares several aspects that the first movie had, both positive and negative. It has an array of colorful characters, a location that is well developed to the point of being a character in and of itself and wonderful, dark comedy. It still has the issue of the nonsensical rules in regards to the Mogwai and there is a little sloppiness to the writing in terms of coincidental plot-progression moments and a potential source for drama between Billy and his girlfriend Kate (Phoebe Cates) that has almost no stakes in the movie.

As aforementioned, “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” is a baffling movie to watch, not just because of the ridiculous nature of it, but because it somehow manages to pull everything off without stopping the story or just being a cluster of nonsensical ideas.It seems impossible, but somehow a movie with a genetic research lab, a technologically eccentric building, Gremlins drinking vials of scientific formulas that turn them into an assortment of things from a vegetable to a bolt of electricity and a full out Gremlin-performed rendition of the John Kander and Fred Ebb song “New York, New York” manages to work extremely well.

Criminologist and physician Cesare Lombroso was evidently correct when he said, “Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.”

What helps to tie the movie together are the varying colorful and well-developed personalities that litter the world of Clamp Tower. Alongside Billy, Kate and Gizmo, Billy’s neighbors from the first movie Murray Futterman (Dick Miller) and his wife (Jackie Joseph) return. The new characters include the building’s owner and eccentric billionaire Daniel Clamp (John Glover), the overly orthodox chief of security Forster (Robert Picardo), Billy’s boss Marla Bloodstone (Havilland Morris), insane genetics scientist Dr. Catheter (Christopher Lee) and a monster movie show host who longs to be a television journalist named Grandpa Fred (Robert Prosky).

While the first “Gremlins” was more of a dark comedy, “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” is an all out absurdist comedy. The tone is a lot more light-hearted, and it makes self-referential jokes about not just itself, but the state of film in general. For example, Gremlins attack a person who begins to question the Mogwai rules, especially the one that says that they cannot be fed after midnight. In a way, it is the movie punishing the character for even pointing out how little sense it makes while at the same time telling the audience to not think too much about it.

The tone and the absurd ideas allow for the movie to have a lot of fun with itself. Watching all the eccentric characters interact with one another is always entertaining. There is a lot of creativity with the design of the creatures, especially when they drink the formulas and shift into different kinds of Gremlins and all of the crazy ideas spliced together is insanity of the best sort.

“Gremlins 2: The New Batch” is a movie with no right to be as good as it is, and everything stated above should be evidence to prove that point. Somehow though, the movie is good, courtesy of its well written and wacky characters, and thanks to what must have been sheer insanity on the part of the filmmakers.

Final grade: A-

Horror veterans Mick Garris and Joe Dante have given us some of Hollywood’s best nightmares and most iconic genre movies – Dante’s films alone have made almost $500 million at the worldwide box office, unadjusted for inflation.

Now, the two are reteaming, along with three other standout filmmakers, for the highly anticipated, Nightmare Cinema. It’s an anthology of five short horrors which all share a common thread and protagonist played by Golden Globe-winner and Oscar-nominee Mickey Rourke.

I caught up with Garris and Dante to discuss Nightmare Cinema, why Hollywood sees horror as big box office business again and for their takes on the legacies and futures of Gremlins and Hocus Pocus.

Simon Thompson: Nightmare Cinema is an anthology that you have been working on for a decade. With the change in distributions models and growth of platforms, which could work in your favor?

Mick Garris: I hope you're right. The idea for Nightmare Cinema originally came to me right after Masters of Horror ended. I thought it would be great to do something international in scope and do an anthology with a different story in a different country with a different director from each of those countries. I guess my ambition exceeded everyone else, I also thought of it as being an umbrella for a series of feature films, each one is a self-contained 90-minute movie for theatrical release, and eventually, it morphed into this. It took 10 years to get the Nightmare Cinema concept together and we finally found our Angels in Good Deed Entertainment and Cinelou who financed this rather adventurous idea which we ended up shooting entirely in town with two American directors, one Cuban, one Japanese, and one British of whom live in Los Angeles.

Joe Dante: Like you say, everything has changed especially the delivery systems and what gets made and what it gets made for that, it's a different landscape out there. However, one thing that seems to have always been popular it is horror films. The idea of not having to sustain a feature story for 90 minutes is also very liberating, the idea of having to keep a story going for all that time can cancel out some of the more interesting short stories that became so popular on The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits. I've done a couple of these anthology movies, my third movie was The Twilight Zone Movie, a bunch of stories put together and with sort of a framing story around them - it's the framing stories that are actually the kicker. The challenge is, of course, to try to be able to tell stories that are interesting and diverse within a framework that that makes sense to me to the audience. In this case, you know it was Mick's idea to do a haunted movie theater with a possibly malevolent projectionist who was showing people stories of their lives that may or may not have already happened.

ST: Episodic films have always been popular but do you think that one reason they are so popular again now is that people's attention spans are so short these days?

JD: I think there's some truth to that. I think the audience's attention span has been fragmented by, frankly, the invention of remote controls even before cell phones. It used to be that in order to change the channel, people would have to get out of their chairs to do it by hand, there were a lot of shows that were popular simply because they were following another show and people were too lazy to change the channel. People now are watching while multitasking so typing or doing something else or clicking around to see what else is on and it's difficult to hold them. That's one of the great things about movies in the theater for me is that you know you've put your money down, you've put yourself in your seat and you get to sit there and look at the screen and it's all dark with nothing else to look at so you do get the audience's attention. I think the idea of telling a story that resolves itself fairly quickly is probably more attractive than it was before.

ST: A lot of studios are reticent to put out horror films, is it fair to say that many don't know what to do with them?

MG: It's true that the studios don't like or understand horror and can't tell a good horror movie from a bad one. There are some exceptions with some of the executives who do care about it but that's a relatively new phenomenon. I think the best you can do is make a really good movie and people who are passionate and knowledgeable about how to make a horror film. There are a huge number of horror film festivals around the world today and that's a great proving ground where you can get the buzz to go. In the case of Nightmare Cinema and what I did with Masters of Horror was to do my best to recruit the best possible people in the genre who know this stuff and encourage them to do whatever they want without interfering. There wasn't a bunch of studio notes to make it more like some other big hit, more like IT or more like The Purge or more like Insidious. It's a crapshoot but this project is something that did not have a giant budget and had a lot of passion. Here five filmmakers who had stories they wanted to tell and delve into it because nobody was telling them they couldn't. That was the whole basis for Masters of Horror and the basis for Nightmare Cinema which I hope comes to create more demand for more Nightmare Cinemas either as feature films or as a TV series which we're trying to get going as well.

ST: I was going to ask if that is something that you've looked at?

MG: Yes, very much so. My original concept of this was as a television series but we've found that its best voice right now is as a feature film. The idea of an anthology series where you do offer the best filmmakers in the genre from around the world the opportunity to tell their stories their way, I'm hoping we will have the same sort of luck that we did with Masters of Horror. We pitched it to three people, all three of them said they wanted it and the first one who said, in the room, 'That sounds great. When can we start?' we went with. Maybe we'll have the same fortune once we're finished with the movie.

ST: We are going through something of a renaissance with horror. Is that because attitudes, from audiences and studio executives, are changing and they are taking it more seriously?

JD: I think horror films are often a reaction to the world around them. If you go back into the history of various countries and look at the politics and look at what was going on socially you see it reflected in the horror films because people are afraid they're afraid for their lives, they're afraid for their future, they're afraid for their children. I have to say that the times we're living in right now are certainly as fraught with fear since the scariest time that I remember as a kid which was the 50s. I regret to say that we are in a position where I think there are a lot of people who are now experiencing that kind of fear.

For years now, we've been hearing word of a possible reboot of the Gremlins franchise, but Warner Bros. just can't seem to crack that particular nut. Or they just don't feel properly motivated to make the movie happen because plenty of filmmakers have pitched their ideas for Gremlins 3. One such filmmaker is Max Landis (Chronicle), (American Ultra) who actually has an awesome idea for a found footage version of Gremlins.

The prolific and outspoken screenwriter appeared last year on the Talkhouse podcast. Per Bloody Disgusting, somehow, Max Landis' pitch went largely unnoticed but it is really worth a look for those who want to see Gremlins 3 happen. The best part? He's actually pitching the idea to Gremlins director Joe Dante. The basic premise is that a kid gets a pair of Mogwai for Christmas one year. One nice and the other not quite as nice. As is usually the case with Mogwai, things start out on a pleasant note.

"If you got a Gremlin for Christmas, you would be filming it all the time...For the first act of the movie it's like a cute, animal YouTube thing."

Max Landis does have a pretty solid reason for making Gremlins 3 as a found footage movie. What kid wouldn't be filming every second of the cute creatures? If you had Gizmo, wouldn't you? As one would expect, eventually, the Mogwai wind up getting wet, which leads to some chaos. What would a Gremlins movie be without a bunch of scary creatures running around wreaking havoc?

"The second act is, you know, eat after midnight, there's way more of them, is like a disaster movie, except for very funny and wacky as the Gremlins begin to be everywhere...the town spins out of control."

In his pitch, Max Landis clarifies that there would be references to Gremlins and Gremlins 2, as the kid would be researching the creatures online and discover some of the events from the first two movies. So this would take place in the same universe as the first two movies and not be a full-on reboot. As for the third act? His idea is pretty perfect.

"In the third act of the movie, the Gremlins get the camera."

Once the Gremlins get the camera, things go extra crazy and the perspective totally changes. Max Landis lays it all out very well in the video and it sounds like a total blast. So where does Gremlins 3 stand right now? Last we heard, original writer Chris Columbus has written a very dark script for the movie which he hopes will get made, but don't hold your breath. In the video, Max Landis says that when he pitched the idea, Warner Bros. indicated they had no plans on rebooting Gremlins anytime soon. For now, you can check out his full found footage pitch for Gremlins 3 for yourself below.

Old school eighties horror makes a return in Terror of Hallow’s Eve, a story of a bullied young man whom accidentally calls forth a monster on Halloween.thanks

Special effects wizard Todd Tucker steps behind the camera to tell this semi-autobiographical tale of a tormented teen whom gets vengeance on his bullies with the help of a mysterious creature. Set in 1981, The Terror of Hallow’s Eve follows loner Tim (Caleb Thomas) on one fateful Halloween night. Tim lives with his mother and has a reputation in the neighbourhood as being the weird kid. He’s deemed weird because of his obsession with the macabre; he spends his days sculpting monsters and designing scary special effects. Events come to a head on Halloween after Tim pops into the local shop to buy the latest copy of Fangoria magazine, and he is set upon by the local jock. After being badly beaten, Tim races home angry and upset. He locks himself in his workroom and begins sculpting, at which point he meets The Trickster (Doug Jones) whom offers to help take care of the bullies. The pair then turn the tables on Tim’s tormentors as they’re all in for their scariest Halloween yet…

The Terror of Hallow’s Eve begins with the ‘based on true events’ tag; given that the film involves a malicious demonic monster being called forth, that boast may sound a little strange. In reality the truth is contained within the opening third of the film. Director Todd Tucker was indeed the victim of a vicious and unprovoked attack as a youngster. With Terror he gets to finally get his own back on his attackers, whilst at the same time offering catharsis for victims everywhere. The autobiographical angle makes that portion of the film really strong, Tucker doesn’t embellish or sugar-coat what happens, it simply unfolds.

Set in the 80’s, Terror embraces everything that made horror films of that era great – practical effects, crazy creatures, and a John Carpenter soundtrack. The filmmakers managed to get permission from the great man himself so portions of the score will sound very familiar. The practical effects are stunning, you would expect nothing less from a man who has made a career in the industry, but there are some very intricate creations on display. The stand-out doesn’t appear until towards the end, but it’s a warped semi-homage to the Giger; it’s suitably grotesque and may cause nightmares.

What starts serious and upsetting morphs into something magical, twisted, and strangely fun. It’s reminiscent of Eerie Indiana and Gremlins, and there’s something about how the Trickster materialises that feels very Labyrinth; basically it’s a winner. An 80’s throwback to its core, The Terror of Hallow’s Eve taps into a strong vein of nostalgia. If you’re a fan of the good old days of this genre film, you’re going to love this one!

After Gremlins 2 turned the original film on its head – with Leonard Maltin reviewing Gremlins 1 in the movie and Gremlins overtaking the projection booth until Hulk Hogan stops them – it seemed to be the last word on the franchise. Decades later, talk of Gremlins 3 is finally real and original screenwriter Chris Columbus has written a script.

Speaking with /Film about the festival hit Patti Cake$, which he produced, Columbus said his script asks a question which may have been on fans’ minds since the original: if all the gremlins come from getting Gizmo wet and feeding his mogwai offspring after midnight, should Gizmo be eliminated?

“Very good observation,” Columbus said. “That comes up in the movie, certainly.”

That raises a number of ethical issues. Gizmo himself has done nothing wrong. It’s human negligence that allows him to get soaked and lets the mischievous mogwai transform. Still, even Columbus thinks cute and loving Gizmo might not be worth the risk.

“I think it probably is a good idea to be honest with you,” Columbus said. “Too many people are dying.”

Columbus says his script returns to the macabre tone of the original film, whose monster murders were so intense that it, along with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, pressured the MPAA to create the PG-13 rating. Gremlins 2 was rated PG-13

“I’m really proud of the script,” Columbus said. “It is as twisted and dark as anything, so we’ll see. It’s always a budgetary conversation when we’re going to shoot it. I wanted to go back to the really twisted sensibility of the first movie. I found that was a very easy place for me to fall back into and start writing again so hopefully we’ll see that movie soon.”

Gremlins fans are also worried that a new film would use CGI gremlins in place of the puppets. Columbus assured fans the film would still use puppets, but visual effects could make puppetry easier to achieve than it was in 1984.

“Oh, without a doubt, minimal CGI,” Columbus said. “CGI will enable us to remove wires and make the puppeteers lives a little easier. It was brutal. It was like a marathon every night for those guys. In the bar scene alone there were 18 [or] 20 people behind the bar. No one had any space to move. It was just hellish for those guys so CGI will simplify that a little bit but it’s all puppets.”

Gremlins 3 is now in development at Warner Brothers. Come back on Thursday for our full interview with Columbus on his production company Maiden Voyage, discovering new talent, and looking back at his own career.

plus now that I know the Joe Dante connection I immediately recognized these guys as the twins from EERIE, INDIANA! pic.twitter.com/FcKFmcXd2T
— Alex Kittle (@alexxkittle) August 6, 2017

The 2010 film Piranha 3D shocked viewers with a certain, um, appendage floating toward them in 3D. But we shouldn't have been that shocked—the film was a loose remake of the 1978 movie Piranha, one of the first films by Gremlins director Joe Dante.

Dante's original Piranha was a shameless Jaws knock-off, and we mean that in the nicest way. Spielberg took it as a compliment, because he recruited Dante to direct one of the segments in Twilight Zone: The Movie, which Spielberg produced. Dante directed the story about a telepathic kid who always gets his way.

If Dante feels like that about children, no wonder he had no problem scarring many of them for life with Gremlins, also produced by Spielberg. Dante deftly navigated the tricky line between horror and comedy, striking a sweet spot that helped the film rake in over $150 million. (Source)

Dante would continue exploring suburban paranoia in The Burbs (1989) starring Tom Hanks and Princess Leia. And he brought about two hundred more gremlins to theaters nationwide in Gremlins 2: The New Batch in 1990. No word on whether or not Dante will direct the rumored Gremlins 3. Personally we're rooting for an Eerie, Indiana reboot.

Joe Dante, un director en los límites de la realidad

Álvaro Pita publica el primer libro sobre el realizador de Los Gremlims, Piraña y Aullidos

El popular director ha aportado numeroso material inédito al volumen

Famoso por su forma de mezclar el terror y la comedia en películas como Los Gremlins, Piraña o Aullidos, Joe Dante es uno de los directores más destacados de la generación de Spielberg, junto al que ha trabajado en varias películas y series de televisión. Y a pesar de ser un realizador muy taquillero, en su cine siempre ha habido un poco de crítica social, e incluso de mala uva. El también cineasta y escritor, Álvaro Pita, lo ha entrevistado para publicar el primer libro en español, y posiblemente el definitivo, sobre este popular realizador: Joe Dante. En el límite de la realidad (Applehead Team).

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I'm probably never going to see the Goosebumps movie, owing to a) not having liked the TV series even as a kid and b) hating Jack Black witha considerable portion of my hateful soul, but apparently its trying hard enough to be Gremlins that it gets points for effort. I guess. Fuck Jack Black though.

HOW A LAST MINUTE STEVEN SPIELBERG NOTE MADE GREMLINS A BLOCKBUSTER

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