Tag Archives: slapstick
Gremlins (1984)
“They’re singing ‘Deck the Halls’/ but it’s not like Christmas at all.” -Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Growing up in the 80’s, it was impossible to not see Gremlins (1984); in retrospect, it’s as key to that decade of film … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 80's, Christmas, Comedy, horror, Joe Dante, lovable animals, Phoebe Cates, puppets, slapstick
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The Movie Orgy (1968-197?)
Before Joe Dante established a Hollywood career as the director of Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Gremlins (1984), Explorers (1985), and Innerspace (1987), among many others, he was a cinephile collecting 16mm footage along with his friend Jon Davison. They … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, Abbott and Costello, Action, Animation, Beatles, Comedy, Drama, Elvis, giant animals, horror, Joe Dante, juvenile delinquent, lovable animals, Marx Brothers, Psychedelic, Ray Harryhausen, Science Fiction, slapstick, Vietnam, Walt Disney, Western
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The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
It’s all a matter of tone. The Bed Sitting Room (1969) could be the bleakest nuclear apocalypse movie ever made. Its themes, characters, and incidents could be unbearably disturbing; and in many ways they still are. But the ideas are … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 60's, Comedy, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Post Apocalyptic, slapstick, Surreal
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