Dick Miller – Stream On Demand

‘Gremlins’ vs. Christmas on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Christmas, Comedy, DVD, fantasy, horror, Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/15/2022 Sean Axmaker

Joe Dante delves into the cute and the cuddly and finds the evil green monsters hiding inside in this mix of Christmas comedy, monster movie, and very, very naughty children.

‘The Lady in Red’ – surviving the Depression, outlaw style, on Peacock

!Featured, DVD, gangsters, historical, inspired by a true story, Peacock, Streaming Movies 06/19/2022 Sean Axmaker

This Depression-era crime drama stars Pamela Sue Martin as the woman who was on John Dillinger’s arm when he was killed.

Ray MIlland stars in Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe adaptation

Roger Corman’s ‘The Premature Burial’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, horror, literary adaptation, Paramount+, SVOD 06/04/2022 Sean Axmaker

Ray Milland takes the lead in this 1962 Edgar Allan Poe adaptation about a man with a crippling fear that he will be buried alive, a fear that of course he must face.

Joe Dante’s zany ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, fantasy, Halloween, Max, satire, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/08/2022 Sean Axmaker

Joe Dante sets the gremlins loose in New York City in this rare sequel that is funnier than the original.

‘A Bucket of Blood’ – Roger Corman’s beatnik horror on Amazon Prime and Paramount+

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, American Independent Cinema, B-movie, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, Hoopla, horror, Kanopy, Paramount+, satire, SVOD 10/30/2021 Sean Axmaker

Beloved character actor Dick Miller takes one of his only leading roles in the black comedy set in the 1950s beatnik coffeehouse culture of poets, artists, and wannabes.

‘Piranha’ – the best ‘Jaws’ knock-off ever on Amazon Prime Video and Shudder

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, Halloween, Hoopla, horror, Kanopy, Shudder, SVOD 10/27/2021 Sean Axmaker

Joe Dante made his solo directing debut with this shamelessly exploitative, partly tongue-in-cheek tale of mutant piranha released in a Texas river. Screenplay by John Sayles.

‘Hollywood Boulevard’ – The glamorous world of B-movies on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, movies about movies, satire, SVOD 11/04/2020 Sean Axmaker

Joe Dante and Allan Arkush graduated from the trailer department of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures with their feature film debut Hollywood Boulevard (1976), an affectionate tribute to (what else?) the kinds of exploitation movies that Corman was churning out. New World starlet Candice Rialson is surprisingly funny as the Midwest blonde with dreams of […]