{"id":4920,"date":"2025-11-28T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/2025\/11\/28\/joe-dante-master-of-horror\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:09:20","slug":"joe-dante-master-of-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/joe-dante-master-of-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Dante &#8211; Master of Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Joe Dante, trained in the workshop of the legendary Roger Corman, is among the most significant Hollywood directors of the fantastic of the 1980s. A passionate <em>explorer<\/em> of cinema, star of major commercial successes and adept at sewing together low-budget films. A humane and witty artist, in fantasies as in morals, capable at once of ferocity, tenderness and moral satire. A craftsman who skillfully masks a high culture under the patterns of popular genres and B-movie effects in a clever homage to the wonders of a lost cinema.   <\/p>\n<p><em>Joe Dante &#8211; Master of Horror<\/em> is an essay edited by Luigi Boccia, written by Mario Rumor, Joe Godoy Gonzalez, Emanuele Crivello, Giuseppe Carradori, Lorenzo Ricciardi and Anna Silvia Armenise.<br \/>\nThe cover is by Giorgio Finamore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BOOK CHAPTERS:<\/p>\n<p>IN THE NAME OF PASSION<br \/>\n<em>The collaboration with Roger Corman  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>The meeting with Spielberg and the genesis of Gremlins.  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Joe Dante and science fiction: Explorers and Innerspace  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Chronicle of two flops: The Burbs and Small Soldiers  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Hole, Burying the Ex and Nightmare Cinema.  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Farewell to Dick Miller<\/em><br \/>\n(by EMANUELE CRIVELLO)<\/p>\n<p>IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON (A.S. Armenise).<br \/>\n<em>The Howling and the Werewolf Revolution <\/em><br \/>\n(by A.S. ARMENISE))<\/p>\n<p>GREMLINS<br \/>\n<em>How little monsters devoured Hollywood<\/em><br \/>\n(by M.A. RUMORS)<\/p>\n<p>THE CALL OF THE FIFTIES<br \/>\n<em>Trailers from Hell<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Twilight Zone and Amazing Stories  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Explorers  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Amazon Women on the Moon  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Matinee <\/em><br \/>\n(by G. CARRADORI)<\/p>\n<p>AT THE EDGE OF REALITY<br \/>\n<em>Time Out  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Kick the Can game.  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Prisoners of Anthony  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Terror at high altitude  <\/em><br \/>\n<em>From The Little Monster to Anthony&#8217;s Prisoners <\/em><br \/>\n(by J.G GONZALEZ)<\/p>\n<p>JOE DANTE&#8217;S ZOMBIES<br \/>\n(by G. CARRADORI)<\/p>\n<p>INTERVIEW<br \/>\n(by L. RICCIARDI)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Title: Joe Dante &#8211; Master Of Horror<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Author: AA. 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