Joe Dante

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.

When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.

A test pilot is miniaturized in a secret experiment, and accidentally injected into a hapless store clerk.

Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.

After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck team up with an aspiring stuntman and a studio executive in order to rescue the stuntman's missing father and locate a mythical diamond before the head of a major conglomerate uses it for his own wicked d...

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures move to a small town to seek out a young virgin to feed on.

A pair of brothers stumble upon a mysterious hole in their basement that leads to the darkest corridors of their fears and nightmares.

A boy obsessed with '50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now w...

The teenage son of a navy sailor newly stationed in Key West gets some excitement with his friends when a small-time film producer comes to town to premiere a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

A spoof of low budget 1950s science-fiction movies, interspersed with various comedy sketches and fake commercials making fun of late-night television.

A guy's regrets over moving in with his girlfriend are compounded when she dies and comes back as a zombie.

Five strangers converge at a haunted movie theater owned by The Projectionist. Once inside, the audience members witness a series of screenings showing them their deepest fears and darkest secrets over five tales.

A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.

A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster.

A simple immigration issue spins wildly out of control for those involved, ranging from the President of the United States, to a news producer.

A paranormal team sets to check out an abandoned summer camp where a mass murder had taken place decades previous.