Joe Dante

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Rating: ★★★½
Mar 11, 2025Hammer Films Documentary
The most exhaustive of the various documentaries about Hammer Films. This covers the history of the studio and crucially was made when most of the principals from Hammer’s heyday were still alive and able to be interviewed
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 7, 2026Director William Castle Documentary
A documentary about William Castle, the horror director of the 1950s/60s who specialised in sensationalistic promotional gimmicks. This does an excellent job in telling Castle's story and those behind his films
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 20, 2024Ray Harryhausen Documentary
A documentary devoted to the life and films of stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen whose films, which include the Sinbad films and Jason and the Argonauts, have gained a cult following
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Tales of Halloween (2015)

Tales of Halloween (2015)
Rating: ★★
Dec 14, 2015Anthology of Halloween Horror Stories
An anthology of Halloween-themed horror tales, all from different genre directors, including some interesting high-profile names. The results are uneven with the film providing a couple of amusing segments but nothing truly standout
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In Search of Darkness: A Journey Into Iconic ‘80s Horror (2019)

In Search of Darkness: A Journey Into Iconic ‘80s Horror (2019)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 11, 2020Documentary About the 1980s Horror Film
An exhaustive documentary that charts in enormous detail every facet of the 1980s horror film, although this is not as exhaustive as it seems to think and leaves some big omissions
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Tales of the Uncanny: The Ultimate Survey of Anthology Horror (2020)

Tales of the Uncanny: The Ultimate Survey of Anthology Horror (2020)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 1, 2024Documentary About Horror Anthologies
A documentary that charts the history of the horror anthology in considerable depth, including conducting a survey on the best anthologies and individual episodes
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In Search of Darkness II: A Journey Into ’80s Horror Continues (2020)

In Search of Darkness II: A Journey Into ’80s Horror Continues (2020)
Rating: ★★
May 6, 2024Documentary About the 1980s Horror Film
A follow-up to the documentary about the 1980s horror film, this deals with some of the lesser-known and overlooked works that were not covered the first time around
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In Search of Tomorrow: A Journey Through ’80s Sci-Fi Cinema (2022)

In Search of Tomorrow: A Journey Through ’80s Sci-Fi Cinema (2022)
Rating: ★★½
Sep 25, 2022Documentary About 1980s SF Films
A documentary that comes with great affection for the SF films of the 1980s and covers these, along with interviews with key people, although leaves quite a number of blank spots in works it does not cover
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