Matinee

1993 · directed by Joe Dante

Rating

78/100

Hit

no

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

Matinee (1993), directed by Joe Dante, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• John Goodman
• Cathy Moriarty
• Simon Fenton
• Omri Katz
• Lisa Jakub
• Kellie Martin
• Jesse Lee Soffer
• Lucinda Jenney
• James Villemaire
• Robert Picardo

Crew

• John Hora — Director of Photography
• Marshall Harvey — Editor
• Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
• Charles S. Haas — Screenplay

More from Joe Dante

1. Gremlins (1984) — 75/100
2. Innerspace (1987) — 70/100
3. The Howling (1981) — 68/100
4. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) — 67/100
5. Piranha (1978) — 64/100
6. The Second Civil War (1997) — 63/100

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