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Watched Hocus Pocus for the first time today. Not only is it totally legit, it also has the Eerie Indiana boy! pic.twitter.com/oYJJPsMptm
— Glen (@GlenThinksStuff) October 16, 2020

I like to think of this as a feature length episode.
— Eric Hanson (@Eric_of_Arkham) October 19, 2020

The 'Burbs is also a good choice for "technically not Eerie Indiana, but totally feels like Eerie Indiana". Matinee will also fit that role in a pinch.
— Eerie Indiana Fansite on Dreamwidth (@eerieindianalj1) October 19, 2020

It helps that The Burbs is also a perfect film
— Darci Meadows (but spooky) (@saintwalker98) October 19, 2020

Matinee more since Marshall is in it.
— Eric Hanson (@Eric_of_Arkham) October 19, 2020

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Doing some research for the Matinee video, and came across this interesting breakdown of Eerie, Indiana, a show I loved as a kid. https://t.co/Tv1zKvUb8v
— Stewart Schuster (@SchusterFilms) October 19, 2020

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I used to love these two shows. I was around 7 when they came out but they were different to than the usual teen comedy genre. More surrealistic. It’s a shame that neither lasted a longtime. Parker Lewis has a decent run But Eerie Indiana Only aired 19 episodes I think. I know the kid who was the main character in that went on to be in one of my favorite 90s movies Matinee directed by Joe Dante. Anyway two great cult shows

I rewatched Eerie, Indiana last year on Amazon Prime. Held up pretty well to me. I miss these type of shows.

Muroid: They keep the episodes stored in Foreverware.

DesperatePleasure: Loved both of these shows. With Erie, one episode a girl with a hear transplant or something. I think she was in Roseanne for a bit. First TV crush or the moment I hit puberty cause my chest felt like it was gonna explode.

Duckstomp: For some reason I remember there was a scene in Parker Lewis with a banner in the background that says, "thanks for not watching Eerie Indiana" or something similar.

vman_isyourhero: Dude from Eerie Indiana is the main in Hocus Pocus and now he's a weed man.

NoPastaForGrandma: For any eerie Indiana fans, I highly recommend Gravity Falls. Because it’s an animated Disney show aimed at kids I would never have watched it if it weren’t for countless praises by adult critics as suitable for adults. Then I read an interview with the creator who literally said that he loved Eerie Indiana as a kid and that you can’t pitch a show as “basically this show I like a lot that got cancelled too soon but new” but that’s essentially what it is.

Same general vibe, but even better: funnier and an overarcing plot throughout the series. Worth checking out if you have fond memories of Eerie Indiana.

SANTOSHiHoHiHoHiHo: Haven't seen Parker Lewis since the 90's. Eerie Indiana is still great.

TheColorWolf: That corn episode of eerie gave me nightmares. I love it.

ChrisTosi: Didn't Eerie, Indiana come out a couple of years after Parker Lewis?

80sBadGuy: There was a period of time I considered Eerie, Indiana the best show on television.

And that period is now!

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Omri Katz retired from acting years ago and, apparently, has subsequently worked as a hairdresser in Los Angeles. Unusual career path for a former pin-up, but he came out of it alive and well unlike too many of his contemporaries. I really liked him in Matinee and Eerie, Indiana - an unusually talented teen actor - but clearly he decided to step away from acting. So long as he's happy.

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If you could only have one Joe Dante movie on your desert island which one would you choose?

It’s harder than you think...
— Desert Horror (@deserthorror) April 2, 2020

I adore Matinee! But I could take the whole whole series of Eerie Indiana! <3
— Lex Benedict (@DSLRGIRL) April 2, 2020

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Other Joe Dante films you might have missed:
• The Hole
• Matinee
• Innerspace
• The Explorers (River Phoenix’s second best film)
• The Howling
• Piranha

And lots of incredible tv episode directed by him including Police Squad, Eerie Indiana, and Amazing Stories.
— 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗 (@themarkdennison) March 20, 2020

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There’s a bit of conventional wisdom that film editors automatically make great movie directors, and that certainly may be true in terms of pure craft. The reality is that great filmmakers can come from any discipline or walk of life, but one advantage that director-editor’s have is the ability to hold two (or more) thoughts in their head at one time, a quality that typically is exhibited in their productions. One director who demonstrates this ability throughout his career is Joe Dante, whose films are so multi-layered that they’re oftentimes difficult to classify. A large portion of Dante’s filmography is celebrated by genre fans and cinephiles while simultaneously being relatively unknown to the public at large. Even movies that are more well known alternately delight and baffle each new audience that discovers them over the years. Not quite comedies, not entirely horror movies and not normal family films, Dante’s work continues to impress with the layers each work reveals over time, a key factor in their lasting power.

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Despite being too old to have familiarity with the “Goosebumps” books, I will say that there is a lot here that could still appeal to me. The movie looks like something made by Joe Dante (I see elements of Gremlins/Small Soldiers, The ‘Burbs and Matinee, plus the TV series Eerie, Indiana) – or at least like something that looks like something made by Dante, a la Eight-Legged Freaks. It also evokes a number of other movies, for better or worse, most notably Jumanji. It also makes me think this is sort of a Cabin in the Woods for younger viewers.

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Another project I have to mention that got me into horror, was that show that you were involved in called Eerie, Indiana. As a kid watching the "Foreverware" episode, it just left an indelible mark on my mind. And I always feel like that show was Twin Peaks for a younger audience.

Joe Dante: Well, it was. It was, in a way. It was also pre-X-Files. It was X-Files junior.

Did you get approached to be a part of that? Because you ended up directing several episodes.

Joe Dante: I talked to the guys about doing the pilot. And I really liked it. I got pretty close to the group and I got involved in the casting and all that, and I really had a good time. And when the pilot sold, they said, "Why don't you come on and be the creative consultant?" And so I got to have input into all the stories and all that kind of stuff. And whenever I was available I got to direct some. I was supposed to direct the one that I'm in, which is the last episode, the "Reality Takes a Holiday," where Marshall learns that he's an actor in a TV show. And I was working on Matinee, or I was going to work on Matinee, and I wasn't available. I said, "But I'll play myself."

So I'm in it. But it was directed by Ken Kwapis. And it was supposed to be the last episode of the show, and it was designed to be. But there was another episode, that they hadn't run, about backward masking, because it was considered too controversial. There's this father, and he doesn't want his kid listening to rock music, but when you play it backwards... that was in the news at the moment as a sort of a controversial religious thing. They wouldn't run that episode at all. But when they put the show together for the DVD, they took that episode and put it last, even though it's from the middle of the season. And so you don't get to really enjoy "Reality Takes a Holiday" as the end of the show, which is what it was supposed to be.

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Matinee is a sweet love letter to William Castle. It’s cute! Had the kid from Eerie,Indiana in it.
— Keith Seaman (@lbcKeith) January 29, 2020

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Kellie Martin, Georgie Cranford, Simon Fenton, Lucinda Jenney, Omri Katz, and Jesse Lee Soffer in Matinee (1993) pic.twitter.com/D6DJqbXM7G
— Frame Found (@framefound) January 3, 2020

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Corey Barlog, one of Omri Katz' interchangable friends in Joe Dante's Matinee, is one of the major writers for God of War.

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Matinee 1993 Rated PG 99 minutes. This one isn't a horror movie at all, but a movie about a horror movie. If you enjoyed the tv show, Eerie Indiana you'd probably like this. It's an early 90s nostalgia movie, meaning if you were alive in the 90s and watched anything on TV or in theatres you'd likely have a fun stroll down memory lane. John Goodman, Cathy Moriarity, Simon Fenton, Kellie Martin, Lisa Jakub and Omri Katz are all in this one. It's about a movie promoter comes up with the brilliant idea to make a horror movie even more scary by rigging the seats to vibrate and some ultra sound contraption. He even hires the town bully to dress up and terrorize the audience. His schtick works and B-horror movies have been saved once again.

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Happy 73rd Birthday to one of the great nerds of our time, Joe Dante, a man who loves movies and makes movies we love. Today let’s give thanks for the likes of Piranha, The Howling, Gremlins, Innerspace, The ‘Burbs, Gremlins II: The New Batch and Matinee. 🎥 #Thanksgiving pic.twitter.com/WwkwGksMaW
— Marshall Julius (@MarshallJulius) November 28, 2019

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Just saw Gremlins for the first time in years. Noticed this Time Machine easter egg.

Bonsaipanda: Dante is a big fan of those movies, 'Matinee' is the love child of that.

DerBoopMeister: Dante is known for puting ton of easter eggs in his movies.

Cataleast: Gremlins 2 is chock-full of little easter eggs and nods to other media - some very obscure too - so I reckon this is completely planned.

unospazmatic: The henchmen from Mom and Dad save the world

BlueRonfar: They were also on the very first episode of Eerie Indiana!

Pikka: Yeah, T2 used twins for the T1000 trickery in several scenes (including the sadly cut processor reconfiguration).

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Long overdue rewatch of The Burbs is taking place, and while this has probably been pointed out a million times before now, Tom Hanks is only watching Mr. Rogers on the television!!!! How brilliant is that? https://t.co/qRBKuDu9VA
— Matt Rodgers (@MainstreamMatt) November 13, 2019

Joe Dante never made a bad movie. Fact.
— Hindu Monkey (@HinduMonkey) November 13, 2019

Have you seen The Hole?? That's such a great creepy kids film. Oh, and I'd maybe say Small Soldiers or Gremlins II are a bit wooden.
— Matt Rodgers (@MainstreamMatt) November 13, 2019

The Hole is creepy as fuck (that doll!?) - I like Gremlins 2. Explorers ... what a film. Watched that with Jess last year and she loved it. Sheer wonder.

And Matinee... up there with Peter Pan as one of the great underappreciated kids films of our time.
— Hindu Monkey (@HinduMonkey) November 13, 2019

Oh wow. The Explorers! I haven't watched that since a VHS rental kids party back in the day. I'll have to try and track it down this weekend. 🤞

I think I preferred the horror elements of Gremlins. Wasn't quite prepared for the Looney Toons shift in tone of II. It's bonkers.
— Matt Rodgers (@MainstreamMatt) November 13, 2019

Explorers is brilliant. Pure 80s nostalgia and young River Phoenix to boot.

Gremlins 2 is mental. But I liked the shift. It was much closer to his original Eerie Indiana vibe than a lot of his movies.
— Hindu Monkey (@HinduMonkey) November 13, 2019

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Halloween favourite Hocus Pocus is screening at a number of venues in the region from today including the Midlands Arts Centre (Oct 31), the Mockingbird (Oct 29, Nov 1 & 2)@mac_birmingham @mockbirdcinema pic.twitter.com/P9IrgqJk8O
— 'Macabre' Midlands M🎃vies (@MidlandsMovies) October 29, 2019

In my humble opinion, Omri Katz third greatest role in TV and film.

The first being ‘Eerie Indiana’ and the second being ‘Matinee’ by @joe_dante
— Jimbo Jones (@Deathbyvideo) October 29, 2019

Eerie Indiana ❤️
— The Mockingbird (@mockbirdcinema) November 1, 2019

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Welcome back to THE UNSEEN HORROR. Today, we prepare to close up the crypt, but not without a final look at a forgotten piece of horror cinema. That said, this one isn’t quite a frightfest. Instead, it examines the relationship between the real world and horror films, and why certain themes are frightening at certain times. Most importantly, it also examines the release horror can give us and why we love it so much. So let’s head to the 60’s with Joe Dante’s MATINEE.

MATINEE takes place in Key West in 1962. A young boy. Gene, lives on an army base. Gene is a fan of monster movies, specifically the work of producer Lawrence Woolsey. Woolsey is promoting his new film MANT (about a ant-human hybrid) as the Cuban Missile Crisis puts everyone on high alert. Woolsey decides the environment is perfect to debut his film, and stages ‘protests’ to draw attention to it. However, the experience is more complicated then Woolsey had believed, as he and Gene find their own romantic dilemmas amid the controversy surrounding them.

If you don’t think MATINEE sounds very scary… well, you’re right. The movie is much more a coming of age drama that uses horror films to tell a story. However, the film uses the horror of the time with great love and affection. Director Joe Dante grew up in this period of time, so it’s not surprising he puts his love his childhood films into MATINEE. The film score uses bits and pieces from famous monster movies like CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. TARANTULA, and THIS ISLAND EARTH. The movie within a movie, MANT, calls to mind the classic atomic monster films like THEM!. MATINEE even pokes fun at the Disney comedies of the time with a second movie within a movie, THE SHOOK UP SHOPPING CART. However, the film’s greatest tribute is Woolsey, played by the great John Goodman.

Horror fans will recognize Woolsey as a tribute to Frank Castle, the infamous horror director-producer of the era. Castle directed a number of lower-budget horror films. These include HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, THE TINGLER, and THIRTEEN GHOSTS. Castle was famous for using gimmicks with his films; TINGLER had buzzers under the theater seats to shock audiences, and THIRTEEN GHOSTS had special glasses that allowed patrons to see or not see the onscreen ghosts. Woolsey acts in the same way. He rigs the theater with devices to shake it when the giant ‘Mant’ walks onscreen. He also gets costumed actors to play monsters and nurses. Most importantly, Woolsey sees the Cuban Missile Crisis as a helpful controversy that will bolster the film. Goodman brings all of that too life, without making Woolsey a money-grubbing producer and having him evolve as the film goes on.

The real scares of MATINEE come from the Cuban Missile Crisis. The most gripping moment is during a duck and cover drill at Gene’s school. One girls speaks up as the drill commences. She decries how pointless the drill is, and that it’s better the students die in the blast then suffer the fallout of radiation sickness. It’s a moment that highlights just how real this threat was, and how truly unprepared people were for the worst case scenario. However, that only enhances why movies like MANT were so popular.

We’ve mentioned before how films like THEM! let people forget the real dangers of nuclear power. MATINEE gives a us a deeper look into those people and their lives. We see how tense and on edge they were, not just in this moment in time, but in general. The fear of nuclear attack was a unspoken one, but it lingered in their lives daily. The movies acted as a way to release that tension, to make nuclear power into something that could be defeated and even laughed at. It made an intangible fear tangible, and in doing so, showed why we love horror so much.

Horror films gives us an escape from the troubles and issues of the day. Of course, that’s the purpose of storytelling in many cases, but horror does something else too. It gives something else to be afraid of, something onscreen that looks scary but isn’t real. Our fear is re purposed away from our real problems and onto the screen. The experience makes it fun to be scared. And because it’s a story, the fears we see on screen can be defeated, and take the weight of our fear away. MATINEE perfectly captures that feeling and experience horror fans know for everyone.

MATINEE isn’t a film to scare you, but it is a film for horror fans. It captures the love of the genre, and shows just why we love being scared so much. So if you can’t explain why horror matters so much to you, show people this film, and you’ll be able to explain your fears with ease.

And that wraps another year of THE UNSEEN HORROR. Don’t worry, though, there always crypts to explore on your own until next time. Until then, have a happy Halloween, and remember… there’s always something to be scared of.

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In my humble opinion, Omri Katz third greatest role in TV and film.

The first being ‘Eerie Indiana’ and the second being ‘Matinee’ by @joe_dante
— Jimbo Jones (@Deathbyvideo) October 29, 2019

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Je suis en train de revoir Beethoven 2. A un moment, Beethoven et sa copine assistent à une projection en plein air. Le plus amusant n'est pas tant la scène elle-même, mais le film projeté. C'est Panic sur Florida Beach de @joe_dante . Plus exactement la scène dans l'abri
— borat8 (@CineBorat) September 5, 2019

et j'adore Panique à Florida Beach <3
— Chap&Baron font leur Cinéma (@BaronChap) September 5, 2019

avec le film de Goodman, ANT !!!
— Chap&Baron font leur Cinéma (@BaronChap) September 5, 2019

Mant ! :D Peut-être mon préféré de Joe Dante ou du moins son plus sincère.
— borat8 (@CineBorat) September 5, 2019

(Chap) je l'ai rencontré Joe Dante, il est très sympa et abordable ! :-D
— Chap&Baron font leur Cinéma (@BaronChap) September 5, 2019

Génial ! Je ne l'ai malheureusement jamais rencontré, mais je lui ai consacré il y a deux ans une belle rétrospective. :) pic.twitter.com/CsmRjgvxk9
— borat8 (@CineBorat) September 5, 2019

Il était content car je lui ai parlé de la série Eerie Indiana
— Chap&Baron font leur Cinéma (@BaronChap) September 5, 2019

Je crois ne pas en avoir parlé. En revanche, j'ai évoqué les téléfilms The osiris chronicles, La seconde guerre de sécession et Runaway daughters.
— borat8 (@CineBorat) September 5, 2019

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Hear me out: Katz - the musical about what the hell happened to 90s child star Omri Katz #hocuspocus #catsthemovie #eerieindiana
— opal bonfante (@opalbonfante) July 19, 2019

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Rewatching Small Soldiers for the first time in years, and Dick Miller just pop up. I friggin love Dick Miller!! pic.twitter.com/BVwfcf5pMI
— KONG IS KING (@Silentbobo37) June 16, 2019

He’s the best. He pops up in pretty much all of Joe Dante’s movies; your screen shot is an Eerie Indiana reunion, too.
— Craig (@4colorcraig) June 16, 2019

I agree 100%!! I totally forgot it was a Joe Dante movie :) i never noticed that either, well spotted man. Eerie Indiana is a amazing show
— KONG IS KING (@Silentbobo37) June 16, 2019

Have you seen Matinee? It’s another Joe Dante film that features Dick Miller and Omri Katz. Good stuff. pic.twitter.com/Pp116QW63D
— Craig (@4colorcraig) June 16, 2019

They also mentioned Matinee in Elvira mistress of the dark
— KONG IS KING (@Silentbobo37) June 16, 2019

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Wicked film on Horror, right now: Matinee with John Goodman and the kid from Eerie Indiana
— David Oakley (@superskarunner) April 28, 2019

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This is basically Eerie Indiana the movie in another dimension of time. Bandit approved.

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Even though he only has 13 credits to his resume, Omri Katz was allllll over the place in the 90s. He started out playing little JR on Dallas for 150 episodes in the 80s (pic 2). Then he starred in that show Eerie, Indiana in 1991-2 (pics 3+4; loved this show!) and a cool movie with John Goodman and Kellie Martin called Matinee in 1993 (pics 5+6). Then probably most notably, he played Max in Hocus Pocus, also in 1993! I still watch this every Halloween! The second to last pic are the kid stars of Hocus Pocus now: Omri is in the baseball cap and it’s crazy but I think Thora Birch looks older than Vinessa Shaw there!! For only being part of 13 projects, Omri certainly had an awesome career. And was quite the term heartthrob back in the 90s! Love him. #omrikatz #dallas #eerieindiana #matinee #johngoodman #kelliemartin #hocuspocus #maxhocuspocus #thorabirch #vinessashaw #90skids #90zkidz #kidsofthenineties #kidzoftheninetiez #teenheartthrob #90sheartthrob #kidsofthe90s #90steens

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One filmmaker who was a staple in my childhood was Joe Dante, I grew up with his work (such as GREMLINS, GREMLINS 2, THE HOWLING, THE ‘BURBS, EERIE INDIANA) and I am not sure what type of person I’d have become without them. His films manage to blend horror/comedy perfectly; whether they are aimed at teenagers/adults or children/family they all just seem to work. He’s a man for all seasons, no matter what you’re in the mood for he’ll have the right recipe for it. The man has dipped into feet into so much: films, television and even the fantastic TRAILERS OF HELL website, he knows no boundaries. So ladies and gentlemen, without further ado I present to you Joe Dante!

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I love all of @joe_dante’s work, but INNERSPACE is my favourite. I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting him, but I was very fortunate to watch Joe direct a scene for his segment of NIGHTMARE CINEMA last year with @PostMortemMG & @madmanmendez. I was too nervous to say hi. https://t.co/jYu8YSjmrt
— Paul Davis (@kesslerboy) December 16, 2018

@joe_dante back Catalogue is awesome. Its great you got to see him direct. Despite being nervous, I bet that was a dream come true in itself.
I especially love Explorers and his work on the tv series Eerie Indiana.
That's decided. I'm watching Innerspace tonight.
— James Lisle (@JamesLisle79) December 16, 2018

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@joe_dante he’s always been my favorite from eerie Indiana , small soldiers, Matinee and the Burbs he is a master of cinema 🎞
— Double-A Home VIDEO (@AAHOMEVIDEO) November 30, 2018

Oh hell yeah! The Burbs is seriously such a fantastic movie. It was a HUGE influence on The Good Exorcist. That's exactly the vibe I dig.
— Josh Stifter (@joshstifter) November 30, 2018

Couldn’t agree with you more , The Burbs is amazing & The character Art Weingartner is a personal hero of mine. I definitely have to check out #TheGoodExorcist now!
— Double-A Home VIDEO (@AAHOMEVIDEO) November 30, 2018

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Joe’s films played a huge part in my movie watching experience growing up. Some of my favourite childhood memories were getting lost in the worlds and stories he created. #Gremlins #Explorers #Innerspace #Burbs #EerieIndiana 🙌
— Dave 4.1 (@Daveleerichards) November 29, 2018

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Happy 72nd Birthday to one of the great nerds of our time, Joe Dante, a man who loves movies and makes movies we love. Stop what you're doing and spend the day watching Piranha, The Howling, Gremlins, Innerspace, Matinee, Looney Tunes: Back in Action and TV's Eerie, Indiana. Fun! pic.twitter.com/UzCX8qFZEG
— Marshall Julius (@MarshallJulius) November 28, 2018

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See it here.

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Omri Katz's acting career was short, but he starred in EERIE INDIANA, HOCUS POCUS and MATINEE, which makes it cooler than most veteran actors'.
— The CJ From The Honky Lagoon (@CaptArschkarte) October 19, 2018

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Sometimes you watch a promo for an upcoming series and think it's been created just for you. That's how I felt in the fall of 1991 when I saw a teaser for NBC's Eerie, Indiana, a family-friendly, comedy-laced horror show about an ordinary kid Marshall Teller (Omri Katz), who moves with his family from New Jersey to a distinctly unordinary small town -- Eerie, Indiana, population 16,661. Like Marshall, I had recently been uprooted as well, leaving downtown Toronto for suburban Virginia. And while the community my 13-year-old self had moved to wasn't home to a still-alive Elvis Presley or an orthodontist who designed retainers that allowed their wearers to read the canine mind, it still seemed pretty strange and alien to me. When Marshall described Eerie as "the center of weirdness for the entire planet" in the show's great credits sequence, he basically summed up how I felt about my new home.

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See it here.

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Desde 'El chip prodigioso', el actor Archie Hahn ha aparecido en casi todas las obras de Joe Dante. #Innerspace #AmazonWomenontheMoon #EerieIndiana #Gremlins2 #Matinee #RunawayDaughters #SmallSoldiers #LooneyTunesBackinAction #BuryingtheEx pic.twitter.com/1gstSvKg5G
— Álvaro Pita (@Alvaro_Pita) July 7, 2018

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The sharp and witty director of Gremlins, Innerspace and The Howling visited Edinburgh International Film Festival to provide an insightful overview of his rich career

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Dante’s taken some knocks, but there’s a sense that his reputation is ever-growing, despite the paucity of his output (he’s only made three features this century). There has been a highfalutin book written about his work (“Yeah, in Austria,” he scoffs), while at Paris’ great church of cinema, La Cinémathèque française, he received a loving retrospective of his work last year, showing everything from his 1968 movie mashup The Movie Orgy to his wonderful kids’ show Eerie, Indiana, which was clearly a huge influence on Stranger Things (“I’m sure my cheque is in the mail somewhere,” Dante says knowingly when Romney mentions the Duffer Brothers’ wildly popular Netflix show).

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