Both Garris (*batteries not included, Amazing Stories) and Dante (Gremlins and Gremlins 2, Innerspace, Small Soldiers) have worked alongside Steven Spielberg.
Mick Garris is a very benevolent producer in the sense that he’s on the side of the filmmaker, something he learned from Steven Spielberg.
“That was the great thing about this movie,” explained Dante, who first worked with Garris on the Steven Spielberg-produced 80’s anthology series Amazing Stories.
At this year’s Fantasia Film Festival we were able to talk to legendary director Joe Dante (Gremlins, Matinee, The Howling) and director/producer/genre maven Mick Garris (TV’s The Shining, The Stand, Masters of Horror) about their new anthology film Nightmare Cinema, which premiered at the festival.