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UNITED STATES · 1993

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Joe Dante
B-movies Cuban Missile Crisis showmanship small-town cinema Cold War hysteria
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Synopsis

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.

Year1993
CountryUnited States
DirectorJoe Dante
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