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Matinee (1993)

6.7 IMDb 93% RT
IMDb Trailer

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.

Best Release

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

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Director

Joe Dante

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Sub-Genre

Buddy Comedy

Box Office

$9,532,895

Runtime

1 hour and 39 minutes (99 minutes)

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Editor's Notes

Note

Joe Dante's love letter to William Castle and atomic-age creature features getting a 4K from Shout Factory. S-Tier transfer and the early response is all positive. One of those films that never had a bad word said about it but somehow never got a proper release until now.

noted Apr 11, 2026

Mentions

Matinee 6 Shout Factory releasing RoboCop 2 (1990), RoboCop (2014), Matinee (1993), and Species II (1998) in 4K 82 Matinee 4k 19 Some recent Acquisitions and a few that aren't 4K (Anyone know what the DVD 'Vell of Darkness' from China at the end is?) 18 Just a few recent discounted price acquisitions from the mythic to the criminal with a few blind buys in the mix. 8 Matinee 4K UHD Blu-Ray Review - Joe Dante's Ode To The Power Of Cinema 2

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