Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Metacritic Metascore: 70
IMDb: 7.3

91/100

Release Date: 08 June 1984
Distributor: Warner Brothers
Budget: $11M
Worldwide Gross: $153.6M
Viewing Platform: Alamo Drafthouse Theater
Total Film Awards: 8

Chinese Boy: ”First of all, keep him out of the light, he hates bright light, especially sunlight, it'll kill him. Second, don't give him any water, not even to drink. But the most important rule, the rule you can never forget, no matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs, never feed him after midnight.”

SYNOPSIS: A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

Director Joe Dante’s impact on the horror…

does anyone else think it's more than a little f*cked up that the mom literally throws a gremlin into a blender, stabs one in the head, and microwaves one more to death and then her horrible son throws one into the fireplace and they rejoice as it roasts to death?? GREMLINS NEVER ASKED FOR THIS!! like excuse me but if took care of your pet with the super easy instructions that were provided to you this never would've happened and now ur punishing them for it?? this movie is all about white + male entitlement tbh. like this guy just wandering into chinatown and demanding that mogwai as if it's owed to him.. get over it! it's not yours! you…

Every time that I watch Gremlins I am deeply conflicted because I am always rooting for the gremlins even though I know the inevitable outcome.

They are so cute and hilarious and far more interesting and loveable than any of the human characters. I do like Gizmo because he is even more adorable and funny but I would rather that he just joined the side of the gremlins and stopped acting like such a pussy although it is pretty awesome when he hijacks a pink Barbie Corvette during the climax, my 2nd favorite part.

My favorite part is when all of the gremlins are having the time of their short little lives watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarves not…

This movie actually scared me as a kid. The neighbors being run over by a bulldozer, the chairlift throwing an elderly woman out the window! I think I preferred the second one, because of the female Gremlin, but

This movie is a lot of fun. I love watching tentpole films from a bygone era. It's manic and cruel but always hilarious. In many ways, with the Gremlins running amuk and with Kate's story about her dad (which is so dumb) the movie feels like an anti-Christmas movie for those Christmas haters everywhere begrudgingly celebrating the holiday with their family.

The puppetry/animatronics are still wonderful. Gizmo very much feels alive. I think he still gives Baby Yoda a run for her…

“You do with mogwai what your society has done with all of nature’s gifts. You do not understand. You are not ready.”

What’s not to love? I watched this a lot as a little kid (interesting how I selectively never heard Phoebe Cates spelling out that Santa Claus isn’t real) but hadn’t seen it in quite a while. I remembered this is bonkers and scary at times, but it’s all of that turned to 11, because when you return to Gremlins after learning about the world and having solid values in place, the hilarity soars to ironically insightful places given that the engine that runs the title devils is pure, meaningless anarchy. The movie takes its time to set up an…

Por todo o filme permeia o espírito empreendedor-inventor do pai, representado muitas vezes pelas bugigangas espalhadas pela casa que sempre acabam em um problema de funcionamento. A criatividade anda de mãos dadas com o domínio da tecnologia, sendo usados em prol da necessidade de capitalização, esta por sua vez contextualizada dentro de um contexto dos problemas financeiros de uma família norte-americana de classe-média suburbana. Porém, há coisas que não podem ser controladas, experimentadas e nem comercializadas: a natureza e a cultura alheia. A partir dessa premissa, é interessante ver como Gremlins é o predecessor de dois filmes que Dante viria a fazer depois: The Burbs e Small Soldiers. Nos três, o ambiente tradicional e familiar norte-americano é implodido, sempre em…