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…