When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Zach Galligan Phoebe Cates Hoyt Axton Frances Lee McCain Corey Feldman Keye Luke John Louie Dick Miller Jackie Joseph Polly Holliday Judge Reinhold Edward Andrews Belinda Balaski Scott Brady Don Steele Susan Burgess Harry Carey, Jr. Donald Elson Howie Mandel Jonathan Banks Bob Bergen Frank Welker Glynn Turman
I was going to write a lengthy, misty eyed, nostalgia tainted review about how amazing Gremlins is.
But we all know this, right? We all know it's mischief on film, perfect kiddie horror and so much fun.
So I'll just shut up and leave you with two words:
Dick Miller.
That is all.
I love how little shits anyone gave in the 80's. and honestly, more children need to die in movies
Part of Buddy the Elf, What's Your Favorite Color?
“I make the illogical logical.”
Never expose it to bright light, especially sunlight, which will kill it.
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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…
It's hard to put into words how astonishingly perfect Joe Dante's Gremlins is. There is simply no horror-comedy that has even come close, except maybe Gremlins 2: The New Batch or The Howling; also directed by Joe Dante. He just understands how to craft a film, plain and simple. He understands that you need to show and not tell, he understands that unnecessary exposition is UNNECESSARY, and he understands that it doesn't hurt to scare the child audience. Truly, this is mean't for kids who want and can take a good scare, because some moments still freak me out.
Man, this review is messy. I mean, It's just so hard to talk about this utter masterpiece without going into endless…
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It's not Christmas in my house until Mrs. Deagle learns to fly (the hard way) and household appliances become deadly weapons!
Director Joe Dante created the perfect holiday film by highlighting everything we love about Christmas and then he desercrates it royally! If Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives of Courier and Ives fame could see what Dante did to this picturesque small town all decked out with Christmas decorations and spirit they'd spin in their graves!
PG rated films like this and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom pushed the boundaries past their limits! (The infamous microwave scene) The increased violence, the darker tones accompanied…
- Gizmo is a Mogwai. The Chinese store that sold him said there are 3 important rules to follow when taking care of him:
- He hates bright lights
- Keep him away from water (Water makes him multiply)
- Never feed him after midnight, no matter how much he begs (They turn into a cocoon then into Gremlins)
Epic, quirky, family-friendly, horror fun and a total 80’s classic. Gremlins is a wholly original concept which explores the creatures behind the fabled mischievous sprites of the second World War.
A man surreptitiously purchases a unique rodent-type creature. Later on he discovers it can rapidly multiply into a nightmarishly destructive problem. The mom-kitchen-fight is wickedly awesome.
Cute and disquieting, always smart and never falling into predictable narrative cliché. Such an bizarre script is bound to have interpretive burdens imposed on it, but it works just fine without them.
It's like if Its a Wonderful Life was directed by Frank Tashlin
And if the Nazis had won WWII.
2.5/2 Why Howie Mandel? What did he add to the persona of Gizmo that literally anyone you just pulled off the street couldn't have? Otherwise good times in Kingston Falls.
Un coup de coeur personnel et un classique indéniable. GREMLINS est du pure plaisir de marionnettes et d'idées saugrenues dont on ne se lasse jamais.
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