Gremlins

Film • 1984 • 1h 46m

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.

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Status: Released
Release: June 8, 1984 (42 years ago)
Runtime: 1h 46m
Rating: PG
Language: English
Origins: United States
Tags: absurd banking bars and restaurants chainsaw christmas comedy dark comedy dark fantasy department store enchant fantasy folk horror fur gremlin halloween holiday holiday comedy human animal relationship joyful midnight monster monster horror pet pets puppet puppetry quirky comedy salesperson small town sunlight supernatural fantasy supernatural horror whimsical ymca
Companies: Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cinema: Creature Comforts and Discomforts
Steven Spielberg and Joe Dante make Gremlins a scary summer hit The parade of celluloid soldiers begins marshaling just before Memorial Day and swells to ba...
Dante's 'Gremlins' mixes humor and horror
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Gremlins
Read the Empire Movie review of Gremlins. Dante’s critters-run-amok-in-snowbound-Spielberg-suburbia satire takes the Christmas milieu of It’s...
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In Hollywood, the forces of truth, justice, family and America have always battled with the viewing public’s unquenchable lust for mayhem. Few movies have ...