A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 7 nominations
- Man on Street
- (as Don Elson)
- Hungry Child
- (as Daniel Llewelyn)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe set for Kingston Falls is the same one used for Back to the Future (1985). Both movies were filmed on the Universal Studios backlot.
- GoofsWhen the Gremlin is hiding under the table, the plastic brain over the table changes position between shots.
- Quotes
Kate Beringer: Now I have another reason to hate Christmas.
Billy Peltzer: What are you talking about?
Kate Beringer: The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom called the office. No answer. Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing. So the police began a search. Four or five days went by. Neither one of us could eat or sleep. Everything was falling apart. It was snowing outside. The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire. That's when I noticed the smell. The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He'd been climbing down the chimney... his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that's how I found out there was no Santa Claus.
- Crazy creditsAt the very end of the closing credits, once the theme has ended, you can hear the sounds of gremlins laughing.
- Alternate versionsThe HBO Family version deletes 3 scenes involving Gremlins dying.
- ConnectionsEdited into That '70s Show: Christmas (2003)
- SoundtracksChristmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
Performed by Darlene Love
Produced by Phil Spector
Courtesy of Phil Spector International
Let me start off with the true hero of the movie, Gizmo. What a special little being. Like mentioned, I had no idea what to expect, and quite frankly, I always thought that this would be a humans vs. gremlins kind of ordeal. It was actually quite fun having one of the creatures fight alongside its human friends.
One of the best sequences in the movie is quite early on when the evil gremlins hatch. The scene where Billy's mom goes toe to toe with the first of the Gremlins. It was interesting because in a lot of ways it turned the horror genre completely on its head. The mom became, to a certain extent, the villain, and the Gremlins were the ones being hunted. Another great sequence was in the tavern where each Gremlin is living its best life. Smoking and drinking and dancing and singing.
Some might argue that this a Christmas film. And sure, it could be counted as one. However, I also thought that it worked very well during Halloween. It has monsters, it is surprisingly scary and tense at times, considering that it is a comedy for most of its runtime, and it captures the best parts of 80s horror. I had a blast with Gremlins and I'm sure I'll visit it regularly in the future around this time of year. It put me in a great mood and made me laugh out loud quite a few times. What more can you really ask from a movie?
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- Oct 29, 2020
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- Also known as
- Gremlins - Kleine Monster
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Box office
- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $153,642,180
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,511,634
- Jun 10, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $153,908,485
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1