Gremlins

Name: Gremlins
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
Released: June 8, 1984
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan

1984

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: June 8, 1984 | PG

Starring: Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan

Summary: A cute little "mogwai" spawns demented demons when his young owner disregards the advice given by its previous owner.

Director: Joe Dante

Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 106 min

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Empire Caroline Westbrook

A delightfully offbeat reminder of how inventive and witty blockbusters seemed when you were a kid. Read full review

David Sterritt

In many ways, though, Gremlins is ingenious. Gizmo yanks at your heartstrings with both furry fists, then sits out a few scenes while suspense builds, then plunges back with more vim than ever. The small-town setting, right out of a gushy Frank Capra movie, manages to be timeless, nostalgic, and slightly ridiculous all at once. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

A horror-comedy about cute little Christmas toy/pets who turn into murderous monsters wreaking havoc on a Norman Rockwellian town. There's a moral there someplace. Read full review

David Ansen

If you like your summer popcorn movies laced with a little poisoned butter, Gremlins is not to be missed. [18 June 1984, p.90]

Roger Ebert

Gremlins was hailed as another "E.T." It's not. It's in a different tradition. At the level of Serious Film Criticism, it's a meditation on the myths in our movies: Christmas, families, monsters, retail stores, movies, boogeymen. At the level of Pop Movie-going, it's a sophisticated, witty B movie, in which the monsters are devouring not only the defenseless town, but decades of defenseless clichés. But don't go if you still believe in Santa Claus. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

What's confusing yet ultimately illuminating is the way his gremlins function as a free-floating metaphor, suggesting at separate junctures everything from teenagers to blacks to various Freudian suppressions. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Dante gleefully trashes cliches and sentimental Capra-esque notions, but one should not forget this movie was given a "PG" rating and cynically aimed to draw an audience of small children who would no doubt be terrorized by this myth-shattering film. Read full review

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vetor

Aug 6, 2017

Gremlins is a classic 80`s movie With a mix between comedy and terror,Your story is well told and very fun,Gizmo is one of the cutest characters in the cinema,This movie was part of the childhood of many people.

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SuperShrooms

Nov 23, 2019

Literally the best movie ever made hands down. Absolute perfection. The perfect blend of horror and comedy. Oh, and remember, if your air conditioner goes on the fritz, or your washing machine blows up, or your video recorder conks out, before you call the repairman, turn on all the lights,Literally the best movie ever made hands down. Absolute perfection. The perfect blend of horror and comedy. Oh, and remember, if your air conditioner goes on the fritz, or your washing machine blows up, or your video recorder conks out, before you call the repairman, turn on all the lights, check all the closets and cupboards, look under all the beds, 'cause you never can tell. There just might be a gremlin in your house.… Expand