Gremlins

Movie • 1984

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A warning: feed your nostalgia with this one, but don’t feed your Mogwai after midnight. Equal parts quirky and chaotic, just the way we dads like it.

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A mix of comedy and horror as a boy inadvertently unleashes mischievous creatures on his town.

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After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

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Roger Ebert

‘Gremlins’ is a confrontation between Norman Rockwell’s vision of Christmas and Hollywood’s vision of the blood-sucking monkeys of voodoo island. It’s fun.

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Alternate Ending

Taking the trappings of family-friendly fantasy and comedy and making it as nasty and black-hearted as possible is kind of exactly Gremlin's reason to exist.

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Common Sense Media

Gremlins smoke, drink like fish, and gamble with abandon. Gremlins gruesomely kill people -- and vice versa.

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Keith & the Movies

Dante has a blast embracing every facet of this sci-fi, horror, comedy, creature-feature... overall the movie has aged well and it has the same fun, over-the-top energy that made it such a big hit in 1984.

keithandthemovies.com/2020/05/06/retro-review-gremlins-1984/

Henry's Movie Guide

I strongly advise you see this movie. It’s very good and even funny at some parts. Gremlins is well acted and original. I would give it a 90% and an A as a grade.

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HellHorror.com

Gremlins is a bold mix of holiday cheer and creature-fueled madness. With imaginative direction, memorable monsters, and a perfect blend of scares and laughs, it delivers a fun, fast-paced story that sticks with viewers long after the credits roll.

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Medium

If you’ve never seen this film, then you’re sorely missing out on a wonderfully crafted horror comedy film.

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IMDb

"A dark, crazy, twisted, inventive, and violent Christmas classic. There's really no way to classify or categorize Gremlins. It's too mean-spirited to be a kid's film, but not quite intense enough to justify a higher rating..."

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