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Gremlins

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• Comedy
• Horror

• 1984
• Joe Dante
• 101 mins
• 12

Summary

Black comedy horror starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates. In a small American town, kindly inventor Rand Peltzer brings home a cute little animal called a mogwai for his son Billy, with three rules for its upkeep: never get the mogwai wet, expose him to light or feed him after midnight. Accidentally, these rules get broken and all hell breaks loose.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

John Ferguson

Although executive producer Steven Spielberg ensures that things don't get too nasty, this wonderfully anarchic affair is still one of Hollywood's blackest mainstream hits. Zach Galligan plays the teenager who is given a cuddly pet mogwai called Gizmo, but through carelessness he unwittingly unleashes a vicious, murderous swarm of little creatures. There's no doubt whose side director Joe Dante is on and he gleefully trashes the view of small-town America portrayed by feel-good movies such as It's a Wonderful Life (which is being screened on TV throughout the tale). Film buffs will delight in the many in-jokes and the long list of cameos, ranging from Roger Corman veteran Dick Miller to Spielberg himself. And Phoebe Cates's admirably straight-faced Christmas speech should be compulsory viewing during the festive season.

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7.3/10

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Cast

rolenameBilly PeltzerZach GalliganKatePhoebe CatesRand PeltzerHoyt AxtonLynn PeltzerFrances Lee McCainMrs DeaglePolly HollidayGrandfatherKeye LukeChinese boyJohn LouieMr FuttermanDick MillerMrs FuttermanJackie JosephSheriff FrankScott BradyMr AndersonHarry Carey JrRockin' Ricky RialtoDon SteelePeteCorey FeldmanPete's fatherArnie MooreRoy HansonGlynn TurmanMrs HarrisBelinda BalaskiGeraldJudge Reinhold

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rolenameDirectorJoe Dante

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2019-12-06

Languages

English | Spanish

Guidance

Some violence and swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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