The Gremlins Collection

Zach Galligan

Phoebe Cates

Hoyt Axton

Frances Lee McCain

Corey Feldman

Keye Luke

John Louie

Dick Miller

Jackie Joseph

Polly Holliday

Judge Reinhold

Edward Andrews

Belinda Balaski

Scott Brady

Susan Burgess

Harry Carey, Jr.

Donald Elson

Jonathan Banks

Glynn Turman

Chuck Jones

Arnie Moore

Danny Llewelyn

Lois Foraker

Kenny Davis

Nicky Katt

Tracy Wells

John C. Becher

Gwen Willson

Joe Brooks

Jim McKrell

Frank Welker

Howie Mandel

Fred Newman

Mark Dodson

Michael Winslow

Peter Cullen

Bob Bergen

Michael Sheehan

Bob Holt

Don Steele

Jerry Goldsmith

Steven Spielberg

Paul Acerno

Tom Bergeron

Bob Harks

Brad Kesten

Marvin Miller

Dean Rader Duval

William Schallert

Kenneth Tobey

Kevin McCarthy

Susan Arnold

Joe Dante

Michael Finnell

Noel Regney

James H. Spencer

Jackie Carr

Mike H. McGaughy

Tina Hirsch

Richard L. Anderson

Rudy Doucette

John Hora

Kenneth Hall

Cheri Ruff

Bob MacDonald Jr.

Greg LaCava

Bruce Edwin Gregory

Ken King

John Roesch

Tim Mangini

Stephen Purvis

Warren Hamilton Jr.

Chris Columbus

Joan Rowe

David E. Stone

Mark Mangini

Marty Wunderlich

Arthur Morton

Robert Neilson

Norman A. Burza

Karen Shaw

William Kenney

Terry Leonard

Rocco Gioffre

Norman Cattell

Robert Miller

Michael A. Jones

Robert Raring

Dave Robling

Ron Kenyon

Linda Matthews

Ray Berwick

Lex Rawlins

Chris Walas

Frank Marshall

Kathleen Kennedy

Steve Maslow

Michael Muscarella

Kenneth Gilbert

William F. Matthews

Rob Harris

Ralph Nelson Jr.

Norman Harris

Carol Green

Douglas Vaughan

Kevin O'Connell

Donah Bassett

Gene McLaughlin

Bill Varney

Tom Finan

Phil Rawlins

Rosemary Johnston

James Quinn

Richard Moran

Alexander Courage

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Gremlins

Amblin Entertainment

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

Overall, movie was strange. It did have a few suspenseful moments, but overall want that great of a horror film. And I definitely wouldn't call it a comedy. Based on all the hype it has had I wasn't that impressed.

_**Cute creatures morph into hellions during Christmas**_

A traveling inventor (Hoyt Axton) brings home a cute animal he bought at a shop in Chinatown for a Christmas gift, but the rules for the animal’s care are broken and all hell breaks loose. Zach Galligan plays the son and Phoebe Cates his girlfriend.   

“Gremlins” (1984) mixes Christmas movie with Comedy, Fantasy & Horror for an entertaining popcorn flick. The mogwai creatures are cute and you’re not sure how safe the movie is going play out but, thankfully, it turns amusingly edgy. The inclusion of cutie Phoebe Cates helps.  

The film runs 1 hour, 46 minutes and was shot at Universal Studios, Universal City, California.

GRADE: B-

Weirdly, it's one of my favourite Christmas movies!
It was heartwarming, a little scary and outright amusing. It's one of those films where the bad guys still the show.

Also, is it me or does the girl look a little like adult star Ava Dalush?!

Anyway, what I'm saying is, Gremlins is another classic.

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**Clever, creepy, Christmasy, and loads of fun! Gremlins should be a part of everyone's Christmas traditions!**

Gremlins should be at the top of everyone's favorite Christmas movie list. It's full of the 80s teenage adventure cheesiness, cute cuddly creatures, and creepy monsters. Gremlins radiates the same classic spirit and tone as other films of the time, like The Goonies or E.T., but Gremlins adds a little horror flavor. Admittedly, the film isn't particularly scary as it seeks to poke fun at more serious alien critter movies of the time. Still, its creepy atmosphere and twisted little monsters, mixed with the holiday cheer and quaintness of the quiet small town of Kingston Falls, set it apart from other 80s creature features. For many, sitting around the Christmas tree, sipping hot chocolate, and watching Gremlins is a yearly tradition. It might be a little dated, but Gremlins is a fun, adventurous film unlike any other Christmas movie.

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When his gadget-peddling dad returns home one evening with an early Christmas present, he tells “Billy” (Zach Galligan) that he must take extra care not to get it wet, nor to expose it to bright light and - most importantly, no nibbles after midnight. That might have been ok, save for his friend who accidentally breaks one of the rules. One becomes two, becomes four, becomes… They are quite cute and cuddly little critters, so no harm seems to be done - until one of those gets hold of a late night snack and then the malevolent “Stripe” emerges to take charge of a veritable army of hungry and fairly lethal menaces who proceed to trash the entire town. Now, poor old “Billy” and his friend “Kate” (Phoebe Cates) have to try and find some way of getting this furry toothpaste back into the tube before the entire country is over-run. Galligan does fine here with his boy next door characterisation, and fans of Warner Oland’s “Charlie Chan” mysteries from the 1930s might recognise that Keye Luke has aged rather well as the sagely Chinaman who knew better how to leave well alone in the first place; but the rest of the rest of the acting all plays second fiddle to the chainsaw-wielding “Stripe” who, like many of his brethren, seems to have been conceived in a world more befitting Sigourney Weaver. It’s a little cheesy at the start, but once the action starts this races along entertainingly with one of the best incidences of weaponised popcorn I’ve ever seen. There is a message about mankind’s cavalier attitude to things it doesn’t understand - either culturally or naturally; the romance between the leads is kept to a minimum and the comedic elements quite successfully marry elements of slapstick with the equivalent of a custard-pie fight as we embark on an enjoyable exercise that must have had the toy marketeers spinning dollar signs in their eyes.

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