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Gremlins
- 1hr 46m
- (23)
- 70
- 1hr 46m
- (23)
- 70
A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. More Details »
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Trailer for Gremlins (02:05)
Movie Info & Cast
Director: Joe Dante
Producer: Michael Finnell, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
Writer: Chris Columbus
Release Date: Jun 8, 1984
Runtime: 1hr 46m
Synopsis
A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
Cast
- Hoyt Axton
- John Louie
- Keye Luke
- Don Steele
- Susan Burgess
- Scott Brady
- Arnie Moore
- Corey Feldman
- Harry Carey Jr.
- Zach Galligan
Did You Know?
Trivia
- Billy says he bought a comic at Dr. Fantasy's. Dr. Fantasy is a nickname for Executive Producer Frank Marshall.
Goofs
- Snow on the underside of branches.
Quotes
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- Gizmo: Bye Billy.
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LOVE THIS MOVIE!! <3
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My ultimate Christmas movie!
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tyki M
Metacritic
70
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Based on 13 Critics
7.4
USER SCORE (32)
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Reviews
88
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.
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
75
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.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
50
It's as if Dante sought so hard to parrot his producer that he wound up parodying, and all involved should have known better. There's a current of menace to Dante's work that sets him apart from Spielberg, and a measure of innocence in Spielberg's quite apart from anything Dante has done. [8 June 1984, p.1]
Bill Cosford
Miami Herald
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