Gremlins

Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton

Warner Bros.; Directed by Joe Dante

Rated PG; 111 minutes; 1984

An unusual Christmas present called a "mogwai" is given to Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) by his dad with three basic rules for caring for the pet: never get him wet, keep him out of bright light, and never feed him after midnight. When Billy inadvertently breaks one of the rules, the consequences multiply at an alarming rate that builds to an explosively suspenseful climax.

Reviews

"GREMLINS is not to be missed. Exhilarating, its wacky sense of comic horror, its all-American mix of malicious madcap mischief, is uniquely its own."

- David Ansen, NEWSWEEK

"The season's most delicious surprise. A movie of wicked wit, startling invention, laughter, tears and gooseflesh—all in a good-humored, fascinating way."

- Peter Travers, PEOPLE

"**** GREMLINS just may be the funniest scary movie you'll ever see! Outrageous, original, —a Mad Magazine version of E.T."

- Jack Matthews, USA TODAY

"The summer's most original picture. What superior, popular movie-making is all about."

- Richard Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE

"A dazzling panic of a comedy chiller. The satiric wit and originality of GREMLINS frequently takes your breath away."

- Gary Arnold, WASHINGTON POST

"GREMLINS is great—a hip, havoc-strewn hoot-and-a-half."

- Stephen Schaefer, US MAGAZINE

"The most bracingly original movie of the year. A brilliant, horrifying, hilarious shocker, sheer virtuosity and malign wit illuminate GREMLINS. Dante has outdone even Steven Spielberg in inventive fantasy."

- Richard Freedman, NEWHOUSE NEWSPAPERS

"GREMLINS is Frank Capra's IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE turned inside out, stood on its head and pickled with brine. It's a adolescent's ALIEN, a technicolor trivia game, a gold mine for people with old movies rattling around in their heads."

- Sheila Benson, LOS ANGELES TIMES

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