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Gremlins
'Don't expose him to bright light. Don't ever get him wet. And don't ever, ever feed him after midnight.' A boy inadvertantly breaks 3 important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
16 July 1963, New York City, New York, USA
8 December 1947, Inglewood, California, USA
6 September 1958, Spokane, Washington, USA
13 September 1924, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1 April 1936, Hollywood, California, USA
21 September 1912, Spokane, Washington, USA
28 July 1944, York, Pennsylvania, USA
29 April 1912, Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA
25 December 1928, The Bronx, New York, USA
December 07, 2014
There is satire here: a sense of silly but thoughtful consideration on the Christmas traditions and how easily all the relatable facades crumble as a consequence of simple illusions being so easily shattered.
November 27, 2007
Dante is perhaps the first filmmaker since Frank Tashlin to base his style on the formal free-for-all of animated cartoons; he is also utterly heartless.
December 09, 2012
This postmodern, endlessly referential, utterly ruthless film is an ingenious, delightfully scary fairytale horror flick ...
December 06, 2013
Here's the season's most delicious and unexpected surprise. Despite the horror-flick title, Gremlins is a movie of wicked wit and startling invention, and it has a heart that's at least a match for the special effects.
June 10, 2014
Dante thrives in the spaces between comfort and terror: that mischievous place where you're never quite sure if the monsters are kidding or not.
November 27, 2007
The humans are little more than dress-extras for the mechanics.
December 06, 2013
Think of A Christmas Carol visited by The Birds. Think of The Muppet Movie run amok. Imagine a berserk film editor splicing It's a Wonderful Life to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with quoting from Snow White and a nod to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
November 27, 2007
What's confusing yet ultimately illuminating is the way his gremlins function as a free-floating metaphor, suggesting at separate junctures everything from teenagers to blacks to various Freudian suppressions.
June 24, 2006
Dante gleefully sinks his teeth into the kind of fluffy, sugary, sickly small town fantasy beloved of his pal and sometime producer Spielberg.
December 06, 2013
A wildly original roller-coaster ride of hilarious mischief.
October 19, 2014
An entertaining and original horror film with top notch effects, a great villain, and a brilliant score...