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- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 46 m
- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 46 m
Summary A cute little "mogwai" spawns demented demons when his young owner disregards the advice given by its previous owner.
Directed By: Joe Dante
Written By: Chris Columbus
- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 46 m
- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 46 m
Gremlins
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7.2
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Summary A cute little "mogwai" spawns demented demons when his young owner disregards the advice given by its previous owner.
Directed By: Joe Dante
Written By: Chris Columbus
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
70
69% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
23% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
70
69% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
23% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
A delightfully offbeat reminder of how inventive and witty blockbusters seemed when you were a kid.
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 154 User Ratings
7.2
76% Positive
117 Ratings
117 Ratings
19% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
5% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 154 User Ratings
7.2
76% Positive
117 Ratings
117 Ratings
19% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
5% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Aug 18, 2020
Joe Dante's original... Gremlins is a 1984 horror kind of comedy and it's basically about a father wanting to get his son something for Christmas and he looks in some bizarre antiques shop and buys a harmless little creature called Gizmo who's a mogwai.... He gets given a set of rules to abide by like don't get the creature wet, don't expose him to bright lights or sunlight and don't feed him after midnight... Surely enough he gives the gift to his son and by accident the harmless creature gets exposed to water and it multiplies more then they go into cocoons then the cocoons hatch then you've loads of evil creatures causing havoc in Kingston Falls... Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates are great in this, Gremlins is funny but mainly dark and chaotic. Check the sequel too called Gremlins 2.... Both great films and Gremlins really captures the Christmas spirit and some of my best parts of Gremlins is when one gremlin is spinning fast on a ceiling fan in a bar and a bar full of gremlins drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes, also the famous pool scene and the chainsaw scene plus Mrs. Deagles stairlift going fast until you see her fly out the window to her death and the gremlin creatures giggling and there's even a dude dressed as Santa with Gremlins all over him. ... The stripe gremlin is my favourite. Gremlins is great and very entertaining!
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A welcome reissue of the 1984 creature feature in which a Capra-esque idyll is besieged by ravening beasties.
Gremlins has enough style and savvy to stand on its own as the summer's most original Hollywood picture.
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.
Gremlins is far more interested in showing off its knowledge of movie lore and making random jokes than in providing consistent entertainment. Unfortunately, it's funniest when being most nasty.
Dante gleefully trashes cliches and sentimental Capra-esque notions, but one should not forget this movie was given a "PG" rating and cynically aimed to draw an audience of small children who would no doubt be terrorized by this myth-shattering film.
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Apr 6, 2020
Gremlins (1984) Sinopsis: Una población pintoresca se transforma en un lugar terrorífico tras la llegada de una criatura algo inusual. Sinopsis: Un clásico indiscutible tanto del cine como de la cultura pop en general siendo el adorable Gizmo uno de los personajes más icónicos de la historia del cine. La última vez que vi esta película fue hace muchísimos años y no la recordaba, supuestamente es una comedia de horror pero en lo personal no tiene nada de terror, hasta me atrevo a decir que fácilmente es una película familiar teniendo a Steven Spielberg como productor y la ambientación navideña le ayuda bastante. Sencillamente me encanta y pese a la edad que tiene ha envejecido muy bien, lo único que importa aquí son los lindos y rebeldes gremlins, punto. Valoración: 5 de 5
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Feb 16, 2022
It was a bit of a messy print. There is a lot of damage to the original film. Shame really, as all of the rest of it looked so good. I especially liked the gremlins, they were fascinating. I love the music! The noises that the creatures made were brilliant. Good use of surround too. Quite a cute film with plenty of excitement and humour. The gremlins were so funny and the absolute star of the movie. It is memorable but there is something about it that I wouldn’t watch often.
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Nov 16, 2021
El momento en el que la vi no era el adecuado, pero aún así, tiene su gracia, por algo es de culto.
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Nov 4, 2021
The film is visually beautiful (thanks to the direction of Joe Dante) and starts very well as long as it maintains the horror tone. In the second half it ends up in the grotesque losing some of its purpose, namely that of being a horror film. It remains an enjoyable movie tough not a great one.
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Dec 23, 2018
Sans doute assez novateur à son époque pour son mélange de comédie et de (petit) film horrifique, Gremlins étonne encore aujourd'hui par l'animation de ses marionnettes et quelques scènes rigolotes avec tous ses **** gnomes agités qui fument comme des pompiers et se bourrent la gueule, entre autres bêtises... Le film hélas peine à démarrer comme cette "saloperie de voiture étrangère" et ne se réveille qu'au bout d'une heure seulement ; en outre ses gags sont souvent poussifs et le côté cracra des nabots verdâtres risquent de faire peur à nos nains à nous, trop habitués aux gentilles gogoleries de Disney. Le film a donc mal vieilli, non pas par sa technique mais par sa mollesse et son humour facile, trop adulescent pour convaincre, déjà en son temps. Alors, pour conclure, n'emmenez pas le gremlin au macdo après minuit : il deviendrait un yéti ou pire encore... on aurait des Hanouna partout !
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Production Company
- Warner Bros.
- Amblin Entertainment
Release Date Jun 8, 1984
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating PG
Tagline Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous.
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 5 Wins & 9 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Golden Screen, Germany
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
