Gremlins (PG)
A comic horror movie classic.
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- Studio: Warner Bros.
- Directed By: Joe Dante
- Cast: Zach Galligan, Hoyt Axton
- Running Time: 106 minutes
- Release Date: 06/08/1984
- Video/DVD Release Date: 09/30/1997
- Genre: Thriller
- MPAA Rating: PG
- MPAA Explanation: scary situations and mild violence
Parents need to know
Families can talk about the movie's message. What do you think the point was? Do most horror movies have messages? What are some others you can think of?
Message
Social Behavior:
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Gremlins smoke, drink like fish, and gamble with abandon.
Violence
Gremlins gruesomely kill people -- and vice versa.
Sex
Language
Moderate bathroom and religiously themed expletives.
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Randy White
Is it any good?
The special effects are also convincing if not original: Gizmo looks a bit like an Ewok from Star Wars, and the Gremlin pods seem lifted directly from Alien. Gremlins even attempts a message by exploring the evils of mid-'80s corporate culture: human acquisitiveness and the drive to conquer and control nature. In the end, the old Chinese man who sold Billy's dad the Mogwai returns to sum it up: "You do with Mogwai what your society has done with all of nature's gifts. You are not ready."
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Parents and kids say
All Reviews
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Adult Reviews
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A good and funny/scary movie
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