Gremlins (PG, 1984)

this is one of the funniest movies i have ever seen. the characters are great but the gremlins and gizmo totally steal the show. the movie is funny, but little kids shouldn't see this.

We were looking for a "scary" movie for my daughter's birthday sleepover. The clerk recommended Gremlins as a classic, and assured me it was rated PG. I now understand that some 80's movies with PG ratings were rated before PG-13 existed, and therefore I need to be suspect of PG from that era. My biggest complaint is that the story line begins by humanizing the first "good" gremlin, so when the killing and horror begins, it feels really disturbing in an almost "human on human" kind of violence. I also was very uncomfortable with the casual inclusion (and glamorization/humor) of smoking and alcohol use. In the long run, we watched "Arachnophobia" for our party, which I would love to review but is not currently listed on this site. My 10 yr old and I did watch Gremlins together alone after the party, and she did enjoy it for the most part--she just is a kid who kinda likes gross and scary things. But I would have been horrified to have accidentally hosted it for a large group of 10 yr olds, some of which could easily been bothered by the content.

My 6 yr old and I watched this movie when he was 5 and he loved it so much he begs to let him watch it over and over. We discussed it in great length, he knows movies aren't real, never has nightmares, knows he's not allowed to use adult language and he laughs at most of it because the 'gremlins' aren't real, now he can pretty much tell me the whole story, and somehow the 'Santa' reference gets unnoticed every time he watches. Every child is different and has a different level of comprehension, it should ultimately be up to the parent to know their child well enough to know what they can handle and what they can't. I never considered this a 'horror' flick ever and actually told my son when we watched it that it's a super funny movie and laughed during most of it myself - ergo why he laughs at most of it. It's important for parents to always watch any kind of movie for the first time with their child and to really know their child. I know dozens of kids I wouldn't dream of letting watch this movie but I know my own kid and know he can handle it. And I was going to be one of those parents who censored everything and sheltered my kid from all of these things, only to find out that won't help him in the long run. There has to be open discussion about everything and the younger the better.

This film is really good and really funny. It has some comic horror(gremlins blown up in a microwave, whizzed up in a blender and cut up) but this is why it was probably why it was rated a 15( this may not be not the case if you are in America because the age rating system is different in Britain) However it is not just the gremlins that are killed it is the humans to

What to watch out for * Messages: Not an issue. * Violence: Gremlins gruesomely kill people -- and vice versa. * Sex: Not an issue. * Language: Moderate bathroom and religiously themed expletives. * Consumerism: Not an issue. * Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Gremlins smoke, drink like fish, and gamble with abandon.

This movie does have a fair amount of violence. I remember watching this with my sister when we were young and she was really disturbed by it and had to sleep in my parents room for a week. I think she was eleven or twelve at the time but I loved it. It has some minor sexual nuances and innuendo but nothing too serious. It is said that a man died in a chimmney and was left there to rot for about a week until they noticed the "smell". I would say about 10+ You should know your kids before you let them see it.

I loved this as a 12 year old. The cute Gizmo, the rules of caring for a mogwi, the silly inventor father and how his family rallies around him, even though he isn't the greatest inventor. That said, it was pretty scary and the scene where a girl tells how her father gets stuck and dies in the chimney while playing Santa is very upsetting. Not for little kids at all.

YOU THink this is scary ha wow