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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 1971, Chatsworth, California, USA
13 March 1971, Encino, California, USA
8 March 1964, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1 July 1955, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California, USA
14 February 1964, New York City, New York, USA
31 January 1947, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 February 1890, New York City, New York, USA
19 September 1940, Burbank, California, USA
29 November 1955, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
21 September 1912, Spokane, Washington, USA
16 July 1963, New York City, New York, USA
9 October 1914, Griffin, Georgia, USA
6 September 1958, Spokane, Washington, USA
13 January 1915, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
10 June 1918, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
12 March 1946, Denver, Colorado, USA
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.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.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.October 19, 2014
An entertaining and original horror film with top notch effects, a great villain, and a brilliant score...December 09, 2012
This postmodern, endlessly referential, utterly ruthless film is an ingenious, delightfully scary fairytale horror flick ...November 27, 2007
The humans are little more than dress-extras for the mechanics.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.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
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.December 06, 2013
A wildly original roller-coaster ride of hilarious mischief.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.