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| Credits | |
| Title: | Gremlins |
| Genres: | Family Comedy Horror |
| Directed by: | Joe Dante |
| Written by: | Chris Columbus |
| Produced by: | Steven Spielberg; Kathleen Kennedy; Frank Marshall; Michael Finnell |
| Music by: | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography: | John Hora |
| Edited by: | Tina Hirsch |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Warner Bros. Amblin Entertainment |
| Released: | June 8th, 1984 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Running time: | 106 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | USA |
| Budget: | $11,000,000 |
| Gross: | $148,168,459 (US) |
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| Next: | Gremlins 2: The New Batch |
Plot[]
Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) gets a Mogwai for christmas and has to follow three rules, #1 don't put them by bright lights or the sun, #2 don't get it wet and the most important rule don't feed it after midnight. But one day Billy's fiend Pete (Corey Feldman) accidentally gets gizmo wet and fur balls pop out of Gizmo the Mogwai back and turn into more Mogwais including there evil leader Stripe. One day the Mogwais ate after midnight and made cocoons and showed to Mr. Hanson, and then they hatched and turned to small green reptilian monsters that killed Mr. Hanson and got killed by Billy's Mom (Francis Lee McCain) besides Stripe who ran to the YMCA and jump into the pool making thousands of monsters making madness and scaring Billy's crush (Pheobe Cates) at the bar. Billy and gizmo save Kate (Billy's crush) and go to the theatre that all the gremlins were in and blew it up, killing every gremlin besides Stripe who runs to the general store to find water, until Gizmo in his toy car kills Stripe with bright light. After that Mr. Wing (Keye Luke) opens the house door and said that his Grandson gave Billy's dad Gizmo without him knowing and kindly takes gizmo and says one day Billy will be responsible enough to own Gizmo, and leaves.
Appearances[]
Characters
- William "Billy" Peltzer
- Kate Beringer
- Randall Peltzer
- Mr. Wing
- Mr. Wing's Grandson
- Ruby Deagle
- Pete Fountain
- Murray Futterman
- Shelia Futterman
- Rockin' Ricky Rialto
- Gizmo
- Stripe
- Barney (Billy's pet dog)
Locations
- Kingston Falls, USA
Items
- Chainsaw
- Knife
- Saw
- Cigarette
- Toy car
- Revolver
Animals
- Dog
Vocations
Miscellaneous
Notes[]
Fun Facts[]
-Without Gremlins PG-13 wouldn't be a thing
-Gremlins was originally an E.T. sequel
-Gremlins had multiple rip-offs including, Critters, Ghoulies, Hobgoblins and Munchies