The 'I hate Christmas' monologue is one of the very best parts of the movie. I was raised on the the old tales so they were always scary, or we weren't interested. Gremlins was perfect for kids like us.
My parents bought us the VHS tape in the 90s. We lived paycheck to paycheck in a trailer park at the time so getting any movie was a big deal. But they knew we would love it and they knew it would be our introduction to horror. Love this movie.
This is my favourite "unorthodox Christmas movie" as I like to call it. I love its ghoulish sense of humour and the character of Gizmo is very special to me. I have generalized anxiety and what I love about Gizmo is that he's also an anxious little bean, but he's brave when he needs to be.
And the sfx are the GOAT! They still look alive. For so long of my childhood I wanted a pet mogwai just so I could wet it and put one in a parcel box instructing it to be fed after midnight to send to bullies at my school lol
Gremlins is such a classic and I remember watching it when it first came out when I was 6 years old,it actually scared the crap out of me 🤣.I'm so happy they haven't done a remake yet,there's just certain movies you have to leave alone and not ruin the legacy.
if they remake it or reboot it I will just do what I always do, which is ignore the remake/reboot's existence. The classic Gremlins works because it is a product of its time, it has heart, soul and the work that goes into the puppets holds up.
@@ItsaKindOfMagic86 That is AWESOME! Excellent score to start your film score collection. How big is your collection? Do you have any favorite film composers?
I remember my mom taking me to see this movie. In 84 I must have been in 2nd grade. I don't remember if I got scared, or she did? But when the science teacher gets killed. She grabbed me and we walked out. I also had a stuffed gizmo, and the books with the little records, I think we got them from Hardee's when you got a kids meal. Good times, and nice video review.
An absolute gold bar of a movie! "Gremlins" will always rule! I remember seeing it in the theater (Movie City 10 in Oakland Park) with my parents as a kid. I watch it every holiday season, as it is a true December movie for me. Spectacular episode! Keep 'em coming! Cheers!
Us "grunts" at the original New World Pictures knew Joe Dante would eventually work for Spielberg after he made "Piranha". It was fun while it lasted. I was mind blown that this got made and seeing my favorite Gahan Wilson cartoon about Santa in a chimney got reinterpreted. Jerry Goldsmith ROCKS and so does the sequel.
My two older brothers took me to see this in the Summer of 84 when I was 7. About the midway point, when the movie started to turn dark, my brothers were afraid that they were going to get in trouble with my Mom for taking me to a "scary movie". I wanted to stay, but they insisted on leaving. We would later see Ghostbusters a couple weeks later, and sitting all the way through it this time, I fell in love with films. When I started First Grade in the fall, I went in with the Gremlins backpack and lunchbox mentioned in this video, as well as a Ghostbusters folder. I had books and a plush Gizmo toy as well. I was fascinated by the film, even if my family was worried about me watching it. I finally got to see it all the way to the end when it debuted on HBO the following year, and I absolutely had no problem with the horror elements of the film.
:D I like that you got to have those collectibles of the movies! I have 2 Gizmo plush, one is a plush back pack. I wish I had enough money to afford the replica Gizmo collectible.
This was the 1st movie I was taken to in a theater. I too was too young to remember going, but I think it firmly secured my love of horror comedy! It's a Christmas staple!
It is still one of my favourite films ever and the best "Christmas" movie of all-time 😊 like mentioned in the video, it's one of those movies that was always a part of my life!
I got to this movie through the 4 part books on record set that my grandma gave me. I love the Gremlins when they're running amok. That Santa Claus story still haunts me
So much about this, even the Christmas setting, made it a perfect Summer movie, but I especially enjoyed Dick Miller. I couldn't explain it but any time I saw Dick Miller on screen he just made me happy. Years later I learned that when my parents were dating they went to see "Bucket Of Blood". Dick Miller is in my DNA.
When I first watching that flick and it's frightfully entertaining. The 1980s were so awesome in making movies like this. Thank you, JoBlo for making such awesome vids about the 1980s horror. U ROCK!
That kitchen scene may be funny for adults but when I was a kid it was the part that scared me the most, especially the gremlin in the xmas tree. A forever favorite for me. I got a decent Gremlins and Gizmo collection, including a mug, soundtrack, plushies, novelization, christmas tree decor :) The scene of them watching Snow White singing along with the 7 dwarves in the theater made them less scary to me when I was little. Love the second movie too. Those effects hold up, they still look life life to me, their eyes and snarling of their noses, incredible. Love the 1980s sfx, theyre the GOAT.
I love, love, love, Kate's monlogue. As they point out it serves to set the tone of the movie, but I also think it has a double meaning in that no matter how grim and terrible things seem (Gremlins running amok through your town) something far worse can happen. The traumatic event that Kate lays out for us is much more tragic and gut-wrenching than some demon-spawn causing chaos. Hell, they even spoof this moment in the sequel when Kate starts to tell tale of a certain man dressed in... only to have Billy cut her off like, "Kate we, don't have time for one of your stories."
I saw this at 10yrs old in the theater when it came out, with my mom. She raised me on horror...and this movie was wonderfully scary and gross!! It genuinely scared me, made me laugh, cry and cheer...it was an amazing experience and I've seen many times since. ❤️
I wanted to see this so much, but the family ended up seeing Ghostbusters instead, and renting Gremlins later. What a time to be a movie fan and a kid. We did see Gremlins 2 in the theater, and had a blast regardless of what critics thought.
Critics are buzzkills arent they? Gremlins 2 was made for the fans of the first movie. They werent gonna try and pretend to be something unique, it is a sequel, so they just went full throttle bonkers all in on the second one, and I appreciate that and so does my childhood self :)
I got a gizmo stuffed animal and dropped all my ET stuffed animals. Then when Hardee's had the story books with the records, I got them all too. When it finally came time to watch it we rented it at Action Video and it scared my mom but I loved it and I was only 8.
I think it's about bloody time somebody stood up for Billy; NONE OF IT WAS ACTUALLY HIS FAULT!!! Mr. Wing even points that out at the end! CORY knocked over the water-glass, the BAD gremlins TRICKED Billy into feeding them, and Mr. Peltzer was the one who bought Gizmo in the first place unethically!! Billy tried very hard to do the right thing, and took good care of the mogwai! I know it's not that important, but I just thought somebody should say it already! XD
I think Gizmo being heroic in the ending tones the horror down for children, kinda like it's message is not all creatures are bad. I cant recall what age I was when I first watched it. The film was available to me having been recorded on VHS tape from the television, I was born in 1986 so the film had been out a couple years. To be honest I probably found both Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice scarier when I was little, but I equally love these 3 movies dearly. All are beloved childhood classics.💚
I was 7 when I watched it, it just didn't seem that big of a deal back then to watch stuff like this. I remember the local video store letting us rent out anything if our parents were with us
As a child , I loved “Gremlins” , but I never liked “E.T.” My mom took me to see “E.T.” , she was so upset that I couldn’t wait to get out of the theater . Even to this day she remembers how upset she was that I hated “E.T.”
I liked ET but I think it is a long movie to sit through as a kid. I was one of those kids that if you sat me down in front of the tv I would stay glued to that spot haha
@@JoBloHorrorOriginals excited for next week! Ghostbusters is my favorite comedy of all time, and it is hard to pick a favorite but it is special, it makes me laugh every time I watch it :) it is one of those movies you grow up with and get more of the jokes and discover new details about it as the years roll by.
I didn't see Gremlins or Ghost Busters in the theater, but would later see them both on VHS. I read the Gremlins novelization first before seeing the movie. I remember reading Kate's Christmas monologue in the book, and also remember the dad's inventions that were mentioned in the book, but not the film. I liked the movie later when I saw it, and the microwave Gremlin explosion scene actually turned my stomach.
I was 4 when I watch gremlins 2 the sequel scared the hell outta me as a kid after watching it was traumatized by watching the movie re watching both movies it became a Halloween tradition to watch both movies
It was a 15 in the UK (which means you need to be 15 to watch it in the cinema, does not matter if you are with an adult), I was a very young looking 14 at the time, so missed seeing it in the cinema :-(, love this film, always watch it every Xmas.
The 3 rules 2 of them no light and no water makes sense. But do not feed them after midnight does not make sense. How will the mogwai knows when it was midnight. Since the Mogwai is from China midnight could be different there. If the rule says don't feed the Mogwai during a full moon that will make sense.
I’ve always hated the scene in Gremlins when Billy gets an UNCOVERED plate of fried chicken from the fridge. Like, do people actually leave food in the fridge uncovered like that? Or is my weird food phobias the actual issue?
