- Awards
- 8 wins & 6 nominations
- Man on Street
- (as Don Elson)
- Hungry Child
- (as Daniel Llewelyn)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe set for Kingston Falls is the same one used for Back to the Future (1985). Both movies were filmed on the Universal Studios backlot.
- GoofsMogwai can't eat after midnight, yet it's never established when they can start eating again (some find it safe to assume they can eat at some point around sunrise).
- Quotes
Kate Beringer: Now I have another reason to hate Christmas.
Billy Peltzer: What are you talking about?
Kate Beringer: The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom called the office. No answer. Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing. So the police began a search. Four or five days went by. Neither one of us could eat or sleep. Everything was falling apart. It was snowing outside. The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire. That's when I noticed the smell. The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He'd been climbing down the chimney... his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that's how I found out there was no Santa Claus.
- Crazy creditsAt the very end of the closing credits, once the theme has ended, you can hear the sounds of gremlins laughing.
- Alternate versionsThe HBO Family version deletes 3 scenes involving Gremlins dying.
- ConnectionsEdited into That '70s Show: Christmas (2003)
- SoundtracksChristmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
Performed by Darlene Love
Produced by Phil Spector
Courtesy of Phil Spector International
The film is an interesting mix of comedy and horror. There are some really silly, illogical moments, but 'Gremlins' is not to be taken too seriously. You might sit shaking your head wondering why the creatures would do the silly things they do, but hey, it's all in the name of fun, right? Since these are also fictional creatures, who's to say what they are capable of and what their behavior should be?
Towards the end all hell breaks loose, and some scenes are disgusting (in a comedy-horror good way), and it's wonderful! The film has a good, fairly suspenseful, action-packed final act.
- paulclaassen
- Feb 10, 2020
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- Gremlins - Kleine Monster
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Box office
- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $153,642,180
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,511,634
- Jun 10, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $153,898,890