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Gremlins at 35: The timely return of Joe Dante’s controversial creatures

December 5, 2019 by George Nash

With Gremlins returning to UK cinemas this week, George Nash takes a look at how its satire remains timely, over three decades on…  Thirty-five years on from its initial release, few films have come to epitomise the notion of not judging a book by its cover quite like Joe Dante’s iconic ’80s cult creature comedy, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, George Nash, Movies Tagged With: Chris Columbus, Gremlins, Hoyt Axton, Joe Dante, Phoebe Cates, Steven Spielberg, Zach Galligan

4K Blu-ray Review – Gremlins (1984)

October 7, 2019 by Brad Cook

Gremlins, 1984. Directed by Joe Dante Starring Zack Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain. SYNOPSIS: A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. I’m a no-doubt-about-it Gen Xer, so I was squarely in the demo, as […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Frances Lee McCain, Gremlins, Hoyt Axton, Joe Dante, Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday, Zack Galligan

12 Days of Christmas Horror: Day 4 – Gremlins (1984)

December 17, 2016 by Graeme Robertson

Gremlins, 1984. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Francis Lee McCain. SYNOPSIS: Young Billy receives a rather unusual Christmas gift from his father in the form of a furry little creature called a Mogwai. Christening the fuzzy pet Gizmo, Billy is given three strict rules on how […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Francis Lee McCain, Gremlins, Hoyt Axton, Joe Dante, Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday, Zach Galligan

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