Gremlins was Gory!
By stephanie - Sunday, July 16th, 2006
I just watched Gremlins again for the first time since, oh, the 1980s. That movie was a huge, massive hit! But geez oh pete – I forgot how stupidly violent the film is. To whit:
Mom grinds up a gremlin in a mixer bowl, splattering black Gremlin goop all over the kitchen walls.
Mom throws gremlin into the microwave, where it explodes.
Gremlin runs over couple with large snow plow.
Gremlin speeds up stairway chair for granny, sending her hurtling at high speeds through an upper window to her death.
And more!
I mean, eewww!
The other interesting thing was seeing how they handled these creatures pre-CGI. Mostly, they were believable, except Gizmo really looked like an animatronics creature from a ride at Disneyland.
Finally, I must ask: What’s up with this “don’t feed the gremlins after midnight” thing? They never actually said when it would be safe to feed them again. At dawn? At noon? At 3:14 am?
Bad science all around. Good for nostalgia’s sake.
July 17th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
I always thought that granny flying through the air was wonderful. I agree the ‘after midnight’ clause was a little dodgy but it was a summer movie, ie ‘brains not required’