10/21/25 - 31 Days of Halloween Movies
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (221487)
United States
October 21, 2025 4:25am CST
1984 - Gremlins
For those of you that want to avoid the gore, this could be just the movie for you.
Gremlins is a black comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante and written by Chris Columbus. Executive Producer was Steven Spielberg. The budget was $11 million and box office receipts were an impressive $212.9 million.
Randall Peltzer (Hoyt Axton) goes to Chinatown to purchase a Christmas present for his son, Billy (Zach Galligan). Randall finds a small, furry creature called a mogwai (voiced by Howie Mandel) in an an antique shop. The owner refuses to sell the mogwai to Randall; but his grandson secretly does. He tells Randall that there are three strict rules: do not expose the mogwai to bright light, especially sunlight which could kill it, don't let it get wet and never feed it after midnight.
Randall gives the mogwai to Billy; and Billy names it Gizmo. Soon all three rules have been broken and the movie turns violent and comedic.
The film also stars Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday, Judge Reinhold, Corey Feldman and Jackie Joseph.
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@LindaOHio (221487)
• United States
22 Oct
It was better than I thought. I thought it might be too juvenile; but it wasn't.
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@snowy22315 (207905)
• United States
21 Oct
That always gets shown around Christmas time.
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@LindaOHio (221487)
• United States
22 Oct
Yes. I had never seen it before. They played it last week for the Halloween season.
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@FourWalls (86089)
• United States
21 Oct
Huh?? One I’ve seen??? Hoyt Axton and Polly Holliday were great in this. And Gizmo was so cute.
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@LindaOHio (221487)
• United States
22 Oct
You SAW a movie? Will wonders never cease?
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@LadyDuck (501097)
• Italy
22 Oct
@LindaOHio - Those little stuffed toys became popular after the movie.
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@LindaOHio (221487)
• United States
22 Oct
@LadyDuck Gizmo was cute; but what came out of him wasn't!!!
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@porwest (112341)
• United States
21 Oct
Forever and a day I have always been reluctant to call this one a horror movie. It has the elements, but it's not really a scary movie at all, and isn't even one made to induce any real fear factor. It's a great movie and well done, and certainly is a timeless classic, but is it REALLY horror.
I remain on the fence.
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@LindaOHio (221487)
• United States
22 Oct
I didn't find it scary either. Very mild.
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@porwest (112341)
• United States
23 Oct
@LindaOHio Kind of like saying Goonies was a horror movie. Nah, I don't think it was.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89120)
• Rupert, Idaho
21 Oct
It looks so cute there the gremlin... I have seen this once a very long time ago...so don't remember much about it. Probably should rewatch this one.
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@LindaOHio (221487)
• United States
22 Oct
It's not bad. This was the first time I saw it.
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@LeaPea2417 (39995)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Oct
I saw that. It didn't scare me. It was okay.
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@wolfgirl569 (134819)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Oct
That is a fun one. We watched it not to long ago again
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@RasmaSandra (97402)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Oct
I loved Gremlins and watch it during the holiday season but I thought the second movie was a bit much,
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@Marilynda1225 (90698)
• United States
21 Oct
I remember watching this with my kids. Not too scary
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@LindaOHio (221487)
• United States
22 Oct
I thought it might be too juvenile; but it had enough violence that it wasn't.
