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Gremlins

“Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous.”

1984 · 1 h 46 min
Directed by Joe Dante
FantasyHorror

Cast

Zach Galligan Phoebe Cates Hoyt Axton John Louie Keye Luke Don Steele

Credits

Written by: Chris Columbus

Plot

A small-town inventor gives his son a cute exotic creature, a Mogwai, with three rules, and when the rules are broken, the town is overrun by vicious gremlins at Christmas, in a horror comedy.

Sinekatalog’s take

A funny, dark and inventive horror comedy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (278,429 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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