Howdy boys and girls! This time off I am going to dip into a
fun filled flick full of mischief, manic behavior and maniacal trouble
makers. The whole days of terror could
have been avoided if only the Peltzers followed the three simple rules. 1) Avoid bright light including sunlight. 2) Never
get the Mogwai wet and 3) NEVER feed them after midnight. This is Gremilins.
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| I AM NOT A RAT!!!! |
Gizmo: Bright spoiler!
Bright light!
Director Joe Dante
(Piranha,
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, The Howling, Explorers and Innerspace and Gremilins
2) brings us a tale of intrigue and catastrophe in a little town of Kingston Falls in this entertaining horror
comedy and how it all came down to a poor man’s judgment. Randall Peltzer (Hoyt Axton of Smoky, The Black
Stallion, Cloud Dancer, Endangered Species, Heart Like a Wheel and The Rousters)
is a inventor and salesman is searching for a Christmas present for his son in
this dusty antique store in Chinatown and sees the little Mogwai and thinks him
perfect for Billy. The owner feels
Peltzer is not responsible enough to handle such an awesome responsibility and
proceeds to go back to his room. The
shop owner’s grandson offers the Mogwai to Peltzer in spite of his grandfather’s
last word but he must tell Peltzer the rules. Never expose the Mogwai to bright
light (sunlight would kill him), never get him wet and never, ever
feed him after midnight. Being the mad
inventor he names the creature Gizmo.
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| Top score! Suck it Stripe! |
Billy (Zach Galligan of Waxwork, Mortal Passions, Zandalee, Warlock: The
Armageddon, Ice and Hatchet III) is ecstatic at Gizmo and takes the
rules like a typical teenager of half listening so you can imagine how this
will play out. Billy hangs out with his
buddy Pete (Corey Feldman of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, The
Goonies, Stand by Me, The Lost Boys and License to Drive) and they
accidentally spilled water on Gizmo and created 5 more Mogwai. Bringing one of
the new Mogwai to his Science teacher in the hopes he can explain what the
creature is. The lot seems to
defer to their newly dubbed leader Stripe.
As the evening approaches the creatures start grumping and demand food,
being it was midnight yet he hands over a bucket of chicken for them and all
take part except Gizmo.
In the morning Billy discovers five cocoons on the floor and
Gizmo seems very nervous. Heading back to the Science lab he can see if his
teacher found it makes the Mogwai tick.
The cocoons hatch and the creatures resemble reptilian monsters with
fangs and claws which proceed to attack Billy’s mom (Frances Lee McCain of Apple’s
Way, Washington: Behind Closed Doors, Real Life, Footloose, First Steps and
Stand by Me) and girlfriend Kate (Phoebe Cates of Fast Time at Ridgemont High,
Gremilins, Date with an Angel, Shag, Heart of Dixie, I Love You to Death and
Drop Dead Fred) who valiantly fight off several “gremilins” while
Stripe split to make more of his brethren.
Billy and Kate go after Stripe to finish this insanity in the hopes of
saving themselves and the town.
Writer/producer/director Steven Spielberg had produced this
nutty story with the hopes it not having a Christmas based story that Joe Dante
brought some merriment with the mayhem. The
stars of this film voice actor Frank Welker giving life as the voice of Stripe
and comedian/voice actor Howie Mandel as the jubilant Gizmo.
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| Take that, gingerbread man! |
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