Typically around the holidays, most people gravitate toward movies that are more cheerful than “Bah! Humbug!” But some people crave more than the cartoonish pratfalls of Home Alone or the cozy ...

The original script for Gremlins was a straightforward horror film, devoid of the cute and funny elements of the final movie. Gizmo was initially portrayed as a villainous character who turns into a ...

“Gremlins” turned a benign Christmas holiday into a snowy backdrop for cartoonish murders. “My Bloody Valentine” turned the February 14 obsession with hearts into a ghoulishly literal conceit. In ...

Gremlins Museum founder Ian Grant on a 3-hour cut reconstructed from director Joe Dante's VHS tapes that was secretly screened for horror filmmakers.

It’s possible that no director has introduced more young people to horror movies than Joe Dante. His Gremlins films blend Looney Tunes humor with gore that could only be deemed “family-friendly” in ...

Mixing horror with comedy is a fine line. Throw in too many laughs, and the scares can be stripped away. Make the plot too dark, and there's no joke funny enough. Movies like An American Werewolf in ...

Gremlins 2 does not try to repeat the controlled horror-comedy formula of the original. Instead, it unleashes dozens of ...

Though this '80s sci-fi horror flick is often thought of as a Gremlins knock-off, the folks behind it say the timing was purely coincidental.

Gizmo is all cute smiles and cooing till his owner deviates from a few simple rules. Allstar Picture Library Limited/Alamy Horror has always helped us establish the boundaries of acceptability by ...

Composer Sherri Chung admits she was late to the "Gremlins" party — only because she was too young and found it too scary. But when she grew older and was reintroduced to the movie, she thought "it ...

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