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Gremlins (1984) Retrospective / Review
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Oliver Harper when are you going to review the 2nd film.
Gremlins 2 coming soon
I think u mean Howie Mandel
Canadian comedian did the voices not harold.
The question always stuck in my mind- When can you start feeding them again? 6am?
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Reviewed in France. Deadman lazuriz in France. Is not dead. But lives loves. Good lyrics
If they made a Gremlins film now it would inevitably be CGI which I feel would totally lose the charm of the originals.
+Rods toy box I agree with you totally!! So many things that was loved in the 80's(most of our child/teen years have been messed up due to CGI)And it would just ruin a classic.
+Rods toy box
If they do end up making a Gremlins 3, they should go the approach that Mad Max: Fury Road and Star Wars: The Force Awakens went.
Use CG only when it's needed and work hard on the practical effects.
bigevilworldwide1
I'd have to agree on Force Awakens. I admire their use of practical effects but the story was like a fan-fic rip off of New Hope. Yet people lapped it up. At least the prequels did something different.
They should hire Greg Proops to do the Gremlin voices.
You're confusing "charm" with "outdated".
Hey, don't be talkin' crap about Pheobe Cate's father-chimmney story. You see I understand the pain she went through.....it was on President's day 2007 and my father was supposed to come down the chimmeny dressed like Abraham Lincoln with a sack full of copies of the declaration of independence for me and my sisters but he never showed. We worried for weeks, not eating, having trouble concentrating on the simplest of tasks. We filed a missing persons report. The police looked for days.They didn't find anything. As the months went by my mother and I noticed a strange smell coming from the fireplace. We never thought anyting of it. Turns out it was a dead mouse and my father ran off with a hooker dressed like Martha Washington........what you think he died in the chimney?!? That only happens in movies!!! Felt really bad for the mouse though.....
Absolutely underrated comment
😂.
I was 17 and just graduated from high school when "Gremlins" premiered; and it has aged much better than me.
Stop eating bread, high protein low fat, moderate walking
@@notyou8716
Push-ups make an amazing difference as well. If you’re completely out of shape, start small like sets of 20. Do those daily until it stops being hard, slowly increase the number. Running distance at lower speeds is also very productive.
Gremlin's were used in ww2
@@shawnbunn4966they put them in the planes
Gizmo turning into Stripe would have been heart breaking!
But interesting at the same time, instead of two characters, two opposites (one good, one evil) - one tragic. Like classic horror creatures.
@@JohnSmith-tk9sm naw
Gizmo can’t turn into Stripe because they’re two different mogwai’s
@@kjdempsey explain.
@@kjdempsey Gizmo was the mogway, the gremlins are the ones who transform in monsters when they grow up
Dante was right to keep Cate's speech about why she hated Christmas in the film. It's one of the top scenes that people remember, and was so absurd, that I remember it getting a laugh in theaters when we saw it.
Nelson Smith the other thing is that it shows how very human these characters are. It's details like that you never think about for a character and it adds so much than expected.
This is one of my top 3 Christmas films;
-Gremlins
-Scrooged
-Die Hard
I always forget that this movie takes place around Christmas, so I always forget to include it in my Xmas watching.
Only one of them is a Christmas movie. Gremlins is a horror/comedy, likewise Die Hard is an action movie. All three are top movies though.
Kenny Ritchie technically you are right, but so many people consider them to be Christmas films that you wouldn't be able to convince them otherwise. I consider them Christmas movies too.
What's the holidays without watching these again?😀
@@Kthomasritchie if it's set during Christmas it's a Christmas movie. Nuff said.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a Christmas movie too
Could you retrospect, "The Lost Boys?"
Hell yeah!
Yes, please.
They're just noodles micheal. 🐛
I don't believe I have commented on any of your videos before and I just wanted to give a big thank you for these retrospectives. Not only are they great nostalgia if you grew up in the eighties like me, but they also always make me really pumped to see the movie again. I will definitely watch gremlins tonight for the first time in at least 20 years.
I think I could listen to Oliver narrate anything, all day long. Maybe it's because I'm British and of a similar age with similar film tastes...
It open on the same day as Ghostbusters. Talk about stiff competition.
That's what she said!
351cleavland Who?!
Sean Pultz This girl I know....She said that! Twice.
Joe Dante said *Gremlins* did better in NYC (or an area of) because they were pissed about the delays the filming of *Ghostbusters* caused
@@dnasty312 I love Gremlins, but Ghostbusters is something very special to me, and is one of my favorite ever things in life.
I love Jerry Goldsmith's score for this film. I used to play it on my walkman - yes, my walkman, when I would walk around the Universal Studios backlot, while employed there. He also did a fantastic score to another Joe Dante film, The 'Burbs, which was also filmed on the Universal backlot.
All of Jerry Goldsmith’s scores are fantastic.
8:52 We sadly lost the great Dick Miller on January 30th at age 90 😥
Godspeed, good sir 🙏
1928-2019
Review _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_
please do a retrospective on the original Fright Night!
YES!!!!
Nice review, Oliver. Here's a list of movies I believe you should review in future.
1. Short Circuit (1986)
2. The Breakfast Club (1985)
3. The Secret of NIMH (1982)
4. All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989)
5. Angel (1984)
6. Space Balls (1987)
7. Transformers: The Movie (1986)
8. St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
9. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
10. An American Tale (1986)
11. G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
These 11 movies were great retrospective classics of the 80s. Plus you haven't done any of these ones yet, and I believe are worth a review by you. I'd love to see them.
Yes, yes and yes
Definitely #s 6, 7 and 11 (space balls, transformers and GI Joe). Please no Breakfast Club unless you plan to pan the movie and point out how maudlin and stupid it is
Al Ramone
If you don't like The Breakfast Club, then there's something defiantly wrong with you.
LucaEnzo
Thanks. I'm glad someone else besides me thinks he should review these awesome films.
good shout on all three of those. Top movies.
when will you make a review on the second movie? I would really love to see it.
+strittar Im not sure at this point, i have loads of films on my list i need to get through. But I have provided an audio commentary to Gremlins 2.
sweet
+Oliver Harper Gremlins 2 followed a trend in the early 90s of sequels to dark early 80s films being lighter than their predecessors. Other examples are F/X 2 and Terminator 2.
Not really, Gremlins 2 was 1990, so you can't say if was following a trend and whilst not as dark as its predecessor it was played more as a satirical commentary of making crap sequels, its worth noting that the studio asked Dante to return to shoot the sequel but he only agreed if he could do what he wanted, hence the satirical tone.
I disagree about you throwing Terminator 2 in there...that film continued the story and in no way satirized the first.. in fact think its the best in the series.
When I was a kid I was obsessed with all the 80s movies that said “Steven Spielberg Presents”
Until recently I thought I was the only person in the world who liked the sequel more than the original. Looking forward to your retrospective on that one.
the sequels awesome
Such a Classic movie. Loved it back then and still do, even the sequel. And Phoebe Cates, what a hotty. However you did forget to mention that Michael Winslow was voicing one of the gremlings/mogwai. Also you forgot to mention Jonathan Banks as the deputy. Other than that great review
I was 8 when I snuck it out of the video shop, and I've been hooked ever since, seen it loads of times and it's one of those movies that never gets old.
Please do The Last Unicorn one day!
We'll never get films like this anymore, and that's a fact, you know they would make the gremlins cgi, unless there's one person who wants to make a great film and bring back practical effects, like Star Wars 7
4:22 - In the States, Gremlins was given the then new PG-13 certificate. In the United Kingdom, it was a 15 in the cinema and on VHS/home video. It has since been re-classified down to a 12A. A fascinating doc. from the BBFC here shows the board censor's notes and how a PG would have 'necessitated cutting Gremlins to ribbons. www.bbfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/attachments/Gremlins.pdf
Saw it in theaters at 5 and it became one of my favorite films as a kid.
Great review! I can tell you love this film haha. I too watch it every year and the store especially reminds me of the 80's.
The original draft... Holy shit!
I love this movie and the soundtrack. So fortunate to have been a kid to see this in theaters on its original release in the 1980's.
Awesome review, as usual!
I will be waiting for the GREMLINS 2 review, dude!!! :D
This movie is a classic and I was not surprise this movie for the MPAA to create the PG 13 rating. This shows you that 80s movies were ahead of their times.
Tremors 1990 retrospective
great review
@ 21:06, I don't think I've heard your voice get like that, Ollie! :)
Gremlins is certainly fun, if really crazy, but that's part of the charm. I actually saw 'Small Soldiers' first as a kid, and didn't know how much it was inspired by Gremlins, which gets the upper hand due to it's well written female characters.
Oscar Stainton I wanted my action figures to come to life after seeing small soldiers and toy story, didn't every kid?
You should check out GoodBadFlicks video about Gremlins 2, there's a lot of in-depth stuff about the film you probably don't know about. Besides it might change your view on it, the film is not perfect but I love it for what it is instead of hating it for what it isn't.
The earlier scripts for that one were the same as the first, the final script worked.
I fucking love gremlins best Christmas movie of all time
This film always seemed to me like somebody's f*** you to Christmas--all that fake, prepackaged holiday cheer. They only way they could make their message any clearer is if they flashed the words "Commercialism Sucks!" on the screen all the way through the movie. You could also look at it as a "Man vs. Nature" flick. With the gremlins representing what happens when you don't treat nature with the care it deserves.
I liked the appearance of the original Time Machine at the Inventor's convention. (Especially since you see it actually vanish in the background in a "blink and you'll miss it" moment.)
So true. I also see the Gremlins as pointing a mirror right back at us. They are us. Break dancing, getting wasted, throwing popcorn around and being consumers of ANYTHING. Look at all the bullshit things we take for granted.
This movie would have been pretty grim if Gizmo would have turned into Stripe. Good lord.
I like this film, but for some reason I enjoyed watching the sequel more. The pure insanity of what goes on in Gremlins 2 just made it more entertaining to watch IMO. I still laugh at the bit towards the end when all the gremlins are getting doused with the fire hose and one of them has a bath cap on and sings "I'm singing in the bathtub." And I absolutely love the NES game of Gremlins 2. Tight controls, excellent soundtrack, and just difficult enough to be challenging but beatable with practice and patience. Definitely one of the better movie based games out there.
Oliver, these reviews and retrospectives are one of the best movie related things on TH-cam, if not all media outlets. Informative, interesting, well paced, edited smoothly and consistent. They have become a regular accompaniment to my working day. Thank you and keep them coming. Next big job I get paid for there's some money coming your way to help keep you doing what you're doing (Karl Whiteley - Illustrator) : )
n Cantonese, "mogwai" means "devil," "demon," or "gremlin." The Mandarin pronunciation is "mogui."
At least one of Phoebe Cates' screams in the scene at Dorry's Tavern is genuine. An enormous cockroach crawled out in front of her during one take.
The film was released on the same day as Ghostbusters (1984).
Final theatrical movie of Scott Brady (Sheriff Frank).
I really liked this movie, though one thing that always confused me is why would they bring in a celebrity like Howie Mandel to voice Gizmo, who is completely unrecognizable in the role anyway, only to give the role of Stripe to a professional voice actor like Frank Welker?
Gizmo kinda reminds of Courage from the Cartoon Network series Courage The Cowardly Dog.
They had a ride for this film at Movie World, Gold Coast (Australia). Had some good animatronics, almost too good because as a kid I ran for real when they showed up in the ride.
Maybe the gremlins don’t kill Gizmo because they recognize the possible need for future gremlins in case they get wiped out.
I love your take on Gremlins. This is and has always been one of my favorite movies. I watch it a few times a year whether it's Christmas time or not. I love Gremlins 2 as well and can't wait to hear what you have to say about it. Also, The Burbs was another favorite of mine during the 80's. Please do a retrospective video of The Burbs. I would love that - : )
I wonder if Spielberg had watched Fast Times and was impressed with Phoebe's performance?
Sounds like John Williams? I thought Danny Elfman right away! 🤣👍
16:03 - "I will discuss Gremlins 2 in more detail in the future…" It's been seven years now, Oliver.
Michael Winslow of Police Academy fame also helped with the voice of the Gremlins.
The younger cop...was that Mike from Breaking Bad?
Ive noticed with me watching more and more of your reviews over the years, I've been noticing tid bits more about the technical aspect of films. I just rewatched gremlins just last week as part of my xmas movie marathon. Keep up the great work man.
I'd love to interview you Oliver...had Crispin Glover and other good names on my show. THX! Russ
I was ten at the time. I saw Gremlins and Temple of Doom in the Theater.
I'm sad to say I did put some grasshoppers in the microwave after seeing this.
Gremlins theme song is 10/10
I saw Gremlins at pre-release screening in California BEFORE it was released in theaters. We were given cards to survey our opinions what we liked or did not like. There were a couple of scenes missing from the bar scene later on when it was released. So my girlfriend and I got to see this movie before anyone else did.
Wow
I just met ZACH G. @ Indy PopCon 2015 and he gave me an autograph of the DVD of GREMLINS!
the mother makes me think a little bit to Ellen ripley from Alien
Gremlins Adventure is an excellent game, burn the heathen
This movie scared the living crap out of me as a kid, but was still fun to watch. Part of my 80's upbringing.
I love this movie even at Christmas time it's a tradition for me to watch Gremlins at late November and Early December
retrospective of critters next lol and ghoulies why not.
I remember watching Gremlins on the Disney Channel back in the mid-90s and seeing the scene of Gerrard when he'd locked himself in the vault. It always puzzled me because I never remembered seeing that scene before and I never saw it again until the film was released on DVD. I wonder why they added that scene back in for its television airing when they're always removing scenes for time and censorship.
When they edit things out (probably Stripe dying, the microwave explodey and various other things that aren't Disney enough) they splice in additional footage so it fits within their desired runtime. They did the same thing with a lot of films edited for broadcast.
You're probably right. Back then especially, Disney was always trying to maintain a kid-friendly face. Things have certainly loosened up a bit for them. I remember when The Nightmare Before Christmas was first released, Disney released it under Touchstone Pictures, probably thinking it was too intense for small children. Nowadays, it's been rebranded and Disney is slapped all over anything related to TNBC.
Raine Phoenix 'Halloween' (1978) and 'Halloween II' (1981) actually have television versions, where more violent footage is replaced with alternate or extended scenes elsewhere in the films, as TigerNightmare suggested.
Love Gremlins and Joe Dante's work in general. Great video as always.
why he got s in the city at wb
dee dee no morag aw crap hence sophie
was b in
Are you going to do a retrospective of the sequel soon?
I didn't see the August 85 re-release of Gremlins, though I did see the original showing (US). However, I did see E.T. for the 2nd time that same month. I had to opt for that or something else because I was too young to get into Return Of The Living Dead (dammit). I have all 3 of those movies to this day, and I still love E.T., but I wanted to see that damn ROTLD bad.
Oliver as a movie lover myself I really like your videos. Very informative and professionally done. Can I suggest an analysis on Gremlins 2. Personally I think that is one of the most underrated sequels of all time.
Another brilliant review with just the right words about another of my favorite films
How can they cut the power... they're animals.
Fantastic review as always.
Here in Denmark we have a tv program that reviews movies and video games, and they've used the Gremlins theme tune from "Gremlins 2 the new batch" as they're theme tune since the early 90's
I love Billy. He's a hilariously lovable dummy.
Do one for Gremlins 2 - The New Batch already 😎
Good review Mr. Harper. A great Christmas gift!
Good reviews. Why not review "Jaws"?
Hey Oliver, I'm sure you're aware that the dialogue by Dick Miller 8:54 about 'Gremlins' attacking planes and such during wartime was a Roald Dahl concept then developed by Walt Disney into an animated film that never happened.
Please, PLEASE, do a Retrospective/Review on 'The Burbs'. It's such a hilarious movie, and it would be fun to hear your opinion on it. ;) Thumbs up for that.
You forgot the cameo of the robot from forbidden planet!
December 1984, Empire theatre, Leicester Square, London. With mum and dad. I was 11. Great movie....
How did Stripe learn to read? He's like two days old.
When I saw this as a kid I thought Pheobe Cate was the best looking woman in the world. In my 40's, I feel the same way.
Private school...
I noticed that you described Mrs. Deagle as, " basically Scrooge", I think she's more of an homage to Mr. Potter from It's A Wonderful Life.
The film follows that scene with Billy's mom watching It's A Wonderful Life on TV, while cutting onions in the kitchen.
You should do gremlins 2 when you get the chance!
Oliver, *_PLEASE_*, I hope you seriously consider doing either a retro/review or commentary on _The 'Burbs_, that movie is so f*cking funny I'd probably have to go to the hospital after suffering from exhaustion from too much laughing. ;D
It's probably my all-time favorite Tom Hanks comedy, maybe more so than _The Money Pit_.
The Burbs will be covered George, its a great flick.
Oliver Harper Awesome! Wish you best of luck, dude. :D
This, alongside The Howling are my favourite Dante films. Also they are two of the best ever made.
What always confused me about "Gremlins" was one of those rules; "DON'T GET THEM WET". Natch', we all discover that they multiply once any liquid touches their body. If that's a fact, then why did Stripe have to get to the swimming pool in order to do this. I mean, he's running through the "WET" snow. That should have done the trick. As a matter of fact, with all that snow, blanketing the ground, these creatures should have not been able to be killed off at all. Especially if they all took turns rolling around in the snow.Oh well. Still a great and memorable movie. Thanks for the fine review.
The original TV broadcast of "Gremlins" included the deleted scenes. I particularly remember being confused when Judge Reinhold showed up near the end of the film in the bank.
I loved Gremlins the Adventure many a lost evening in childhood completing it
20:30 I believe that is Michael Winslow, Jones from Police Academy voicing the mailbox Gremlin.
I wanted to love this movie, but sadly I was informed early by an anonymous phone call that 'Gizmo ca-ca', and well.. you can't unhear that.
I already watch this movie every year around Christmas. And spend the whole month of December with as many lights on as I can, checking all the dark corners of my house as I walk around.
Love the movie, but the Gremlins still scare the shit out of me, 31 years later.
Congratulations Oliver for reviewing one of the coolest classic of the 80's. Now, please if you have some time consider to make one retrospective in "Matinee". I really love this movie which make fun of the many of those "cult" sci fi of the fifties. Here in Chile was never release in theaters and VHS (for some problem with the copyrights) so the first time I could saw it was in TV (dubbed and cut and trust me, here in South America they really make awful, but awful work).
Fantastic review +Oliver Harper I remember me and my younger sister watching some of the scenes from behind the settee!
The speech about her dad breaking his neck in the chimney still freaks me out today!
So many great 80's films
I don't are what stuffy movie "critics" say, the '80s were the real Golden Age of movies. The '80s has far more than it's fair share of some of the best movies ever made.
This movie and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) are credited with inspiring the MPAA to create the PG-13 rating. Many felt the movies were too violent for a PG rating, but not violent enough for an R.
In Cantonese, "mogwai" means "devil," "demon," or "gremlin." The Mandarin pronunciation is "mogui."
Director Joe Dante prefers Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) to this movie
The Mogwai were molded and inspired from the Japanese Chin dog breed.
The term "gremlin" is a neologism originally coined by English author Roald Dahl, famous for his somewhat dark children's books. His story, "Gremlin Lore", about fictitious mischievous elves that were said to cause unexplained damage on Royal Air Force planes was commissioned by Walt Disney, but was never made
The coloring of Gizmo, including the white patch of fur around the right eye, was directly modeled after one of Steven Spielberg's dogs.
Go gremlins, great film. Good review oliver, look forward to the sequel in future (:
I think the midnight rule could have been solved if it was something like "Don't feed it at midnight" or a time of night evil spirits are rumored to be more powerful or present. like 3 in the morning or something.
Gremlins great movie
Thanks a bunch, Oliver. I always look forward to your reviews. Big up's from India!!
Maybe it's because I grew up on this movie, but there's just something so damn fleshed out about Gremlins. It's basically 'My First Horror Movie' but as a result it lacks so many of the same apathy problems as 'adult' horror movies. Not everyone is a quick victim to the monster or is too stupid to be likeable. There's an absurd amount of charming human characters introduced in this movie, even if they only appear in brief roles (they seemed to bring the Futtermans back for 2 just to give them a fairer chance). The whimsicality of this movie, even through the comical Gremlins, if anything makes it so distinct and memorable (likely why 2 upped it to eleven).
I think the handling of the Peltzer family with Gizmo is done really well with careful nuance in the final revision, making Gizmo a 'white sheep' that never turns into an evil Gremlin and Billy for the large part a sympathetic protagonist that genuinely IS trying to follow the rules, just he keeps getting caught out by outside forces or the Mogwai/Gremlins outsmarting him. Even Rand kinda feels balanced carefully on the likeability scale despite starting the whole mess, since the grandkid basically shoves Gizmo into his hands, and he arguably does a more earnest job explaining the rules than the kid does. The mother is rewritten from just another gory victim of the Gremlins to a badass who drives off the first batch, and even the dog is adorably expressive.
All this adds subtlety to the message, that humans just don't take good care off all of life's wonders. Some do TRY though, and Gizmo is rooting for them.
Great review. I love Gremlins but what's all this talk about a dvd with extras? I've had the bare bones disc for years, when did this happen, what the tits is going on?
Lantern Jaw Your copy has no extras?. do you have the original snap case version?. The DVD with the extras has the white cover with Gizmo on the front.
Oliver Harper
It's a standard dvd case. (package design "2000" on the back) ...Ah, thanks for the tip.
Great vid!! Well done. Anyone else find it funny judge reinhold and Phoebe were both in the infamous Fasttimes scene? Keep the vids comin! I appreciate the work as i have my own movie channel so hats off to ya