r/Gremlins

Having watched both The New Batch and the original Gremlins (1984), I now have a much deeper appreciation for the film and Joe Dante’s direction. While his style is more evident in the sequel than the original, I still enjoy and appreciate how he crafted the story and its structure. Dante didn’t compromise the film’s tone or atmosphere for a more zany approach. The horror and tension in the story remain strong, and the film still packs a punch.

There are scenes where Joe goes full force ‘Dante’ like the Pub sequence and the theatre sequence but they don’t feel overwhelming, they’re just right.

I tried to look online but the only thing I found was Bill Hader doing a Gizmo impression. I’d be shocked if they didn’t make any jokes about Gremlins around the time it came out. I also know about the Key & Peele sketch which takes up much of the search terms when looking for stuff. Just wondering if anyone remembered anything.

If Warner Bros is aiming to make Gremlins 3 “for kids” and young adults how will it work since things shown in the first two films were pretty mature for kids of that time and still are to this day. The creatures themselves are mischievous and get up to no good outside the bounds of the animated series, is far more mature than the usual movie that is made for young adults.

And there’s a lot of things in those original films that wouldn’t be appropriate even for a Gremlins movie if made today.

Smoking.
Drinking.
Gambling.
Body horror.
Bodily harm.

The animated series dabbled in establishing modernised Gremlins media and it showed how boring and less inspired the creatures were once they lost their ‘human-like’ actions.

I dare say reviews glazes Gizmo in the sequel more than the first film but I believe Gizmo has a bigger role in the original, as most of his screentime in The New Batch is his either getting tortured or him prepping to end Mohawk but he definitely goes missing for most of the sequel and isn’t as much of a presence like the original.

When Gremlins 3 comes out, to watch the entire franchise as a whole would be a treat but The New Batch ending is so bizarre to then watch Gremlins 3 which is set to return to the orignnal’s darker tone will be rather jarring. It’s an exciting time to be a fan as anything can happen.

i imagine some teenagers finding Billy ang gizmo to get rid of gremilns

30’s Billy and Kate would be cool