Gremlins remains amusing all these decades later. Written and directed by Chris Columbus and Joe Dante respectively, it feels like a Stephen Spielberg hyper American movie, set in small town America on Christmas. No surprise then that Spielberg was the executive producer.
Finally turns into a horror movie about an hour in when the gremlins become like malevolent kittens.
Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates are charming and cute as the kid stars.
Howie Mandel voiced Gizmo, the main gremlin.
The movie that led to the PG-13
No water? How do they hydrate?