Gremlins / Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Gremlins (1984)

Sure, Gizmo, the furry little creature young Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) gets for Christmas, is cute and cuddly--until he gets wet and multiplies. And when the offspring eat after midnight, they’re transformed into vicious reptilian monsters that terrorize the citizens of the small, sleepy town of Kingston Falls. This darkly comic horror gem from director Joe Dante and producer Steven Spielberg also stars Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, and the great Dick Miller. 106 min. C/Rtg: PG

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Here they grow again! Those hellraising hobgoblins are back in Joe Dante and Steven Spielberg’s hit sequel that combines scares and laughs. This time, the trouble-making beasties are loose and running amuck inside a TV mogul’s high-tech New York skyscraper where access to a science lab results in new--and even more terrifying--genetically altered Gremlins. Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Dick Miller, John Glover, and Christopher Lee star. 107 min. C/Rtg: PG-13