One of the best monster movies ever made

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2000)

I was 13 years old when I first saw "Gremlins" way back when it first came out in theaters during the summer of 1984. That summer "Gremlins" played opposite several big hit movies such as "Ghostbusters", "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", and "The Karate Kid." All terrific movies. But "Gremlins" was my favorite of the bunch, and it still is today. One of the first films to come from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, this horror/comedy directed by Joe Dante and written by Chris Columbus is great fun. It ranks up there with Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" as one of the great monster movies ever made. Forget those monster ripoffs that followed after this film became a box office smash. If you want to see a movie about little creatures on the rampage, see "Gremlins". It's scary, and very, very funny.

**** (out of ****)