Dark Film, But Awesome Fun

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2006)

SPOILERS
I know this is not a Holiday film, I know, actually, it is. It takes place around the Holidays. You wouldn't think it's a Holiday film, but it kind of is. Anyway, I've always loved Gremlins, I always thought it was really funny and really scary at the same time. I only know a couple films that can be funny and scary at the same time. The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead Two, Army Of Darkness, and this. As you can see, not many films can do that. What I liked was at first a Gremlin seems really cute and cuddly, but please, please don't feed it after midnight. If you do, it becomes scaly, and green. Green! They become green! Can you believe that? It is so bizarre! I'm definitely overreacting, it is not that exciting that they turn green.
A man buys a strange little creature for his teenage boy, Billy. It is called a Mogwai, or Gremlin. The only problem is that there are three important rules for taking care of a Mogwai. Never splash water on it, never expose it to sunlight, and never, never, never, never feed it after midnight. Billy loves the Mogwai, but water is splashed onto it. It multiplies to more Mogwai. They are more meaner than the first Mogwai, or it is called in this film Gizmo. Then all of the Mogwai except for Gizmo eat after midnight. They suddenly turn green, scaly, and murderous. There is a leader Mogwai called Stripe. Anyway, the kill humans and drink and smoke. Then Stripe goes into a pool and multiplies. There are a lot of Mogwai now. Eventually after deaths after deaths every Mogwai are killed in an explosion, except Stripe. Billy and Gizmo go to a store and Stripe is exposed to sunlight, thus melting him. When Billy goes home the original owner of Gizmo takes him away. Yes, it has a kind of sad ending.
Overall, this is a fun journey of excitement from beginning to end. There is also an awesome death in it. Mrs. Deagle, someone who has a grudge against Billy because of his dog, goes on a lift chair. Unfortunaley, the Mogwai had fixed it just for her. She goes on it, it goes really fast, and she flies out a window, where she falls to her death. Anyway, this is a great film that anyone that is a fan of horror and comedy will enjoy.
8/10
Recommended Films: Gremlins Two: The New Batch.