Good til Violence-as-Comedy ruins it

Rating: 4/10 (22 August 2017)

Since I was past puberty the first time I saw this & am a LOT older now, maybe I just needed to be 10 yrs old to like this. I LOVE comedy. WACKY comedy. Verbal comedy. Physical comedy. This? Violence-as-Comedy??? I don't get it. It is just stupid & annoying. 4* for the Positives = up until the gremlins take over, it is quite cutesy nostalgic & the gremlins & mogwai are well done. But, the Violence-as-Comedy story??? Keep it. Seriously, it is NOT "horror". It is NOT "comedy". It is just Violence-as-Comedy. I didn't even finish watching it this 2nd time.