Cute, cuddly… and downright catastrophic. Gremlins begins with Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) receiving a mysterious little creature called a Mogwai as a Christmas gift. Adorable as it seems, the pet comes with three simple rules: no bright light, no water, and never feed it after midnight. When Billy accidentally breaks them, all hell breaks loose as his quaint town is overrun by a legion of mischievous, malevolent gremlins.
Zach Galligan captures the charm and panic of an ordinary young man thrust into extraordinary chaos, while Phoebe Cates adds warmth and heart as his supportive girlfriend Kate. Hoyt Axton brings folksy humor as Billy’s eccentric inventor father, whose quirky gadgets are almost as troublesome as the gremlins themselves.
Directed by Joe Dante and written by Chris Columbus, Gremlins is a gleefully twisted mix of horror, comedy, and holiday cheer — blending festive small-town coziness with gleeful creature-fueled mayhem. It’s a cult classic that redefined the monster movie with equal parts terror and laughter.
In Gremlins, the tiniest mistakes unleash the biggest nightmares — and survival means remembering the rules.
