Product Details

• Actors: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain
• Directors: Joe Donte
• Producers: Michael Finnel, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy
• Format: Blu-ray, Widescreen, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (209 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002QW5474
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,507 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Gremlins is a wildly original roller-coaster ride of hilarious mischief. One minute your hair will stand on end, the next you'll hold your sides with laughter at the havoc these supposedly gentle furballs create when the rules surrounding their care and feeding are inadvertently broken one fateful Christmas. Written by Chris Columbus and directed by Joe Dante, Gremlins unleashes special effects that dazzle and enchant and merriment that lingers in the memory. Blu-ray disc edition features over 10 minutes of additional scenes, a making-of featurette, two commentaries, a photo/storyboard gallery and theatrical trailers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Horror/Comedy of all time!, February 23, 2005

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James Rolfe "The Cinemassacre" (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gremlins (Special Edition) (DVD)

It follows a somewhat conventional monster movie plot. An ordinary guy witnesses his unusual but cute cuddly pet spawn a horde of evil Gremlins. He tries to warn the authorities, but they don't believe him until the creatures show up and go on a rampage throughout the town. Like in many monster movies, a plan is devised to destroy them, which works, but then there's still one left which needs to be defeated.

Every monster movie convention in the book is used, including all the famous shocks such as something jumping out in the foreground and something jumping out in the background, but what makes this film original is the Gremlins' silly personalities. They don't eat people or kill them in order to survive in any way. They just want to have fun and cause chaos! Their personalities are almost human and seem to represent a side of us that has no morals and just wants to let loose in a world without regulations. At times, you are cheering for the monsters, which makes this movie so unique.

Two major highlights are the bar scene and the movie theater scene where all the gremlins gather together and have a great time!

30 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Keep your DVD, October 5, 2009

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MMAGuy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gremlins (25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This is not worth the upgrade for the cost it is going at right now. WB did not remaster Gremlins for Blu-Ray. In my opinion (and many others) the BD is only a small improvement over the DVD. I'd say the improvement in clarity and detail varies between 5%-30% better throughout the film. The audio is much better though, really fun to hear the score in HD audio. Wait till the price drops, then pick it up.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars timeless fun, January 9, 2005

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Andre Heeger (Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gremlins (Special Edition) (DVD)

How can something so sweet and cuddly as a Gremlin become so mean and angry like your own kids when they don't get what they want. The ideas behind this hilarious transformation are so marvellous you'd want to watch this one again and again - with or without your own kids present (who knows, they might get ideas). Gremlins is one of the funniest movies ever. A cult-classic.