Review of Gremlins (1984) by Nelson M — 22 Aug 2016

Joe Dante's 1984 film garners the right amount of laughs as much as is scares. The joy of Gremlins is that is pays tribute to films of the fifties while making fun of our society today using an old style backdrop to poke holes into consumerism and the horror of over consumption and greed.

At the same time, it's a slapstick comedy that wants to garner as many laughs as it can while still showing us some horrifying scenes, something Tim Burton tries to do but a little too hard at times as opposed to Dante.