3. Gremlins (1984)
Finally, the tiny, mischievous monsters you’ve been waiting for. Imagine Munchies, but it’s one of the greatest movies of all time. During a time when PG movies could dabble in territory now reserved for Rated-R films was none other than Gremlins. Now 40 years old–I feel old–younger generations might not have heard of this movie, and that’s okay. However, I’d love for you to watch it.
The movie follows a young man whose father finds a mysterious creature called a Mogwai in a mysterious shop, and he brings it home. The creature is named Gizmo, and there are three very specific rules to follow with this very cute creature.
1. Don’t let it get in bright lights, it hurts them–sunlight kills it.
2. Don’t get it wet with water–it will multiply into a bunch of Mogwai.
3. Don’t feed it after midnight (What time zone, you ask? Who cares?)–it will turn into a nasty gremlin.
Obviously, number two and three happen and out pops a bunch of ugly, mischievous gremlins–after they eat some chicken after midnight (again, how does time work?). It’s up to the town to take these gremlins down during the night before everyone is killed. Again, this is a PG movie.
There was also a sequel to the movie as well, which was tonally completely different. This Key and Peele sketch describes it perfectly. Gremlins 2 is seriously bonkers and totally worth your time.
