Gremlins Filming Locations - 1984 - Then & Now

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[@mksolid82]

Man that Chinatown set was masterful. It really made you feel like it took place in NYC. So much movie magic happened in the 80s. This movie is just an all time classic.

[@DarrLaw]

Practical effects are so much better than CGI

[@Cutelatinguy2]

My mom and I would watch Gremlins every Christmas eve!

[@IanSolano]

One of my favourite movies of all time. So much nostalgia for this.

[@deliverancetwo]

I love the ending that was so funny

[@germaninvenice]

Awesome work super informative. I learned a lot. Great research. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@NielsCG]

Thank you very much for your awesome videos!! 80s Life 4 Ever!!

[@remco3819]

I can't say how many times i have seen this movie. I saw it in the cinema and countless other times. It's a great christmas movie and a real classic.

[@realboltfan]

Amazing as always brother!. So important this.

[@Orrickman]

Awesome video once again!!

[@user-ol9ps6ef3s]

Merry Christmas. Thanks for all the great videos and looking forward to more in 2024

[@Mr.Thrasha]

Great job, Kurt!! Loved this!!!

[@kaizer1903]

One of the all time greats!

[@shutitup68]

Great job once again!

[@davidfelipe7358]

Awesome, Kurt! I’m ready for this one!

[@steviem6993]

My friend, I’m replying before I’ve watched but literally just watched one of my favourite Christmas movies. Merry Christmas from the UK

[@mikegrant2682]

Awesome job . I love seeing backlots and how they were used. Thanks for a great video !!!!!!

[@steviem6993]

Fantastic!!

[@DarrLaw]

One of your best videos. Loved how this was more of an 80's movie filming location video, done through Gremlins.

[@JC-bl9bo]

Man I gotta say you do excellent work. This was a lot of work. Just awesome stuff.

[@bribriboy]

Thank you for all of your Hard Work. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

[@02altima02]

Another GREAT video. Keep up the good work

[@taikoboy]

Merry Christmas and thanks for this vid Kurt! This was a trip down memory lane.

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Merry Christmas!

[@michaelg3558]

@@80sLife Do Ghostbusters Filming Locations 40th Anniversary

[@koreancardboard]

I had to do a double take on the police officer. Knew that was Jonathan Banks. Of course I didn't know that when it first came out. Great job as usual. Love the ending. Thanks!

[@ckuriakon1079]

I never realized the teacher was Mayor Royce from The Wire.

[@frankwafer6919]

🎅Thank you, what a great video! Gotta luv them 80s! Merry Christmas!🐪🌴🌲!

[@Eddunaway-qp5tv]

Faviot 80s movie

[@KevinFournier-xd3ub]

Damn dawg, considering that many of the locations were “inaccessible”, you nailed this episode. I remember being scared as hell when I watched Gremlins as a kid, yet nowadays I see how funny it is. By the way, some of those set locations look a lot like Nightmare on Elm street scenes (I don’t recall you doing any episodes on Nightmare on Elm street by the way… or did you? Hahaha, Gen-Xer getting old). Thank you for another good episode Kurt!

[@huffie00]

I really appriciate the work you put into this! Thank you

[@kencenerelli6769]

Great stuff as usual, Kurt! Happy Holidays.

[@Retro_Russ_]

Excellent thank you so much for this. My favourite Christmas movie- brings back so many childhood memories.

[@lewistopcop]

Great video!! You left us on a cliffhanger! Will there be anymore 80's life videos? Did Kurt survive the attack? All of these questions and many more will be answered on the next episode of...80's life. I bet you thought i was going to say soap?

[@KLEARSKITHEKREEPER]

Gremlins is my all time Favorite..thanks for this one.

[@projectprojector1230]

I love how you commented on goofs like the phone on his desk in the office or the tiny outfits for all the Gremlins! Hahaha

[@FrescolateOficial]

Beat Street and Gremlins!

[@cancel.lgbtq.6892]

Die Hard & Gremlins would be my 2 favorite Xmas movie.

[@braddokken9191]

Thank you Kurt! Sad to see those sets go. So much history disappearing. It is good that you and others have documented much of it.

[@Cyberdinemechatron]

Incredible research, thank you very much.

[@stamford70]

Great video as always Kurt. That Christmas jumper is so cool pal 👌🏻

[@Richy.Boi.]

Such a comprehensive and enjoyable then and now

[@davefilms345]

Omg how amazing is this? It's simple, but it's so interesting to get all these locations in one spot but over 2 locations, Absolutely brilliant kurt 10/10 from me. Keep up the amazing work, and I'm looking forward to the next one.. Oh.. have you all noticed when Mrs deagle is killed the gremlins cuts the break cable on the police car, when the police car drives off it slows down and the break lights come on lol...

[@3282pm]

You did it this time!! Great video.

[@threads80]

I wish they made movies like this today

[@JUSTCHILLIN862]

Thank u brutha , this was a trip down memory lane , always watch gremlins at christmas , look forward to watching more of your videos 👍 support from Auckland New Zealand 💯😎

[@Breadking100]

The ultimate Christmas horror classic!!

[@MrRatingz]

Love it!!!

[@base1b2626]

Love the movie. Thanks for sharing all of these locations with us.

[@johnnyharperscoutstable5386]

My favorite was the bar scene😆🐸🍺🔪🔥

[@cfhcowboy9292]

Such a great flick.....one of my favorites especially on the holiday season thanks for sharing dude great video

[@stephensanders2104]

you do great work keep it up

[@ll7868]

The first X-mas movies that popped into my head were Elf and Bad Santa. Elf was filmed in New York and Vancouver, BC, Bad Santa takes place Phoenix but it was all filmed in California, Long Beach stood in for Miami Beach and Thurman's house was in West Hills.

[@buckrogers4720]

Brilliant

[@davidpowers746]

I swear that damn story she tells about her dad haunted me growing up.

[@timothya.olmeda7299]

Me and a friend went to go see Gremlins when it was originally released in theaters. It was the first time we went to go see a film in a theater all by ourselves. We took the RTD bus from our neighborhood over to the Glendale Galleria to see it. Good times.

[@markoutwithmark]

I love your Filming Locations videos! If I had Elon Musk money, I would pay WB and Universal to rent me an apartment on each of their backlots.

[@colinholder5438]

That was really enjoyable to watch! Thank You!

[@blueghost4121]

This is one movie I wish they would have filmed in an actual suburb. This is totally a Christmas movie tho!!

[@namelessjedi2242]

I think the film history in all those locations adds greatly to the charm and was probably done intentionally for that reason. It’s kind of an homage to classic films in several ways.

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

Awesome

[@cameronashworth1754]

Great video - Billy's mum was a bad ass.

[@iankite6991]

Love This 80s Classic.

[@RDC_Autosports]

being a kid at the time i’ll never forget get the one scene where the gremlin goes “ they’ve got weapons” (SO WHAT!) boom!!! “F**K! 😂😂😂

[@kaydawgy1999]

You do a perfect Norm McDonald impression

[@Hero-en2up]

You did a fantastic job. Don't think anyone could have done better 🎉

[@dreamkid83]

Rad ⚡️

[@hbc586]

Can't forget The Monster Squad was filmed in Courthouse Square too. 🎬🎥

[@MSJChem]

15:41 funniest scene of an old lady being killed? Iol. Also, it's so sad to see those iconic locations gone or have been demolished. And I agree that Kate's story is the most depressing Christmas story ever, it freaked me out as a kid.

[@Stormtrooper53]

Thank you for mentioning Lethal Weapon as a Christmas movie. While I don't think Die Hard is actually a Christmas movie, if you accept Die Hard as one then you have to count Lethal Weapon and a lot of "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" advocates never even think about Lethal Weapon.

[@CRAZYNEWS2]

Legendary movie

[@deco983]

Nice!!!!!

[@griffice1]

Funny, I just watched that Movie again on Saturday, 1st time since it came out. I was thinking, Where did they film that and then you posted this. Great work.

[@Madness832]

I love the font that they used for the DJ's billboard.

[@remco3819]

Still kind of sad to see that soo much has been demolished. For me this would be holy ground 😊.

[@cgimovieman]

It’s always amazing to me how many iconic movies, that you thought were filmed all over on location, were actually shot in just a couple of places on a backlot. Kind of ruins the illusion rewatching them in some ways. As an adult today, I guess I can sort of tell if I think about it. But especially as a kid in the 80’s, I really had no idea and didn’t even think about it.

[@LetsGoThere]

Phoebe was so hot. One of my first crushes for sure back then.

[@garciadavid582]

Cool video very informative..thought they were making Grimlins 3?

[@ansont]

On the movie theater marquee. A Boy’s life was the working title for E.T and Watch the Skies was the pre-production title for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[@vincently1995]

Happy Holiday

[@flashinthepan3273]

😊 I did not know that Howie did the voice of Gizmo! I learned stuff 😊

[@99rollo99]

Great video, Kurt! :)

[@seibervideo]

Dang, I’m almost Mrs Deagle’s age. 😅

[@namelessjedi2242]

A lot of people today will say their favorite Christmas movie is Die Hard. Mine is Gremlins. You could even remove the creatures and still have a good Christmas movie with Mrs. Deagle as some Scrooge-like character.

[@ll7868]

Kind of a shame how Feldman's life turned out, he seemed like the normal one before Haim passed away, now he's under the impression he's a rock star.

[@garibaldi54]

As far as child stars go, many have done a lot worse.

[@jimbo8743]

👍👍👍👍

[@joseyeastwood]

I don’t know why but when i was a kid that movie creeped me out flinging an old lady out of the window and tying their dog up with Christmas lights really messed me up but definitely Gremlins all in all is a holiday classic.

[@elizabethharrison7306]

Christmas story 🎄❄️☃️Love my favorite one fan Big Mary Christmas 🎄 ☃️ ❄️ Happy New year 2024 🎉 Universal studios Hollywood ⭐ love my favorite one fan Big

[@moot6794]

You gotta do Predator 2!!

[@ericcolbert479]

Another good one Kurt Gremlins filming location but did anybody notice the 1970 AMC Gremlin at the beginning of the movie

[@ageranger1541]

Yep saw that, just left a comment.

[@thomastierney3857]

The house next to the Gremlins house on the Warner Ranch was also Major Anthony Nelson's house from I Dream of Jeannie.

[@MCW1955]

Yeah, come to think about it, it is always after midnight 😅

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

Wish you could do Nightmare On Elm Street!! 😁

[@DWINC]

Great one again! Isn’t that the same rug as Be Kind?

[@ultrajazz5335]

The Chinatown area reminded me of Big Trouble in Little China where his rig is parked in the alley.

[@squirrele.1266]

Love these filming location videos, any ETA of the next Memories of The San Fernando Valley video?

[@j_2113]

Awesome video love that movie maybe sometime you can do a porky’s filming locations video no one has ever done one that I’ve seen

[@BradFyfe]

I zoomed in on the phone on the desk and it doesn't have a dial or numbers. It was most likely just linked to the front office. :)

[@apolloorosco6852]

just in time for lunch

[@amanster724]

I was watching this about a month ago and it popped in my head no one has done movie location vids. Then I realized the whole thing was back lots and sound stages.

[@Jonathan-lm7wy]

This was a horror movie for me as a kid...and a comedy as an adult lol

[@funkydung.]

silent night, deadly night 1984

[@namelessjedi2242]

Gerald does literally say Billy is practically supporting his whole family. I think the scene where Billy catches his mom crying was part of the money problems storyline that didn’t make it fully into the film.

[@hayleycomet8029]

Btw the science teacher's phone on his desk can only call the school office and perhaps other classrooms but it can't call off campus - that's why he used the pay phone :)

[@mikejohnsonCHG]

Jonathan Banks (Mike from Breaking Bad) is one of the cops.