THE GREMLIN MOVIES - Timeless, Illogical, Insanely Fun Jamborees

[@ElvistheAlien]

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[@ElliotMazower]

why was the channel called jimmy yesterday

[@sinnedking7365]

@ElliotMazower Very good question :) did we discover some sorta easter egg?

[@ElliotMazower]

@@sinnedking7365 yeh im so confused

[@JESSEForsyth]

plz review small soldiers lol

[@AnonymousAccount-li1cn]

Review the new terrfier movie already. Do the dance everyone wants to see

[@tefstepho]

The gremlin is a pretty modern folk creature that is always found responsible for electrical and mechanical hazards and malfunctions, so their tech savvy is pretty on point

[@CrySomeMorePlease]

The gremlins were created by the Japanese for the war. The old guy rambles about them being in the machines.

[@tefstepho]

@CrySomeMorePlease Nope, they first appeared in lore in WWI

[@CrySomeMorePlease]

@ ha. I was making a joke more or less, I got close lol

[@davidjames2659]

Glad someone else said this so I didn't have to be the first to "umm actually" hah .Not sure if he was just padding out the video run time or if he missed the shop owners stuff and basically the whole point of the Mr. Futterman character in the movie, but they do try to give gremlin lore for people not familiar with the myth, and it feels like he wasted time to make that point. And yes, I know it's just a funny review, so doesn't ruin my enjoyment or anything just seemed like an odd direction, when that time could have been used to explain the myth with scenes in the movie.

[@tefstepho]

@davidjames2659 but at most is a blink it and you'll miss it. I for one really don't remember this being said in the movie tho

[@Plantster15]

The reason why the Gremlins are so clever when it comes to tampering with technology is a call back to where the name Gremlin comes from. It's an old term used in WWII propaganda, a manifestation of what happens if you don't take care of your equipment. Something like "Double check your plane before take off to make sure Gremlins didn't mess with it." Dick Millers character, Mr. Fudderman, makes a reference to it early on in the film.

[@Laxhoop]

My favorite factoid about these movies is that Red Letter Media has one of the full-sized Gremlin puppets rotting on one of their shelves, because it’s funnier if they just don’t properly take care of it.

[@DeviIInADress]

Oh yeah that’s real hilarious

[@ElegantMelon]

yes @@DeviIInADress

[@KingOfGaymes]

Not taking care of movie artifacts is so funnyyy

[@geongsi6991]

Rotting?

[@ColorSolution]

Had beer poured on it too during a best of the worst episode if I remember correctly

[@Casper_Capone]

Small Soldiers actually holds up kinda well, better than a lot of other shows did lol

[@anti-liberal7167]

That is an all time GOATED kids movie in my opinion 😂

[@anti-liberal7167]

Oh and Indian in the Cupboard

[@Che1Angelius]

@@anti-liberal7167 holy sht, i forgot about that movie. there was a movie about tiny dinosaurs too. I can't remember the name.

[@anti-liberal7167]

@@Che1Angelius holy crap I forgot about that one it's called Prehysteria and I also forgot about the Land Before Time movies

[@MaliciousGrim05]

​@@anti-liberal7167I can't forget about Littlefoot, Tree Stars, and Ducky 😔

[@KevinF]

Love the first gremlins movie. 2 scenes that burned into my brain: - The mom being bad ass killing those gremlins in the kitchen - The Lady on that stairs chair assist thing launched in the air. Classic

[@AnEvilSunBro]

"If Satan made the Minions movies" is the greatest analogy for the Gremlins movie I have ever heard in my 34 years.

[@justinwheeler9720]

The janitor wasn't dry mopping the carpet. It was just different colored tile because you can see the reflection of the ceiling lights on it, and it's shinny also. Just a little food for thought. I'm not picking your video apart.... I love your videos. You are one of my favorite KZbin creators! Keep up the great work, Elvis.

[@lainiwakura1776]

You can critique things you like, it's ok.

[@trinaq]

I remember watching the scene where Kate describes how she hates Christmas because of her dad getting stuck up the chimney when playing Santa, and being shocked at how dark it was, even for a Christmas horror film. They even parodied it in the sequel with Lincoln's Day.

[@AmityFeatures]

Gremlins 2 is an under appreciated masterpiece.

[@AceAllyn]

I love watching people critique it that don't know the crazy history behind why and how it was made. Joe Dante made his masterpiece making fun of WB all along the way.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

@@AceAllyn It's one of the few movies where someone was given complete creative control and he abuses every ounce of the privilege lol. But it works SO well in the film's favor.

[@queencancerous5332]

The thing about the dog is that Billy thought Mrs. Deagle did it initially instead of Stripe, that's why he doesn't do anything to them. Also Gremlins were used as an easy way to explain machinery malfuctioning in the 2nd World War.

[@davidjames2659]

Yeah both of these things explained in the movie too, so feels a little sloppy compared to his other reviews. Wouldn't be so bad if he didn't make that point multiple times lol.

[@ChristophBartlett]

Love the fact that when the gremlins are singing Christmas carols they’re still looking down at their little song books even though they’re singing gibberish

[@rustyhowe3907]

That scene never fails to make me crack up.🤣

[@Sweetestsadist]

20:55 Not only was there an interview, there was a whole half hour "making of" video on HBO where they treated it as the gremlins being real. Gizmo goes all diva and curses out a stagehand for bringing the wrong coffee.

[@TheOptimalmax]

Original Gremlins is MORE of a Christmas movie than Die Hard.

[@HeatherHolt]

FACTS my friend, facts ❤

[@allymofo2332]

i highly recommend u watch the Dead Meat Kill Count on Gremlins 2, they go in depth on the history of the movie and basically why it is the way that it is. to sum it up basically Dante did not want to make a sequel but was told either he makes it or someone else does, so he did on the condition that he have full creative control. he essentially tried his best to make something the studio would despise

[@mediumvillain]

its amazing

[@GuntWastelander]

Shout out to the Dead Meat crew!!

[@AceAllyn]

KZbin Auto played right into the Gremlins 2 kill count for me. It's fate

[@anti-liberal7167]

I love it when Gizmo gets the Bow and Arrow to kill the spider gremlin with his little red head band tied on and says Rambo 😂😂 so cute I loved it as an 80's kid

[@lainiwakura1776]

Gremlins 2 came out in 1990 though.

[@anti-liberal7167]

@lainiwakura1776 that doesn't change the fact I'm an 80's kid right it could have came out in 95 but I'd still be a 80's kid

[@Xiraken]

Billy over here looking like Luigi Mangione! 😂

[@ElKNO3]

I love that Mike, Tuco and Hank from breaking bad appear in the gremlins movie, with jobs that could be cannon. Mike is a cop in the first film, Tuco is a mail man and Hank is a swat at the end of the second film

[@kcmet79]

Haha, I’m sure Banks has dozens of credits, but the sheriff’s surly deputy in Gremlins is the only one I’m familiar with.

[@SMcGowan287]

The fun fact about the second movie is that it was meant to be a full on satirical take on the first one. It is a full on self aware parady of itself. That's why it's so insanely over the top. The director knew it was all a a cash grab and he specifically wanted to do the most ridiculous out of pocket meta stuff he could, because he could get away with it. It's actually an awesome story. I always wondered when I was younger why it was so different in tone from the first one, and when I found all of that out, it made so much more sense and even makes it a little better to me. 😂

[@zeoxdragon]

These were my all time favorite """horror""" movies, I love Gizmo, Stripe, Mohawk, the brain gremlin, the electric one, all of them! I miss Gremlins so much.

[@anti-liberal7167]

The Spider Gremlin and Stripe are the 🐐🐐

[@etienneleroi9515]

These are horror movies, no asterisks

[@t-flight2009]

Mohawk, Sparky, and Brain gremlin was hilarious ASF, I remember the nostalgia of the second one so well, cause when the Germilns were going bonkers causing havoc, and especially at the end when one of Billy under bosses Casper dude at the end getting constantly chased around by the female Germiln and he get trap in the bathroom with her, and he looks at her 😂like welp what's the worst that could happen, and just accepts his fate with her. Then next minute he getting married to her. 😂 Hilarious

[@brit_barr]

Mine too!! It just had everything I enjoyed as a kid. Was always my blockbuster choice up there with Aliens and Monster Squad

[@ace46711]

14:10 a gremlin is a small creature that messes with electonic or mechanical equipment. Their myth originated during WWII as an explanation for malfunctioning planes.

[@devinpaul9026]

The fourth wall break literally has multiple different versions for multiple different formats. It even has a novelization, and in that version Brain Gremlin (who's name is Mr. Glasses in the book) breaks into the novelist's house, locks him in his bathroom, and takes over the story for several pages to espouse his manifesto. I shit you not, that's a REAL THING!

[@Slurpy_Films]

I love gremlins so much I spent $700 on a prop sized stripe

[@drewgoin8849]

Whoa! I hope it was super impressive.

[@Slurpy_Films]

@ it’s my prized possession 🙏

[@Athena_Deja36963]

Now that is real dedication. I would do it too, but with the brain gremlin.

[@riotbreaker3506]

​@@Athena_Deja36963 Nah, I want the Spider Gremlin

[@Slurpy_Films]

@@Athena_Deja36963 yes!!

[@JayWolf1985]

Made a few errors & misleads in this one, Elvis. 1.) Billy & his family didn't suspect the other mogwais at all but thought it was Mrs. Deagle who had Barney strung up by the Christmas lights, due to her previous threats. They bring this up very actively during that set of scenes. 2.) Gizmo wasn't hurt by the sun after escaping the antique store due to it being an overcast day and he was in a fairly shadowed alleyway. 3.) Billy went on the dinner date with his boss Marla because not only was she using her power over him to manipulate him into it (even though he didn't want to), she also picked up on something being in the drawer (which we know was Gizmo) and Billy didn't want her looking into it further for fear of Gizmo being discovered. 4.) The guy you keep calling Casper is actually named Forrester. Casper is a random scientist in the Splice of Life labs for one scene and played by the Gremlins 2 screenwriter.

[@SariahCupp-lx3xd]

I love how the first movie is balanced between horror and comedy and I'm cool with it, although I do have some issues when it comes to the second movie of how it become too much of the comedy and less of the horror, but at least it still better than "Seed of Chucky"

[@awandererfromys1680]

Initially Joe Dante didn't want to make a sequel, in his opinion _Gremlins_ didn't need one. So the studio decided to look for other directors and writers, but when nothing worked out they returned to Dante. This time he agreed on the condition that he'd get triple the budget and complete creative control. He then, fully on purpose, made a parody on _Gremlins_ and sequels in general. Just to spite the suits. It's become a bit of a trope since then. Like remember _The Matrix Resurrections_ from a couple of years ago? That's totally the _Gremlins 2_ of the franchise.

[@surreal_dreams]

I'm so glad they left the monologue about her father's death. It's such an "Oh shit!" moment that I love.

[@drewgoin8849]

"Gremlins", "Goonies", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and "The Last Starfighter" were among my favorite childhood movies. On reflection, each one had at least a couple of disturbing scenes.

[@toktar00]

Yo that Speed comparison was uncalled for AF. Its so fitting tho. lmao

[@GothPaoki]

These movies were such a big part of my childhood. I remember the entire family gathering to watch them. I could tell from back then they were super cheesy but still funny. You don't really see all that many movies like it anymore. Cheesy family flicks are rare these days.

[@Strandster]

Elvis the alien taking a look at some of my most favorite movies! COUNT ME IN!!!

[@jessekarimoen9858]

These have been my favorite childhood movies so seeing this upload made click faster than i ever have on a video lmao

[@ozninja6580]

Begging on my hands and knees for an evil dead series review! They are so up your alley.

[@gabriellemadrid2831]

Omg! YesYassssssssssss! 🎉

[@jesusromanpadro3853]

Groovy.

[@parkerblumer2021]

Gremlins 1 and 2 is my childhood comfort movie

[@Michael_x7]

I had a childhood trauma from Gremlins 1 after my dad made a joke like "maybe they are under your bed". Thankfully i recovered and now i see these movies as comedies

[@ALLCAPSKELL]

No, Small Soldiers is incredible. PLEASE rewatch!

[@NoorAliLegend]

I remember watching the gremlins when I was a child. I really loved the film that I got a few Gizmo toys. The movie is the best Christmas movie and has a special place in my heart.

[@rubenp8320]

Gremlins 2 is the equivalent of Fallout 2 for the games. Easter Eggs everywhere and much more comedy

[@ronnope3988]

I watch this and Scrooged every single year for Christmas. I was even doing some time in prison and somehow they had copies of it on a computer that you were allowed to watch so I got to watch it even there 😅

[@witchtoko]

i went to the mental hospital for a while and the only things we had to watch were like 3 of the ice age movies, i remember watching them in the wrong order over and over again 😭

[@MrGasior]

Gremlins is my childhood, i love them ! and greetings from Poland

[@andecember]

Let's goo!! New alien on my day off. Perfect timing

[@DeviIInADress]

The Gremlins theme song has been stuck in my head rent free since I was 4 and I wouldn’t have it any other way

[@SamanthaNSimmons]

These movies are beyond underrated!! Have and always will be my favorite cult classic and Gremlins is 100% a Christmas movie. 👏🏻😩

[@r19x9]

i love that you have finally made a video on this movie its been my favourite since i was 8 so its been about a decade since ive fell in love with this movie ❤

[@johnpace1722]

And then you watched the video...

[@Zyranna]

That "Clamp" joke was wild and out of nowhere lol

[@juleklO]

Hot tub scene from a chemist: The bubbling is quite easy just some compressors pushing air into the pool trough perforated tubes ,then you place solid CO2 (dry ice) in the pool Cool shit, they use these two methods quite often in movies

[@nolanherring6364]

Please cover Small Soldiers! That'd be cooler than a cucumber

[@Athena_Deja36963]

I remember having the vhs and watching it constantly.

[@GuntWastelander]

Seconded

[@Patsfan1987]

Yes! I will be back to watch this tonight with the kids!! Hope all is well and thank you for all the great content!!

[@maropenaflor2546]

I am a simple man. I see Elvis, i watch, i enjoy.

[@christopher.m.dickinson0315]

Gremlins was one of my favorite movies as a kid

[@nolaniscorrect]

Yes! That may have been a Spielberg cameo in the forefront of that shot- but the BACKGROUND! So many background bits every time Billy’s dad is on the phone from the convention, but that scene in particular shows the titular Time Machine from H.G. Wells’ novel, and then the next shot back there is smoke where the machine stood and people looking around for it. Some really solid stuff in the background 😂

[@OwOFinesse]

The first gremlins genuinely got me as a kid, I was traumatized by the story of her dad in the chimney

[@acidbath3226]

I personally like the 2nd Gremlins more, its just more liminal spaces, more chaotic in general and it makes it bad ass

[@kreiyu]

the lincon story in the second movie was funny, because you can tell Billy has heard it a few times by that point. and he's just starts shuffling her off like "ok, honey. we should be going", lol.

[@zjiggysaw]

I love it when I see some of my favorite KZbinrs go out and review movies by Steven Spielberg. You should def check out the Goonies

[@kavaltarec8045]

small soldiers is one of my favorite movies of all time. also still a great watch

[@1vbAPiYk]

23:36 lol, this literally happened to me. My german boss said that a tiny potted plant is a "bio hazard" because "bugs can crawl out of this plant". Germany is something else, really.

[@lainiwakura1776]

He doesn't know what biohazard means apparently...

[@moonboogien8908]

Being born in 1980, I saw this when it came out on vhs sometime around 86.... I remember the hatching scene scared the ever-loving-shit out of me. I've watched it since and it still gives me ptsd goosebumps. This movie was definitely a hard PG😅

[@Popper_Drop]

No but fr I have been nonstop thinking about these movies for the last 2 months and I NEED to watch them with my partner who's never seen them 😭the theme song is a brain worm

[@kaylapopielarz9669]

The Gremlins will always have a special place in my heart 😊

[@bloodmooncomics2249]

My headcannon are Mogwai are naturally chaotic and destructive. Gizmo is an odd one, either by naturally being born nice (like how a creature can randomly be born albino) or it is because the store owner slowly raised him to be nice. Mogwai don't seem to age or have a long life so there was plenty of time to train him. So, when he makes more they are all set to be their default version which is the chaotic version.

[@lainiwakura1776]

Gremlins 2 was the first Gremlins movie I saw, so I can't hate it. And Howie Mandel made the cartoon Bobby's World, a lot of 90s kids used to watch it and yes, he did Bobby's voice and he does sound kinda like Gizmo. Gizmo is also popular in Japan.

[@Steelfox0329]

0:34 I am Archer, leader of the Gorgonites!

[@bludhuuntr4946]

"Who goes there?"

[@plvmenace]

I'll always remember Kate's explanation for why she hates Christmas. Like it's so fucked up that it's incredibly sad but also kinda hilarious at the same time.

[@shmikex]

I always thought the reason why the Gremlins knew so much is because Gizmo's knowledge gets transferred to them when they are born. And since we don't know where Gizmo came from, we have no clue on how old he is.

[@OGSlenderPG]

Yeah they keep the knowledge Gizmo has. Max as a cartoon that explains the backstory of Gizmo more but I know its not for everyone.

[@POTATOEMPN]

There needs to be a prequel that shows us that the mom was actually in the same platoon or whatever with John Rambo LOL. That's why she is so badass

[@RedAnimal100]

These two movies are some of my favorite movies of all time. Great vid

[@RedHatMeg]

I kinda liked the second movie more for that craziness. I especially like this scene where Brain Gremlin talks to the reporters and suddenly, during his speech he says: "Look, for example, at this idiot." And he points a gun to another gremlin.

[@Deluxedracula]

I STILL would pay a ridiculous amount for an accurate, fully articulated animatronic Chip Hazard action figure. As a kid, the only toys I really wanted was Buzz Lightyear and Chip Hazard, both meta-satirical commentary toys from movies, haha. Also, 80’s moms. WHOA. Yowza yowza yowza!!!

[@TheFairhurst]

as much as I love Gremlins, I'm so happy for the Small Soldiers love

[@somedude1561]

As a southern Californian who rarely gets to leave home, I had never seen snow in person until this year. I am almost 23 if that helps you picture it.

[@stephensmith7327]

14:04 it's what they're named after. It was basically the WW2 Engenering version of the Noid. If something is wrong with your plane or Jeep it's the fault of Gremlins

[@Ravensidentity]

Believe it or not, there are parts of California that snows. Sometimes it gets as heavy and hectic as the east and it's nice until you have to travel one way mountains. Scary, can't do it.

[@TinyToadSage]

My childhood movies as well!! Glad you covered this classic!

[@ThePoisonFurry]

I just love 80s movies so much, especially Little Shop Of Horrors

[@zedero8]

I love how you're pumping out content these days, love your videos!

[@Jaylen-y2c]

Great to see!!! So hyped for this one

[@wassimdarwich5918]

These movies are insanely fun i don't question anything about them honestly they're just turn your brain off and have a good time

[@dimisbam7725]

Second part was pretty meta and self-aware now that i watch it again through your review...

[@Luca-gr2ei]

Gremlins are so great love them

[@Roxannahovannaa9779]

I just love these movies and appreciate any cool facts that I can get! Thanks man! Now I gotta get a gremlin shirt

[@jimberjamber8540]

One of the big reasons why I love Gremlins 2 is the studio was basically at their wits end and had to beg Joe Dante to come back. They let him do whatever he wanted and it was glorious. It's not often where you see the same director make a satire of his previous movie but it works.

[@bobgunter9608]

The electronics thing is a reference to gremlin the terms orgin. They started as little creatures you would blame malfunctions on. It’s the same type of thing bill shanter saw on the wing of the plane also Mogwai are real mythological creatures from folklore not just from the movie but they differently.

[@LordBigSlime]

Woah, woah, woah. Let's get one thing clear before this video really gets going, Elvis. Small Soldiers IS still fantastic, just like it's always been.

[@johnpace1722]

You probably hated every second of this video like me.

[@ThePoisonFurry]

I absolutely love the Gremlins movies, someday I hope they do a continuation

[@projektraumschiff7402]

No please god no.

[@t-flight2009]

Absolutely loved Germilns and Germilns 2. One of my all time Christmas horror creature movies every. Loved Gizmo singing and when he go Rambo was the best 😂.

[@densetsuno6487]

@33:03 Another fun fact I learned recently about Howie Mandel, millennials here may remember a show called Bobby's World from their early childhood. Turns out, Howie Mandel not only voiced many characters in that show, he also created it. I thought he was just a television host, too!

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

Gizmo is and will forever be a legend.

[@thenickseditious]

The one franchise I actually wanted either a 3rd one or a reboot. Would have to be practical effects either way.

[@HeatherHolt]

This makes me think of the Key and Peele skit. “Everybody here gets to design they own Gremlin”

[@johnpace1722]

No kidding?

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Man I love Gremlins 2. I feel like there's a lot you didn't uncover about why it's a super awesome film. Chiefly, that Dante had COMPLETE creative control and how bonkers it is reflects that in the best way.

[@TJThomas116]

wow this is such a fun coincidence, just got home from my local cinema's special showing of Gremlins tonight

[@gothicfroggy]

The first Gremlins used to scare me too much to watch when I was a kid, but I appreciate it more as an adult. I’m not with you on the 2nd one though, it’s probably my favorite of the two.

[@NowhereKing-c7v]

14:19 They probably tossed big ole chunks of dry ice in the pool to make it bubble like that. Would help with the smoke effect too.

[@LeanFuture]

Man Elvis, you were on point with this video. I laughed so much 😂

[@johnpace1722]

For real?

[@Ellieaaarggghhh]

The first movie was showing at my cinema tonight and then I saw this. 😂 they show a lot of old movies. It’s awesome!

[@NocasCC18]

i’m a simple person, i see gremlins and elvis, i like

[@specialk8888]

Gremlins 2 has Slayers Angel Of Death in it. 10/10!

[@kaeSummers19]

This movie absolutely terrified me as a kid!

[@GENUINEKAI]

That speed joke was crazy🤣🤣🤣

[@Nerd_variety]

Today is my birthday so I’m gonna take this as a birthday present thank you elvis

[@koanikal]

I know you're an RLM fan Elvis, so you should check out their Gremlins 2 re:View. You'll understand why it is what it is much better.