It’s single-handedly responsible for a HUGE section of horror, now basically known as Gremlins knock-offs... Gremlins is an iconic movie in many ways. It’s got Steven Spielberg’s stink all over it despite being directed by Joe Dante.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 6, 2025

More than 40 years on, Gremlins still has all the sweetness, adventure and irreverent humor that made it such a hit in the first place.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | May 5, 2025

Gremlins benefits from [Joe] Dante’s genre know-how direction on effectively blending creature horror with elements of dark and quirky comedies.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | May 31, 2024

Joe Dante’s super little film... is a salute to American studio backlot filmmaking as well as a galloping gust of monster id/

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 11, 2023

A seasonal classic for good reason, its family-friendly frights successfully blend together humor and horror for an alternative to more traditional holiday viewings.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 20, 2023

Joe Dante delves into the cute and the cuddly and finds the evil green monsters hiding inside in [this] mix of Christmas comedy, monster movie, and very, very naughty children.

Full Review | Dec 17, 2022

While some of the lines feel a bit dated, overall the movie has aged well, and it has the same fun, over-the-top energy that made it such a big hit in 1984.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 21, 2022

With its unique far-out quality, Gremlins is best described as The Evil Dead for kids.

Full Review | Jul 21, 2022

...this 'gift of the mogwai' continually ups the ante in terms of the cartoonish action...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 24, 2021

The foremost pleasure of Gremlins (and the crux of its marketing) is the sight of those little monsters wreaking havoc... There's more to it, though: Gremlins is a movie we feel good about watching because we're proud of the characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 23, 2021

A great family friendly holiday horror movie

Full Review | Dec 14, 2021

...a genuine classic that holds up remarkably well all these years later.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 3, 2020

A thrilling anti-Christmas product, effectively mocking other no-nonsense evil alien endeavors to become a staple of the horror comedy subgenre.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 6, 2020

GREMLINS is definitely a product of its time, but it's got a lot of heart.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 22, 2020

Joe Dante's Gremlins quickly fixes itself as a rare Christmas horror movie classic

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2020

A film that knows how to masterfully combine terror with humor, family spirit and countless winks to moviegoers, without ever spoiling the mix. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | May 8, 2020

Unlike the fabrication of the gremlins, the rest of the movie, with its terrible first part, is clumsier. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Feb 20, 2020

As a black comedy, a satirical look at consumerism, and a movie bursting with Christmas cheer, no matter the descriptor- Joe Dante's Gremlins is a classic.

Full Review | Feb 6, 2020

Benefits from one of the most underappreciated musical scores of the 1980s.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2019

It is a wacky, satirical spectacle of chaos.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2019