Christy decided to be a good litle elf this season and volunteered to put together gift bags full of candy for the patients at the hospital where she works. Then, of course, she got horribly sick for three straight days so she guilted me into helping her. To get us into the festive spirit while we were stuffing bags full of candy, she wanted to watch a holiday movie.No shit, this was the closest thing I had to a Christmas movie. I know I don't normally do any sort of theme here, like 25 days of Christmas movies or whatever, but bear with me.
Randall Peltzer (Hoyt Axton) is a terrible inventor but a loving, if slightly doltish, father. While in Chinatown, Peltzer comes across a strange little creature called a Mogwai. He finagles it away from the shopkeeper's grandson and takes it home to his son, Billy (Zach Galligan), as a Christmas present. Now this is not what you would call a low-maintenance pet, as the Mogwai comes with a lot of restrictions.
1. No bright lights.
2. No water of any kind.
3. No feediing after midnight.
Still, Gizmo is an adorable addition to the household and totally worth all the rules. Until one of the neighbor kids (Cory Feldman) spills water on him, causing a bunch of little Mogwais to pop out of his back. The new batch are just as cute, if a little more mean-spirited, until they manage to get some late-night snacks and morph into green scaly little bastards who wreak havoc on the sleepy town.
I love that even after almost 30 years, the animatronics still hold up today. The gremlins are still as creepy and hilarious and gross as they were back in the 80's. This is a great combination of horror and comedy and should probably be in your holiday rotation.
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