Gremlins
A mischievous, chaotic blend of small-town Christmas warmth and creature-feature mayhem, balancing laughs with genuinely dark scares.
- About
- 1984 film directed by Joe Dante
- Class
- Movie
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 106 min
A mischievous, chaotic blend of small-town Christmas warmth and creature-feature mayhem, balancing laughs with genuinely dark scares.
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| Scale | Value | 0 to 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Action | 6 | |
| Horror | 6 | |
| Humour | 7 | |
| Realism | 4 | |
| Romance | 3 | |
| Tension | 6 | |
| Darkness | 6 | |
| Complexity | 4 | |
| Emotional weight | 4 |
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