99. GREMLINS (1984) dir. Joe Dante

Merry belated Christmas, friends! How better to celebrate the season than to talk about a swarm of scaly ne'erdowells fucking up a sleepy American town?Joe Dante's GREMLINS has only gotten stronger with age, celebrating the hard work necessary to work with a metric fuckton of puppets, the resilience and kindness of the American working class, and our gleefully nasty collective desire to watch a living representation of our id burn our world to the ground.Just look at this powerhouse trio: Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante & Chris Columbus. How in the world would this NOT have been a banger?---Making of GREMLINS Part 1: Making of GREMLINS Part 2: Follow The Movies on ⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠& ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠Financially support the podcast via the ⁠⁠tip jar!