Don't get him wet, keep him out of bright light, and never NEVER feed him after midnight.
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Country
United States of America
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Top billed cast
Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman
Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman, Keye Luke, John Louie, Dick Miller, Jackie Joseph, Polly Holliday, Judge Reinhold, Edward Andrews, Belinda Balaski, Scott Brady, Susan Burgess, Harry Carey, Jr., Donald Elson, Jonathan Banks, Glynn Turman, Chuck Jones, Arnie Moore, Danny Llewelyn, Lois Foraker, Kenny Davis, Nicky Katt, Tracy Wells, John C. Becher, Gwen Willson, Joe Brooks, Jim McKrell, Frank Welker, Howie Mandel, Fred Newman, Mark Dodson, Michael Winslow, Peter Cullen, Bob Bergen, Michael Sheehan, Bob Holt, Don Steele, Jerry Goldsmith, Steven Spielberg, Paul Acerno, Tom Bergeron, Bob Harks, Brad Kesten, Marvin Miller, Dean Rader Duval, William Schallert, Kenneth Tobey, Kevin McCarthy
Production companies
Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures
Keywords
holiday, monster, small town, department store, bars and restaurants, human animal relationship, pet, sunlight, chain saw, salesperson, midnight, fur, banking, puppet, gremlin, ymca, puppetry, christmas, pets
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