Is Gremlins a Christmas movie? A horror movie? A prank played on parents in the 1980s? This week on Gonna See My Friends, we dive into Gremlins — the chaotic, darkly funny holiday classic directed by Joe Dante and produced by Steven Spielberg.

We break down:

• The infamous three rules (and why they’re designed to fail)
• Gizmo: cutest movie liability of all time
• Kingston Falls as a secretly awful small town
• The gremlins’ Looney Tunes–meets–horror energy
• THAT Phoebe Cates monologue
• And why this movie feels like it permanently rewired PG movies forever

Is it scary? Is it hilarious? Does it still work? And most importantly… why did our parents let us watch this?

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