Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂
I'm not entirely sure how it took me this long to see Gremlins, which came out the year I was born, but it did. I was probably under the mistaken impression that it was a horror movie.
It's not: it's a fun, surprisingly dark Christmas movie for children -- the terrifying but supposedly cute Gizmo spawns many others of his species when touched by water; if fed after midnight, they turn into horrible, scaly gremlins.
It's quite funny and what are a few fatalities between friends? The soundtrack is awful 80s synth rubbish, but that just adds to the corny atmosphere. Dated but still worth a look.