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Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins (1984). 4 th highest grossing film of 1984 behind Beverly Hills Cop, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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Gremlins (1984)

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  1. Gremlins (1984)

  2. 4th highest grossing film of 1984 behind Beverly Hills Cop, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • Comedy-horror-monster movie with several examples of parody/satire of movie cliches (the perfect town, the mean, old, rich woman, monster movies themselves) mixed in with scary or gross monster scenes Gremlins

  3. Produced by Stephen Spielberg (director of ET and Jurassic Park) • Many families brought young children who were frightened of the gremlins. This led to a new rating of PG-13 (between PG and R) for films unsuitable for small children, but not mature enough for R rating • Led to a sequel in 1990 and many other similar monster movies with small furry creatures that wreak havoc Gremlins

  4. Not content with stop-motion for the monster effects, director Joe Dante chose to use practical miniature robotic puppets for most scenes • Controlled by a technician off camera who manipulated the arms, eyes, mouth, ears, etc. • Many of the mechanical puppets suffered frequent break downs, slowing production and requiring more than one puppet for some of the characters (Gizmo) • The puppets lacked detail, so larger versions were produced for close ups of their faces to convey emotions • Some shots where a gremlin is moving across the set are achieved by using marionette puppets on strings • Other practical effects such as balloons covered in fur and exploding dolls were used Special Effects

  5. Gizmo Mechanical Puppet

  6. Stripe Marrionette

  7. What are the different types of effects used for particular scenes? When is the monster a mechanical puppet? When is it a marionette? Is stop-motion ever used? Make a list of scenes & effects. • How are these creatures ‘monsters’ by our definitions? What things do they do? How do they act? How do they look? • Only two categories of monster this time… Observations

  8. Gizmo (Mogwai) Stripe (Gremlins)

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