Forty years ago, audiences got into the Christmas spirit by watching a little green creature get killed in a blender. Gremlins was more than a movie that combined horror, comedy, gory violence, and Christmas. It was a massive a pop culture phenomenon, and one of the last movies of its kind to be rated PG. Alonso Duralde, film critic, podcaster, and author of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas and Hollywood Pride joins Brian to discuss this iconic 80’s hit.Â
Music in this episode
- “Granite Faces” — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive
- “Hope Piano” — Anastasia Kir, via Pixabay
- “Notche” — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive
- “Wish Background” — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech
- “Movie Theme 1” — Christian Bodhi, via Pixabay