Gremlins Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
16 of the most interesting Gremlins easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Gremlins movie message.
A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
Genre | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror |
Director | Joe Dante |
Stars | Hoyt Axton, John Louie, Keye Luke, Don Steele |
IMDB score | 7.3 |
Gremlins Movie Trivia
Mr. Jones, who complimented Billy's cartoon, was Chuck Jones who was an animator and later director of the animation division for Warner Bros., He created Wile E coyote, Marvin the Martian and a few others.
The scene were the movie film melts (and ending with Hulk Hogan) is replaced on the DVD with... well, this.
Gremlins Movie Easter Eggs
Shows off a time machine right before the kitchen scene
The damaged car in Chinatown is a model called Gremlin by a manufacturer called AMC
I always recognised Robby the Robot in the scene where Randy calls home, but after 30+ years I've only just realised that he's speaking actual lines from The Forbidden Planet.
As the mimes jump out of the police transport, one of them flips the bird to the camera.
One of the Gremlins during the "party" scene is dressed like Jennifer Beals from "Flashdance". This was because Michael Sembello (who wrote and performed "Gremlins...Mega Madness" for the soundtrack) also wrote/performed the hit "Maniac" for Flashdance.