gremlin benefit a little from the fact that i grow up with it and but mostly i like the sequel and since then i have realize the original be well . it a guilty pleasure and but a well shot and well tell one and owe partly to a classic setting and effective narration by hoyt axton . gremlin be a black comedy and score some laugh . however and it story be an inspired mythology in it own right . a young man ( zach galligan ) receive a cute but unknown creature name gizmo who multiply and and after the new creature ( mogwai ) eat after midnight and they become monster . lively and entertain monster connect to the legendary gremlin in the mind of a veteran of world war ii ( dick miller ) . in one memorable sequence and they be also connect with the urban legend of pet be blow up in microwave this movie definitely strike a chord by borrow from popular mythology . while the gremlin be show enjoy the destruction they cause and with a bar scene be a highlight of the movie and the original manages to be a simple product than it sequel and and less be more . additionally and the original have the paradox of horror on christmas and which the sequel miss . with cute and passable puppetry and passable performance and gremlin remain a nice distraction .