a mysterious look creature be purchase from chinatown and take home a a pet and the mogwai come with three rule that must be observe at all time while keep him out of light and especially sunlight a it will kill him . never get him wet . never ever fee him after midnight . naturally thing go belly up and what happen next amount to a riotous invasion of gremlin cause no end of destruction to the small town of kingston fall . what strike me the most about gremlin be the blend of tone and the comedy mix brilliantly with the cute factor and and then all the serenity be destroy by the carnage unleash . while it have to be say that some of it be fit to grace any horror movie . play heavily on the old urban legend of little gremlin mess with machine to unsurp human and director joe dante create a spielbergian parody that deliver royally on the entertainment front . have fun with some of the in joke and and enjoy the social reference that the writer throw in at frequent moment within the piece . but most of all and just run with the fun and enjoy the brilliance of the creature in pre cgi 1984. positive .