The movie Gremlins, is a comedy horror film. There are many prominent actors and actresses who star in the film. Zach Galligan plays the lead character, Billy Peltzer; other main characters are Hoyt Axton as Randall Peltzer, Corey Feldman as Pete Fountaine, and Howie Mandel, who voices Gizmo the Mogwai. Phoebe Cates plays Katie Berlinger, the love interest of Billy. The film takes place sometime in the 1980s in Kingston Falls during the Christmas season. Billy’s father, Randall, is an entrepreneur who is on the road trying to sell his wacky inventions to storekeepers. One December day, he finds himself in Chinatown, and enters an antique and oddities shop where he looks for a unique Christmas gift for his son. Randall hears a shrill purring noise, and finds that it belongs to a Mogwai,
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Unfortunately, the elderly shopkeeper declares that the adorable Mogwai is not for sale. After the shopkeeper leaves the room, his young grandson tells Randall he will sell him the Mogwai. However, the young boy warns Randall that there are three rules he must not break: rule one--do not expose Mogwai to light, sunlight will kill it; rule two--do not let it get wet; rule three--never feed it after midnight. Randall eagerly agrees to follow the rules and returns back home to Kingston Falls to give his son the furry Mogwai he’s named Gizmo as an early Christmas present. Billy opens the present and instantly falls in love with Gizmo. A couple days later, Pete who is delivering Christmas trees, comes in and meets Gizmo. Unfortunately, soon after getting Gizmo up to Billy’s room, rule two is broken when Pete spills a glass of water on the Mogwai. Almost immediately, five new Mogwai pop off Gizmo’s back, including a striped one with a sinister look. Fascinated by the possibility of creating more Mogwai, Billy takes Gizmo to show his science teacher, Mr. Hanson. Mr. Hanson decides he should run some tests on the new formed
Unfortunately, the elderly shopkeeper declares that the adorable Mogwai is not for sale. After the shopkeeper leaves the room, his young grandson tells Randall he will sell him the Mogwai. However, the young boy warns Randall that there are three rules he must not break: rule one--do not expose Mogwai to light, sunlight will kill it; rule two--do not let it get wet; rule three--never feed it after midnight. Randall eagerly agrees to follow the rules and returns back home to Kingston Falls to give his son the furry Mogwai he’s named Gizmo as an early Christmas present. Billy opens the present and instantly falls in love with Gizmo. A couple days later, Pete who is delivering Christmas trees, comes in and meets Gizmo. Unfortunately, soon after getting Gizmo up to Billy’s room, rule two is broken when Pete spills a glass of water on the Mogwai. Almost immediately, five new Mogwai pop off Gizmo’s back, including a striped one with a sinister look. Fascinated by the possibility of creating more Mogwai, Billy takes Gizmo to show his science teacher, Mr. Hanson. Mr. Hanson decides he should run some tests on the new formed