Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Director:

Joe Dante

Writers (WGA):

Chris Columbus (characters)
Charles S. Haas (written by)

Release Date:

15 June 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Take Your Batch to See the New Batch.

Plot:

The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken total control over the building of a media mogul.

Plot Keywords:

Laboratory | Horror Spoof | Creature | Surprise During End Credits | Satire

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Zach Galligan	...	Billy Peltzer
Phoebe Cates	...	Kate Beringer
John Glover	...	Daniel Clamp
Robert Prosky	...	Grandpa Fred
Robert Picardo	...	Forster
Christopher Lee	...	Doctor Catheter
Haviland Morris	...	Marla Bloodstone
Dick Miller	...	Murray Futterman
Jackie Joseph	...	Sheila Futterman
Gedde Watanabe	...	Mr. Katsuji
Keye Luke	...	Mr. Wing
Kathleen Freeman	...	Microwave Marge
Don Stanton	...	Martin
Dan Stanton	...	Lewis
Shawn Nelson	...	Wally

Also Known As:

Gremlins 2 (USA) (original script title)
Monolith (USA) (fake working title)
Gremlins 2 - det nya gänget (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Gremlins 2: La nouvelle génération (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Gremlini 2 - Novo leglo (Serbia) [sr]
Gremlins 2 - A Nova Turma (Brazil) (video title) [pt]
Gremlins 2 - la nuova stirpe (Italy) [it]
Gremlins 2 - riiviöt uusi pesue (Finland) (poster title) [fi]
Gremlins 2 - uusi pesue (Finland) [fi]
Gremlins 2: A Nova Geração (Portugal) [pt]
Gremlins 2: De nieuwe bende (Netherlands) (video title) [nl]
Gremlins 2: I nea genia (Greece) [el]
Gremlins 2: La nueva generación (Argentina) [es]
Gremlins II - Die Rückkehr der kleinen Monster (West Germany) [de]
Gremlins riiviöt 2 - uusi pesue (Finland) [fi]
Gremliny 2 (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Netherlands:6 (DVD) | UK:PG (2008 re-rating) | Iceland:10 | South Korea:All | USA:PG-13 (certificate #30326) | UK:12 (cut) | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Norway:10 (original rating) | Norway:11 (video rating) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

101 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Trivia:

Most of the scenes where Gizmo (or the other mogwai) were on their own, were filmed with double scale puppets

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Two versions of the film exist (see "alternate versions"). While the home video version does not include the clip with Hulk Hogan, his name and the name of the theater manager are still featured in the credits on both versions.

Quotes:

Yogurt Customer #1: [Screaming] It's a rat.
Yogurt Customer #2: Oh my God.
Yogurt Customer #3: What's going on here? Did she say there was a rat?
Yogurt Jerk #2: No, she said there was no rat.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Chris & Reed in: Nightmares! (2006)

Soundtrack:

I'M READY

Respectable sequel

"Gremlins 2: The New Batch" is the 1990 sequel to the 1984 box office hit "Gremlins" which is one of my all-time favorite movies. The sequel is not as good as the original, but its not bad either. Here the filmakers did something different. They tried to make this one more of a comedy than the original. The first film was funny but also scary. "Gremlins 2" plays more like a Mel Brooks-type movie with some of the jokes that are in it. But its hardly scary. Plus, it got a little tiresome to watch the gremlins do some of the exact same things that they did the first time around like drinking, smoking, etc. Nevertheless, this is for the most part an entertaining movie that I'd wish had done better at the box office. I think if they had made this three years after the original instead of six years, it would have done better. In between the two "Gremlins" flicks there were all those ripoffs ("Critters", "Ghoulies" and their sequels) and by 1990 moviegoers became tired of it all. But the two "Gremlins" movies are much better than the "Critters" and "Ghoulies" movies. A good job by director Joe Dante.

*** (out of four)