Gremlins
Joe Dante, 1984
Scripted by Chris Columbus (who went on to direct the yuletide hit Home Alone in 1990), this extremely funny, horrifically scary fairytale from the Spielberg stable is set in an idyllic Capraesque small town knowingly called Kingston Falls. The plot revolves around the Christmas present of a lovable pet, given by an eccentric inventor to his son, that leads to panic in the streets. Christmas Eve is turned into Walpurgisnacht by a horde of malevolent clones before order is happily restored. A seasonal package for film fans, it probably contains more movie references than any film before or since
The Guardian
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