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Horror Movie Club

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Horror Movie Club

Ashvin and Brian

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.4767 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Our Sequel September ends as it began with a meta-sequel that is not afraid to poke fun at itself and its predecessor. Join as we discuss a childhood favorite - Gremlins 2: The New Batch.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I know someone's out there.

0:23.2

Hey there, I'm there listeners. welcome to horror movie club.

0:27.1

This show where two dudes, who are not quite nerds, but not quite noobs, choose a horror movie each week to rape and review.

0:29.4

I'm Brian.

0:30.2

I'm on the phone with Ashvin, and today we are talking about Gremlins to The New Batch from

0:35.0

1990, directed by Joe Dante, written by Charles S. Haas, starring

0:40.3

Zach Gallaghan, Phoebe Cates, and Dick Miller. And in this sequel to 1984's Gremlins,

0:46.3

Billy is reunited with his lovable pal gizmo, which unfortunately leads to hordes of

0:51.3

gremlins wreaking havoc in a technologically advanced office building in

0:56.1

New York City. Ashvin, this is the last installment of this year's sequel September. We kicked

1:02.8

the month off with Scream 2, which was a meta commentary on its predecessor and sequels in general.

1:08.6

And now I think we fittingly closed the month with a surprisingly meta sequel to Gremlins.

1:13.9

Yeah, I'm really surprised.

1:15.5

It's nice to come full circle and see an earlier film that kind of copies a lot of what

1:20.7

Scream 2 was doing.

1:21.9

Yeah, right?

1:22.9

Like seven years earlier?

1:24.9

Right, yeah.

1:25.7

Yeah, I thought Scream and that whole franchise invented that

1:28.9

idea of like kind of making fun of itself, but it was so refreshing to see that in this film.

1:33.9

Yeah, it was, it was great. I was surprised because I loved this movie as a kid. I watched and

1:39.4

rewatched and rewatched and rewatched and rewatched the VHS. And it was just really fun to go watch it as an adult and

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