Gremlins 2 is unironically one of my favorite childhood and adulthood movies. I watched it so often, the plastic vhs case was beat! It may still be in my basement. Oh God I hope so! Now I have to look!
I love this film! Watch it more than the original. It is my favourite blend of genres: horror and comedy. It nails it like Ghost Busters and Tremors do. The cast is perfect and the spider gremlin gives me chills to this day 😘🤌
Seems like Gremlins was one of the only 90s movies to get that campier sequel formula down. New Batch was totally different but worked so well. Right up there with Hot Shots! Part Deux.
Finally someone made a proper review and gave this movie the respect it deserves, awesome! I loved Gremlins 2 more, than the first, when I was a teenager, and love it still.
Haha! Just watched this movie a few hours ago. I love the madness unfolding on screen, just like the movie "melting" in the projector and the grremlins taking over.
Always loved the balls-to-the-wall insanity of this one. It's also funny as hell. It takes balls to do something completely different than the original, so props to the makers!
As a kid I always loved both gremlins movies, but when I recently watched the 2nd for the first time as an adult (a couple of years ago) I was like, wow it's actually both a sequel to and a parody of the first movie. Evil Dead 2 is another one you could say the same thing about
The only real misstep of Gremlins 2 (actually Warner Brothers) was putting it up against the INSANELY Disney marketed Dick Tracy for opening weekend! Should have been October not June!
Kind of crazy just how well this movie still holds up to this day. The commentary may be a 90s era parody of Wall Street and a Younger Donald Trump with Clamp’s character, but the themes of rampant, dumb consumerism and greed are actually kind of timeless. Wild how a movie with a burping, vegetable monster can actually have smart theming.
I always loved Gremlins 2. I saw it when it came out and loved it instantly. And it's a movie with hundreds of tiny little monsters. Of course it's horror. If people want to say it's not horror because it's more funny than it is scary, then I will ask, are The Nightmare on Elm Street movies after number 3 considered comedy or horror? Because they are not scary but it's funny when people insist they may be.
Great review! Gremlins 2 is pure insanity (It’s simply amazing a sequel like this was ever made) loved it since the first time i seen it in 1990 dare i say it’s better then the Original (i think people who don’t like it think they are smarter then they are) Gremlins 2 & Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 are two sequels that change the rules what a sequel could be in 2022 and beyond this could never happen again (Hollywood is to safe to actually think outside the box)
Gremlins 2 has no business being as awesome as it is. By all rights it is guilty of one of the worst mistakes in writing. Something comic books suffer from immensely. The Malcolm conundrum. They only ever asked if they could, never if they should. For that reason we get Crossovers like Archie vs the Predator (which is a real thing) Noone in this movie ever stoppped and reflected in the creative process. They just asked if they could do it and then went with it. So here is the one thing that saved this movie: unbridled creativity. Every bit of this movie just oozed creativity and fun ideas. It's basically Animaniacs the movie. And it turned a movie that should be bad into something rivaling the original. And something i can if in the right mood enjoy even more as the first Gremlins.
This is always a good move when making a sequel to a very good movie. If you can’t top in spoof it or change the genre. Gremlins 2, Texas chainsaw massacre 2, Terminator 2, Aliens, etc
I’m gonna go on record here, it’s more enjoyable, it’s more polished and it’s added far more to the franchise than the first. Look at all the merch and characters loads more come from 2. From the first stripe and gizmo that’s it. Look I love both film but 2 knew what it was and said fuck let’s go mental. And I’ll love it till the day I die.
I always prefered The New Batch, because it went balls to the walls. The first one is good but could easily have ended up like the critter movies, the leprachan movies, trolls etc but i really think it found it’s tone in the second one with all the meta humor and some scary scenes. I’m sad that it wasn’t as liked because i would have loved to see how crazy they could have gone with a third one. And the effects are amazing and still holds up for the most part. If i had a gun to my head and was asked wich one i like the most i wouldn’t even hesitate to say The New Batch.
This is what a sequel should be - something different. Don't just redo the original with a few cosmetic changes. If I wanted the original, I'd watch the original.
I can't understand the people who did not like this movie and praise the fist. I love the first as well, but all the different personalities really made this one of my favorites. It is Gremlins on steroids, more of everything. Even used Slayer, Angel of Death riff.
Gremlins 2 was not what I expected. It was not what I wanted. But I loved it nonetheless. It did not feel like a sequel to Gremlins so much as it felt like a *response* to the first Gremlins movie which was so incredibly novel back then.
It's probably already been said here but the true genius of this film - and it is absolutely perfect in every way - is that in the end the story IS a complete rehash of the original, but everything else overwhelms you with sheer awesomeness and it just doesn't matter.
I honestly didn't get the hate for this movie!? i loved it when i 1st saw it as a kid and i loved it when i saw it last month as a kinda of old dude.... i really think its time for a Gremlins 3!!!
I adored this movie as a kid so to grow up and find out a lot of people think it sucked hurt. But whatever, I still love it and think it deserves respect.
Thank you for mentioning Svengoolie. I'm still shocked to know the number of people who have no idea who he is (or what a horror host is for that matter).
Gremlins 2 is amazing. People that don't/didn't get it, just don't get films or anything outside of the images flashing in front of their faces. Damn shame... but the masses not getting it doesn't diminish how amazing the movie is!
I have always enjoyed new batch more than og gremlins. Seeing it opening weekend in theaters was something special, no home viewing can or will ever duplicate.
I watch this one more than the first one,i was like 7 when this came out in theaters and seeing Hulk Hogan pop out of nowhere in that one scene made me lose my mind, this is definitely a classic sequel
i Grew up to all the sequels,.. Home alone 2, Tmnt 2, Ghostbusters 2, My girl 2.. I personally like this,.. after going back and watching the originals, you grow to appreciate what it was,.. and how a franchise starts,..
Watch _Hellzapoppin',_ a film from 1941. Seriously. _Hellzapoppin'_ as far as I know has no disc release in the States-some conflict of rights-but it _is_ here on RUclips. I can’t cite a source right now, but Joe Dante considers _Hellzapoppin'_ an influence-it’s a movie about making movies in the center of this surrealistic film’s setting. If you, gentle reader, are not afraid of non-horror movies, and can bear the foolishness and shortsightedness of times past, you will find the DNA of _Gremlins 2…_ …and maybe you’ll get as much of a kick out of _Hellzapoppin'_ as I do!
Redletter media was the 1st to compare Matrix 4 to Gremlins 2. Exactly the same story. WB wants a sequel. Going to do it either way. The original director comes back but only to make it meta and different. When I seen M4 I was thinking. This is just like Gremlins 2. I was so impressed that reviewers noticed and brought up the history of WB and Gremlins 2.
Gremlins 2, too meta for its own good...honestly though, I have to admit I liked the first one a lot more than the sequel, it was fresh, original and DARK . Very funny, but still, quite dark in some places. The second one, while still having some good ideas of its own feels strangely cynical and self-parodying.
This is the best Matrix Regurgitations meta antireview I've seen so far!!! Loved both Gremlins movies, I wonder why they never made a third for a trilogy... oh, that's right!!!
Also, Cates shows true skill as a comic actress, which she also displayed to great affect in "Date With An Angel. Sad she was never given more of a chance, beyond just a few films, to show off her comic skills in film.
Gremlins 2 is probably the most "Dansteque" (in the good way) of all of Dante's movies. I love it. But at the same time, it shows how Dante wasn't really a blockbuster director. He's too quirky, offbeat. He sort of lost his luster after a while. His later works were not that great.
@@JoBloHorrorOriginals to elaborate, nowadays hearing or reading things about the origin of "gremlins 2" just makes me want to create some off-the-wall story or movie or something. i might need to expand my knowledge a bit for that though ;-) anyway, i recently really enjoy your videos. i went through almost all of your horror related content within the last few days (not bigning at all) and even found three movies i still need to watch.
In the UK, for the video release, they cut out the Hulk Hogan part and replaced it with a similar scene with John Wayne telling off the Gremlins, they even put togehter something like that for when it wasn't on the cinema anymore, just shows the amount of thought and ideas Joe Dante and his team had going through thier minds when making this lol
I was 10 when I saw gremlins 2 and I said to myself that the movie was so stupid and cringey. I rewatched it about a year ago and God I hate this movie
Always watched the vhs version with the John Wayne fourth wall break. Remember seeing it on cable one time with Hogan and was questioning my memory for years.
I saw this in the theater and was so enthralled when the film "melted" and the Gremlin silhouettes appeared I whispered to my friend, "Is this really happening?" It's a shame you can't do that with digital but then Gremlins 2 was so brilliant in that it did so many things that could only be done once.
Thank you thank you thank you....a fave as a child and as an adult thank you for mentioning the boss..i loved how he is genually a nice guy and i think the shitty things like having a plant is because of his minions showing their little power.
I never realized it until you pointed it out! The security room scene where they're trashing on Billy is the RUclips comment section! Full of naysayers and griping trolls trying to point out logic where none exists
The Gremlins movies were great horror comedies. And I have watched the second movie more then the first mainly because it was batshit insane. I can quote most of the great lines, and I loved the stab they took at parents hating the first movie, and Hulk Hogan!
Gremlins 2 is unironically one of my favorite childhood and adulthood movies. I watched it so often, the plastic vhs case was beat! It may still be in my basement. Oh God I hope so! Now I have to look!
Buy the Blu-ray, dude!
@@СталкерТравушка It isn't out on UHD disc man, plus I kind of hate HDR.
@@СталкерТравушка Yeah, I wish it was, I prefer Gremlins 2, it's so fun all happening in one high-rise.
Are you Russian?
It might be because I watched new batch more but I prefer it over gremlins. I loved when they got "powers" and that it took place in ny.
Me too
G2 is super underrated, I'm so glad we got this sequel :D
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i love the part when Phoebe gives her sob story and Zach & Dick roll their eyes. Hysterical!
You beat me to that point… also didn’t her dad already die on Xmas
I also like that part myself along with the fact Billy Peltzer temporarily cracks a smile when he walks away.
I love this film! Watch it more than the original. It is my favourite blend of genres: horror and comedy. It nails it like Ghost Busters and Tremors do. The cast is perfect and the spider gremlin gives me chills to this day 😘🤌
Gremlins 2 is a goddamn underrated masterpiece and one of the greatest sequels ever!
Seems like Gremlins was one of the only 90s movies to get that campier sequel formula down. New Batch was totally different but worked so well. Right up there with Hot Shots! Part Deux.
Escape From L.A.
This is how you make a follow up. Love it. 😊
Agreed!
I got stoned and watched Gremlins 2 for the first time. I was not disappointed.
Finally someone made a proper review and gave this movie the respect it deserves, awesome!
I loved Gremlins 2 more, than the first, when I was a teenager, and love it still.
I miss when sequels use to change things up, locations or whatever. Sequels seem to just be more about the same as the first, no experimentation.
Smart, very funny, extremely fun, how can anyone not love this film? One of the best sequels ever made.
Haha! Just watched this movie a few hours ago. I love the madness unfolding on screen, just like the movie "melting" in the projector and the grremlins taking over.
Always loved the balls-to-the-wall insanity of this one. It's also funny as hell. It takes balls to do something completely different than the original, so props to the makers!
Key and Peele. I'm just gonna leave this here for anyone who knows.
I loved both films the first one more darker then the second one and they were both entertaining
Sorry, I've always adored this film! :)
As a kid I always loved both gremlins movies, but when I recently watched the 2nd for the first time as an adult (a couple of years ago) I was like, wow it's actually both a sequel to and a parody of the first movie. Evil Dead 2 is another one you could say the same thing about
I have probably watched 2 more than 1. I also prefer Roger Moore as James Bond to Sean Connery. One is much more silly and enjoyable than the other.
I’ve always loved Gremlins 2. I thought them genetically mutating was genious!
The only real misstep of Gremlins 2 (actually Warner Brothers) was putting it up against the INSANELY Disney marketed Dick Tracy for opening weekend! Should have been October not June!
Kind of crazy just how well this movie still holds up to this day. The commentary may be a 90s era parody of Wall Street and a Younger Donald Trump with Clamp’s character, but the themes of rampant, dumb consumerism and greed are actually kind of timeless. Wild how a movie with a burping, vegetable monster can actually have smart theming.
“While the original ‘Gremlins’ is a well-deserved classic (and I movie that I love), ‘Gremlins 2’ is better in every way.” - Cecil, “Good Bad Flicks”
I always loved Gremlins 2. I saw it when it came out and loved it instantly. And it's a movie with hundreds of tiny little monsters. Of course it's horror. If people want to say it's not horror because it's more funny than it is scary, then I will ask, are The Nightmare on Elm Street movies after number 3 considered comedy or horror? Because they are not scary but it's funny when people insist they may be.
Great review! Gremlins 2 is pure insanity (It’s simply amazing a sequel like this was ever made) loved it since the first time i seen it in 1990 dare i say it’s better then the Original (i think people who don’t like it think they are smarter then they are) Gremlins 2 & Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 are two sequels that change the rules what a sequel could be in 2022 and beyond this could never happen again (Hollywood is to safe to actually think outside the box)
Gremlins 2 has no business being as awesome as it is. By all rights it is guilty of one of the worst mistakes in writing. Something comic books suffer from immensely. The Malcolm conundrum. They only ever asked if they could, never if they should. For that reason we get Crossovers like Archie vs the Predator (which is a real thing)
Noone in this movie ever stoppped and reflected in the creative process. They just asked if they could do it and then went with it. So here is the one thing that saved this movie: unbridled creativity. Every bit of this movie just oozed creativity and fun ideas. It's basically Animaniacs the movie.
And it turned a movie that should be bad into something rivaling the original. And something i can if in the right mood enjoy even more as the first Gremlins.
This is always a good move when making a sequel to a very good movie. If you can’t top in spoof it or change the genre. Gremlins 2, Texas chainsaw massacre 2, Terminator 2, Aliens, etc
I’m gonna go on record here, it’s more enjoyable, it’s more polished and it’s added far more to the franchise than the first. Look at all the merch and characters loads more come from 2. From the first stripe and gizmo that’s it. Look I love both film but 2 knew what it was and said fuck let’s go mental. And I’ll love it till the day I die.
I always prefered The New Batch, because it went balls to the walls. The first one is good but could easily have ended up like the critter movies, the leprachan movies, trolls etc but i really think it found it’s tone in the second one with all the meta humor and some scary scenes. I’m sad that it wasn’t as liked because i would have loved to see how crazy they could have gone with a third one. And the effects are amazing and still holds up for the most part. If i had a gun to my head and was asked wich one i like the most i wouldn’t even hesitate to say The New Batch.
This is what a sequel should be - something different. Don't just redo the original with a few cosmetic changes. If I wanted the original, I'd watch the original.
I can't understand the people who did not like this movie and praise the fist. I love the first as well, but all the different personalities really made this one of my favorites. It is Gremlins on steroids, more of everything. Even used Slayer, Angel of Death riff.
Wait, Gremlins isn't a horror movie, it's a Christmas movie. Like Die Hard.
Prove me wrong.
Gremlins 2 was not what I expected. It was not what I wanted. But I loved it nonetheless. It did not feel like a sequel to Gremlins so much as it felt like a *response* to the first Gremlins movie which was so incredibly novel back then.
It's probably already been said here but the true genius of this film - and it is absolutely perfect in every way - is that in the end the story IS a complete rehash of the original, but everything else overwhelms you with sheer awesomeness and it just doesn't matter.
Most people love the sequel, many think it's better than the first, and it's considered one of the best sequels ever.
Gremlins 2 is a live-action Looney Tunes cartoon. Which is awesome!
If Gremlins is an easy 5/5 then The New Batch is an elusive 11/10.
I honestly didn't get the hate for this movie!? i loved it when i 1st saw it as a kid and i loved it when i saw it last month as a kinda of old dude.... i really think its time for a Gremlins 3!!!
I adored this movie as a kid so to grow up and find out a lot of people think it sucked hurt. But whatever, I still love it and think it deserves respect.
I actually would rather watch this movie over the first one, the humor and total self awareness of the movie makes it a fun watch
That spider-gremlin thing still creeps me out. So I consider this horror..
I definitely don't want anyone who doesn't like Gremlins 2 in my house.
Lol scream 3 is such trash
Thank you for mentioning Svengoolie. I'm still shocked to know the number of people who have no idea who he is (or what a horror host is for that matter).
Home town hero, my friend!
I hated this film from first minute but, the new gremlins designs are awesome!
I loved this movie
What timing. Stephen Colbert just mentioned this in what seems the same time on his show
This movie is epic
First acting gig for Tuco from breaking bad
For 2 hours- this movie is giving you it's all. Non stop entertainment. So much bang for your buck and so much entertainment millage per min!
Watch RLM recently, did you?
Love this movie I liked it better then the original 9/10
Gremlins 2 is better than the first one. Yeah, I said it.
This sequel was just a treasure to behold it’s just something truly special.
Gremlins 2 is amazing. People that don't/didn't get it, just don't get films or anything outside of the images flashing in front of their faces. Damn shame... but the masses not getting it doesn't diminish how amazing the movie is!
Gremlins 2 is a fun movie. Just enjoy it.
Gremlins 2 is Looney Toons and I love it!!!
My favorite of the Gremlins movies.
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This guy has the best narration voice.
I have always enjoyed new batch more than og gremlins. Seeing it opening weekend in theaters was something special, no home viewing can or will ever duplicate.
I watch this one more than the first one,i was like 7 when this came out in theaters and seeing Hulk Hogan pop out of nowhere in that one scene made me lose my mind, this is definitely a classic sequel
i Grew up to all the sequels,.. Home alone 2, Tmnt 2, Ghostbusters 2, My girl 2.. I personally like this,.. after going back and watching the originals, you grow to appreciate what it was,.. and how a franchise starts,..
Gremlins 2 is one of my fav movies of all time
If there's a Gremlins 2 love fest going on I need a seat at the table. Talk about a great flick.
I see them as comedy/horror.
Wonderful video! I feel the same about Gremlins 2. I prefer it over the first one.
That was beautiful man
Watch _Hellzapoppin',_ a film from 1941. Seriously. _Hellzapoppin'_ as far as I know has no disc release in the States-some conflict of rights-but it _is_ here on RUclips.
I can’t cite a source right now, but Joe Dante considers _Hellzapoppin'_ an influence-it’s a movie about making movies in the center of this surrealistic film’s setting. If you, gentle reader, are not afraid of non-horror movies, and can bear the foolishness and shortsightedness of times past, you will find the DNA of _Gremlins 2…_
…and maybe you’ll get as much of a kick out of _Hellzapoppin'_ as I do!
Gremlins 2 rocked
Gremlins II Is Cool😎!
More sequels need to go this route. Just admit to yourself that you're not topping the original and have fun with it.
Redletter media was the 1st to compare Matrix 4 to Gremlins 2. Exactly the same story. WB wants a sequel. Going to do it either way. The original director comes back but only to make it meta and different. When I seen M4 I was thinking. This is just like Gremlins 2. I was so impressed that reviewers noticed and brought up the history of WB and Gremlins 2.
Gremlins 2, too meta for its own good...honestly though, I have to admit I liked the first one a lot more than the sequel, it was fresh, original and DARK . Very funny, but still, quite dark in some places. The second one, while still having some good ideas of its own feels strangely cynical and self-parodying.
This is the best Matrix Regurgitations meta antireview I've seen so far!!!
Loved both Gremlins movies, I wonder why they never made a third for a trilogy... oh, that's right!!!
Also, Cates shows true skill as a comic actress, which she also displayed to great affect in "Date With An Angel. Sad she was never given more of a chance, beyond just a few films, to show off her comic skills in film.
I think she quit on her own. Last appearance was in her friend's Jennifer Jason Lee's directorial debut The Anniversary Party in 2001.
Gremlins 2 is probably the most "Dansteque" (in the good way) of all of Dante's movies. I love it. But at the same time, it shows how Dante wasn't really a blockbuster director. He's too quirky, offbeat.
He sort of lost his luster after a while. His later works were not that great.
this is one of the most essential movies of my childhood. i'd nostalgically cry again, if the approach wasn't soooo damn entertaining.
Thank you! Glad to see we are cut from the same cloth
@@JoBloHorrorOriginals to elaborate, nowadays hearing or reading things about the origin of "gremlins 2" just makes me want to create some off-the-wall story or movie or something. i might need to expand my knowledge a bit for that though ;-)
anyway, i recently really enjoy your videos. i went through almost all of your horror related content within the last few days (not bigning at all) and even found three movies i still need to watch.
You can never go wrong with canned food and shotguns.
100% agree!
In the UK, for the video release, they cut out the Hulk Hogan part and replaced it with a similar scene with John Wayne telling off the Gremlins, they even put togehter something like that for when it wasn't on the cinema anymore, just shows the amount of thought and ideas Joe Dante and his team had going through thier minds when making this lol
I love both movies
I was 10 when I saw gremlins 2 and I said to myself that the movie was so stupid and cringey. I rewatched it about a year ago and God I hate this movie
Always watched the vhs version with the John Wayne fourth wall break. Remember seeing it on cable one time with Hogan and was questioning my memory for years.
One of my favourite movies ever. I like the first film but I loved the sequel. The sequel had way more personality.
Why bleep yourself saying the f word when there is countless other profanity in this video about a family film?
I saw this in the theater and was so enthralled when the film "melted" and the Gremlin silhouettes appeared I whispered to my friend, "Is this really happening?" It's a shame you can't do that with digital but then Gremlins 2 was so brilliant in that it did so many things that could only be done once.
There was an alternate scene featuring John Wayne instead of Hulk Hogan. My old VHS copy had this one.
Thank you thank you thank you....a fave as a child and as an adult thank you for mentioning the boss..i loved how he is genually a nice guy and i think the shitty things like having a plant is because of his minions showing their little power.
I never realized it until you pointed it out! The security room scene where they're trashing on Billy is the RUclips comment section! Full of naysayers and griping trolls trying to point out logic where none exists
Warner Bros management is so sketchy and they seem intent to destroy their IPs now. Another Gremlins film made now will probably be a turd.
The Gremlins movies were great horror comedies. And I have watched the second movie more then the first mainly because it was batshit insane. I can quote most of the great lines, and I loved the stab they took at parents hating the first movie, and Hulk Hogan!
Gremlins 2 is as Fleetwood Mac's Tusk is to Rumours.
It’s a mad movie I can appreciate it. You cannot put it in a box because it cannot be contained. Love it.
I have to admit I didn't like it when it came out (I was young), but if you put it like that I must say you have a point ;-)
So glad there isn't a new DEI batch . You know it would be horrible now
I loved the original Gremlins but I hated Gremlins 2.
The music playing when the "electrical" gremlin first acquires his abilities is so awesome.
I learned something from this movie the first time I saw it when I was a kid: I like redheads.
You had me at Lee Ving! I haven't heard anyone mention him in ages. 🤘🏼
Thank you. I'm glad someone got the FEAR nod!