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From: slag@charm.UUCP (Peter Rosenthal)
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Subject: Re: Gremlins: A Spielberg Abortion
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Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 10:47:50 EDT
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Here is yet another review of Gremlins:

	I saw gremlins last week, and and I enjoyed it immensely.

It was flawed though.  The very beginning, and the very end seemed

tacked on and overly hokey.

	I've seen zillions of old campy and not so campy
horror, science fiction and gross-out movies.  Gremlins
was filled with jokes and allusions to these movies.  If
you like the genre of cheap horror and sick humor then
you will love gremlins.  

	Of all the criticisms I disagree with, the one
I disagree with most is that the horror and the humor
don't flow well together.  I thought that was the
movies strongest point.  

	In my mind, Spielberg did a fairly respectable
job crossing alien, ET, the wizard of Oz, the blob, Texas Chainsaw
massacres, its a wonderful life, star wars, and just about
every other sick movie made, while still maintaining
a high level of originality and surprise.

	Has anyone seen Conan the Destroyer?