Gremlins - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[francisco]

Scott Brady, who plays the town's sheriff, is Lawrence Tierney's brother.

[lynn]

Galligan was the first to point out that the "don't feed after midnight" rule is silly because it's always after midnight somewhere. "Well we make fun of all that stuff in Gremlins 2 anyway," says Dante.

[michele]

The last movie to be shot on Eastmancolor 125T film stock, which was discontinued shortly after this movie finished shooting.

[tammy]

The character of Mrs. Deagle is a nod to the pre-reformed character of Ebenezer Scrooge from the classic Charles Dickens novel, "A Christmas Carol".

[kyle]

Hoyt Axton was Dante's first choice for the role of Billy's father having seen and loved him as the dad in The Black Stallion. They auditioned others including Pat Hingle who gave the best reading and "played this character as a sort of Saroyan-esque, failed inventor whose life was fading fast, and he was brilliant, I mean he was incredible. He was so good we couldn't hire him because that wasn't what this character was about."

[ronnie]

Near the beginning, as Randall Peltzer (Hoyt Axton) makes his way to the curio shop in Chinatown, a wrecked car is seen with the hood up and smoke coming out of it. That car is an AMC Gremlin. In real-life the AMC Gremlin logo (located on the gas cap) bore a striking resemblance to the Gremlins featured in this movie, except for a more grotesque, reptilian appearance.