Gremlins 2: The New Batch

The most joyful monster bash of 1990

This movie is a work of art. Joe Dante’s long-awaited sequel to the beloved GREMLINS is an unhinged spectacle that finds Billy (Zach Galligan), Kate (Phoebe Cates), and the adorable Gizmo taking a front-row seat for the murderous beasties’ takeover of an NYC highrise. Stuffed to the gills with sublime monster effects that rival John Carpenter’s THE THING, hyperblast gags that feel like they escaped from a deranged Looney Tunes cartoon, and relentless chaos, GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH is sheer joy. This is the exact movie that you’d hope to see after watching the viral Key & Peele sketch that reimagined the project’s wild origins. And we’re forever grateful for that.

Screening an archival 35mm print