Over 40 years later, the cult film Gremlins continues to fascinate. The proof with an unprecedented cut scene, which shows how much more violent and nightmarish he could have been.
There is probably nothing new to say on Gremlinsas important as a Bible verse for many people, and therefore studied and dissected for years. Released in 1984, this little wonder written by Chris Columbus, spotted and produced by Steven Spielberg and made by Joe Dante, marked his time and more, becoming An absolute reference in this area.
Everyone is certainly knowing their behind the scenes and metamorphoses. Written at the start as a pure horror film where Gizmo became the big bad guy, and where the critters killed the hero's dog and beheaded his mother before going to take a look at the McDonald's to eat customers (without touching burgers and fries), Gremlins was redesigned for Become a horrific comedy a little less black.
But since Joe Dante himself continues to speak of Gremlins, There are still things to discover. The proof: he has just shared an image of a cut scene, much more violentwho lets imagine what the film could have been.
Gremlins' importance of violence
Beyond all its cinematographic qualities, Gremlins also played a historical role in American cinema. With Indiana Jones and the Cursed Temple Released the same year (and which is just as brilliant), it made it possible to create a new level in the classification system of films: The PG-13, and this famous “recommended parental agreement”.
Too violent to be offered on a set to children but not enough to be prohibited from unaccompanied under 17s, these two films have encouraged Steven Spielberg to directly call the motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in order to offer an alternative. Thus was born the PG-13, which later became a norm.
This is the subject of the video The Darker Version of Gremlins : How Horror Created the PG-13 From Kyle Conley, for which he chatted with Joe Dante. And it is within the framework of this interview that the director of Screams, Inner adventure et Small Soldiers revealed an unprecedented image of Gremlins (from 8:38:38 pm).
The scene cut off from Gremlins
Joe Dante explains that Roy Hanson's deathBilly's science professor embodied by Glynn Turman, was much more violent. Punished because he had left a sandwich dragged, he was the first victim of one of the Gremlins, who took revenge for having been stung by one of his syringes. The hero found His body in the classroom, a needle planted in the ass.
-Between the phosphorescent syringe, the music of Jerry Goldsmith and the monstrous creature still hidden in the area, it was already a memorable moment of Gremlinswith a little something very scary and enigmatic – in any case, for a young audience.
But the scene planned initially by Joe Dante was much more explicit. Billy thus found his teacher in a much brutal position: lying on his back, eyes open, with eight syringes planted everywhere on his body and his face. Enough to imagine a small carnage, with one of the Gremlins who had fierce.
With the agreement of Joe Dante, the plan was thus recreated To offer an overview of what was planned :
The filmmaker explains why the scene was finally cut, and returned:
“We shot a scene where his face covered with syringes, and it was really very frightening. Even if it had, I think, something a little comical. In any case, we turned it, it was in the first montage, and we were suggested that it would be better not to have that in the film. »»
There were battles on Gremlinsthe best known being the unforgettable scene where Kate tells her father's horrible story Who killed himself in the fireplace playing Christmas dad when she was small. The studio and Steven Spielberg did not want it, but Joe Dante was absolutely. He won, and he was right since This monologue is absolutely magical.
After the phenomenal cardboard of Gremlinsthe rest Gremlins 2 did not meet the same success. But the Mogwais crossed the eras, becoming an object of pop-culture which certainly reported a lot in merchandising and company. At a time when his descendant Baby Yoda has also become a superstar, The studio is not surprising to bring the franchise back.
After the animated series Gremlins : Secrets of the Mogwaiwhich serves as a prequel, the studio warner bros. So try to develop a new film Gremlins. An idea that is not new since for ten years, the rumor talks about a reboot or a sequel, Chris Columbus himself wants to bring the Mogwais back. Not sure it's a good idea.
