Does the dog die?
185 supporters
Gremlins
Movie • 1984 • Comedy
ReportWhen Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
This movie contains 41 potentially triggering events.
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faithgg
The dog survives, but is hurt and targeted by the gremlins
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
42 supporters
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Batsugame
Not exactly brutalized, but the bartender is being forced to serve the gremlins, light cigarettes, etc in a demeaning fashion, and they are obviously amused by it.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Addiction
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Anonymous
The y show lots of drinking and smoking in multiple scenes and small amounts of drinking and smoking in a few other scenes.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Anonymous
a character is spoken of and they say hes in the tavern extremely often and there is a scene of the gremlins drinking a lot but theres nothing too serious or explicit.
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
52 supporters
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peenyweenybobeeny69
Regrettably, there are no horses in this film.
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faithgg
Yes, many of the gremlins die pretty horrific deaths
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Are animals abused?
109 supporters
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Manglex5
The gremlins tie up Billy’s dog, Barney outside in Christmas lights. The dog is fine and is rescued by Billy. The dog is only cold and is not beaten or bruised.
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Is there a dead animal?
59 supporters
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LJConrad
During a scene in a classroom there is a film showing the beating hearts of animals which is pretty graphic.
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Is an animal sad?
42 supporters
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GretchPancake
Gizmo is frequently saddened by the actions of the other mogwai/gremlins
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Does a cat die?
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peenyweenybobeeny69
A couple of cats appear for a few seconds, they are owned by the evil old woman Ms. Deagle", and are not harmed.
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Are there spiders?
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In the beginning scene in the old man's shop, after hearing the singing of the mogwai when he goes to investigate, there is a tarantula briefly in the side of the shot.
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Assault
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Is someone held under water?
10 supporters
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helpfulbug
a big plot point is that the gremlins turn into monsters when they touch water
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Is someone restrained?
11 supporters
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VelBloo
A dog is tied up, but no humans are restrained.
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LJConrad
There is a flasher gag where a gremlin 'exposes' itself to one of the main characters.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
17 supporters
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Anonymous
a razor is in a scene but no one actually shaves with it
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Are any hands damaged?
11 supporters
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hanasaseru
Implied, not shown
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
13 supporters
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quick moment where Billy’s mom is being choked by one of the gremlins
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Is someone burned alive?
20 supporters
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Manglex5
Only gremlins being melted by the sun and one scene where one is whacked into the fireplace. Most of the gremlins are killed in a fire, but it is not shown. Nothing super graphic.
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Does a head get squashed?
32 supporters
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Anonymous
On a few occasions, the Gremlins heads are seriously injured or explode in one way or another
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Is someone tortured?
54 supporters
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DocteurX
Guizmo est enfermé de force par les Gremlins
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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VelBloo
A character kind of "falls" UP the stairs on a lift , if that counts?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Manglex5
Mrs. Deagle is launched out of her house through a window and falls onto the ground where she dies. It is played off comedically and no blood is shown. Her body lands in snow and you can only see her legs and the chair she was in.
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Is there excessive gore?
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LJConrad
The finale shows the main villain melting in an incredibly graphic moment. There are also some graphic deaths in the kitchen scene. However these are all inflicted on monsters/puppets.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
vivid description of how a parent dies by a main character but its a past tense incident that doesnt occur in the movie and no clips of it are used
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Does a family member die?
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aiyanaaa
girl talks about how her father died in a fire place pretending to be santa
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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CupcakeTheSpoilerer
gremlins do jumpscares some times but they're not scary/graphic, just funny because they are meant to be
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Anonymous
In the beginning when the furballs come from gizmos back it is mild and not bad but later on in the films when gremlins, in their green gremlin form reproduce, I feel the bubbling on their back definitely counts. Very short moments though, and you know when it is about to happen and can easily glance away.
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Are there mannequins?
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harleyyy
There are some mannequins in the store at the climax of the film
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
56 supporters
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butterflies
I’m pretty sure the moment is when a bunch of mogwai’s are unwrapping presents? one mogwai v*ms but it’s more like spitting it’s very small and quick. Not at all triggering for me because it’s clearly so unrealistic and extremely small and quick! If you don’t wanna watch look away when a bunch of mogwai’s are sitting in wrapping paper early in the film before they go evil. This is the only moment i noticed, I honestly had no idea it was in it. I’m pretty sure this is the moment people were talking about, i didn’t see it anywhere else!!!
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Does someone spit?
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LJConrad
A gremlin spits, and it kind of looks like vomit.
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Is there audio gore?
28 supporters
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glitterpop95
Loads of it.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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OJAndToothpaste
The police are incompetent, stupid and dismissive. Even when they can no longer deny the situation at hand, they do nothing to actually help.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
18 supporters
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Yes, when the science teacher is given the mogwai, he extracts blood and the needle is shown on screen briefly, no close up but you do see the syringe fill up. There is also later a needle sticking through clothes in a later shot, again no close up.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
26 supporters
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VelBloo
A character reminisces about a traumatizing event from a Christmas in their youth, and why it made them hate the holiday.
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Anonymous
One line references the cutting of the wrists, but not shown.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
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LJConrad
There is a scene where the mogwai are eating loudly and a character is disgusted by this.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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LJConrad
No, but a character tells a story of someone dying inside a chimney
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Anonymous
One character mentions suicide while talking about how some people get depressed during the holidays
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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VelBloo
Many sequences featuring the gremlins include flashing lights and rapid scene changes
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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RosClark
It's possible that he was only unconscious/incapacitated; his only visible injury is where the gremlin has stabbed him with a syringe, which was probably just local anaesthetic or antibiotics or something (he was planning on injecting the Mogwai). The only confirmed on-screen human death is an elderly white woman who is characterised as a cruel, unpleasant person.
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Is there hate speech?
18 supporters
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MackChannDunn
A character frequently complains about "foreigners" and how they make low quality machines full of gremlins. It is framed as the nonsense ramblings of a drunk old man.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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SiRenfield
Use of Orientalist tropes
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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OJAndToothpaste
No actual sexual content, but there is a mild sexual gag with one of the gremlins flashing the camera. Considering they're naked by default, you don't really see anything bad.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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MickeyMurphy
In an infamous scene, a girl describes in great detail how she found out Santa wasn't real.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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LJConrad
Bittersweet
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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David Barkow
Cars crash off camera as a result of a gremlin playing with a traffic light causing it to shine green in all four directions.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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elizabetham6
A couple gets hit with a tractor, but it doesn’t show the impact.
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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No but there is a gas explosion/burning of a building near the end.
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Is there blood/gore?
30 supporters
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Manglex5
The majority of the gore is just gremlins, which have goo-like blood and the only scene that I think would make you squeamish is when Stripe melts towards the end.
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Does someone drown?
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No one drowns. The gremlin doesn't drown either.
Spoiler:
It's melted by sunlight before it falls face first into the lower part of a tiered fountain, but then launches itself back out and continues melting into a puddle of pulsating goo on the floor.
Spoiler:
It's melted by sunlight before it falls face first into the lower part of a tiered fountain, but then launches itself back out and continues melting into a puddle of pulsating goo on the floor.
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Is there gun violence?
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Manglex5
The gremlins frequently use guns, but nobody is shot onscreen besides a gremlin cheating in a game of poker.
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