Did you know the original script for Gremlins was far darker than the movie we got? In a conversation on The Rest is Entertainment, Chris Columbus explained how his first draft leaned heavily into horror, with much more violent and sinister moments. His agent sent the script to 45–50 producers, but everyone turned it down. Then a fluke changed everything. Steven Spielberg spotted the script on top of his assistant’s pile as he was leaving the office, picked it up, read it, and immediately called

Behind the scenes of GREMLINS... CABLES EVERYWHERE! The Gremlins and Gimzo seemed to real in the movie, but behind the scenes of Gremlins there were cables and wiring and also people lying around the floor in each scene, controlling the animatronics and puppets. #gremlins #80smovies #behindthescenes #movie #stevenspielberg #moviefacts #80s #1980s #retro #movienight #didyouknow #movietrivia #shorts | Movie Yak

🥹 Behind-the-scenes footage from Gremlins: A Puppet Story — experimenting with the animatronic movement of a Mogwai. © Chris Walas Creatures. All Rights Reserved. 📼 @chriswalas via @gremlinsguy … #gremlins #christmas #80s | Neon Talk