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Where was Gremlins filmed?

1984 film, directed by Joe Dante.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in Kingston Falls.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Kingston Falls
Filmed in
Los Angeles

About Gremlins

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Released
1984
Director
Joe Dante
Cast
Zach GalliganPhoebe CatesHoyt AxtonPolly HollidayFrances Lee McCainCorey FeldmanJudge ReinholdKeye LukeScott BradyDick Miller
Genre
MonsterComedy HorrorChristmas

The story

Struggling inventor Randall Peltzer visits a Chinatown antique store to find a Christmas present for his son, Billy.

In Randall's hometown of Kingston Falls, Billy works at its local bank, but fears that his dog Barney will be put down by widowed miser Ruby Deagle.

Billy shows one of the mogwai to his former elementary school science teacher, Roy Hanson, spawning another mogwai, whom the latter experiments on.

Famous lines from Gremlins

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • I give up.Billy
  • Sorry dad.Billy Peltzer
  • No, it's okay.Randall Peltzer
  • No, don't touch it!Randall Peltzer
  • No, I'm really sorry.Billy Peltzer

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