[NFBofSC] Friday Night Movie

[Steve Cook]

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Each October since we started audio description movie night in December of
2020 I have been showing spooky movies and the tradition continues!!



Hope you will join me for the below audio described movies at 8:00 PM
Eastern on the below Zoom platform! If you would like to be added to my
weekly reminder list, send me a message.



Friday, October 10, 2025

Gremlins Movie summary below the Zoom information



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Gremlins




Struggling inventor Randall Peltzer visits a Chinatown antique store to find
a Christmas present for his son, Billy. In it, Randall uncovers a small and
furry creature called a mogwai (Cantonese: 魔怪, 'devil'). The owner, Mr.
Wing, refuses to sell it to Randall, but his grandson secretly does, warning
Randall to remember three important rules concerning its care - keep the
creature away from light, especially sunlight, which will kill it; do not
let it come in contact with water; and above all, never let it eat after
midnight.



In Randall's hometown of Kingston Falls, Billy works at the local bank, but
fears that his dog Barney will be put down by widowed miser Ruby Deagle. His
father returns and offers him the mogwai, now named "Gizmo", as a pet and
informs him of the rules. Gizmo is friendly and docile, but when Billy's
friend, Pete Fountaine, accidentally spills water on Gizmo, five more mogwai
spawn from him - a more mischievous sort led by the aggressive Stripe, named
after the white and mohawk-like tuft of fur on his head. Billy shows one of
the mogwai to his former elementary school science teacher, Roy Hanson,
spawning another mogwai, whom the latter experiments on. Back home, Stripe
and his fellow mogwai trick Billy into feeding them after midnight by
sabotaging his bedside clock. They form cocoons, as does Hanson's mogwai,
which soon hatch, emerging as destructive and reptilian imp-like monsters
called "gremlins". Hanson is murdered by his gremlin, while those at the
Peltzer house torture Gizmo and assault Billy's mother, Lynn.



Lynn and Billy are able to dispatch all the gremlins sans Stripe, who
escapes to the local YMCA where he jumps into its swimming pool, spawning an
army of gremlins that wreak havoc on Kingston Falls. Many locals are injured
or outright killed during their rampage, including Deagle. The police are
helpless in the ordeal, as they too fall victim to the gremlins' mischief.
After Billy rescues his co-worker and girlfriend, Kate Beringer, when the
gremlins attack the bar she works at, and they seek refuge in the bank, the
latter discloses that her father went missing on Christmas Eve when she was
nine years old, but was then found dead in their house's chimney several
days later. Planning to surprise his family while portraying Santa Claus, he
inadvertently slipped and broke his neck while climbing down the chimney.
Still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder due to the incident,
Kate confesses how this led to her dislike of the holidays.



The trio find the gremlins gathered in the local movie theater due to
morning approaching and set off a natural gas explosion, killing them all
except for Stripe, who left the theater earlier to retrieve candy at a
Montgomery Ward store across the street. They follow Stripe into the store,
where he attempts to use a fountain to spawn more gremlins, but Gizmo then
opens a nearby skylight, exposing Stripe to sunlight and killing him.



As the local news reports on the incident, Mr. Wing arrives at the Peltzer
house to reclaim Gizmo. He scolds the family for their negligence and
criticizes Western society for its carelessness with nature. However, as he
turns to leave, Gizmo, having bonded with Billy, bids him goodbye. A
compassionate Wing then concedes that Billy may be ready to properly care
for him one day.



Cast

Zach Galligan as Billy Peltzer

Phoebe Cates as Kate Beringer

Hoyt Axton as Randall "Rand" Peltzer

Polly Holliday as Ruby Deagle

Frances Lee McCain as Lynn Peltzer

Judge Reinhold as Gerald Hopkins

Dick Miller as Murray Futterman

Glynn Turman as Roy Hanson

Keye Luke as Mr. Wing

Scott Brady as Sheriff Frank Reilly

Corey Feldman as Pete Fountaine

Jonathan Banks as Deputy Brent Frye

Edward Andrews as Roland Corben

Jackie Joseph as Sheila Futterman

Belinda Balaski as Mrs. Harris

Harry Carey Jr. as Mr. Anderson

Nicky Katt and Tracy Wells as schoolchildren

John Louie as Mr. Wing's grandson

Kenny Davis as Dorry

Mushroom as Barney

John C. Becher as Doctor Molinar





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