Gremlins, 1200ft stereo colour Sound. Derann Release

#1 by Tom Photiou , Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:08 pm

This super 8 release has been well documented over the years by many collectors who have a copy.
We bought this one around 25/30 years ago from a Derann second hand list. The film is very well edited and is one of many excellent Derann 2 x 600ft mini features which included among others, Raise the Titanic and Police Academy 2.
The quality of this print very good with good colours and very good stereo sound. I would say that compared to Police Academy 2 the screen image of Gremlins is quite a bit more grainy, it's very good but i think the colour saturation and contrast of PA2 is better. Having said that, Gremlins is a very good quality release definatly well worth a place in any collection and it is an excellent edit.
With the help of wiki, here is some information other than the story,

Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante from a screenplay written by Chris Columbus. It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force going back to World War II and stars Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo, the main mogwai character. The story follows a young man who receives a strange creature as a pet, which then spawns other creatures who transform into small, destructive, aggressive monsters that all wreak havoc on a whole town on Christmas Eve.
The film was the centre of large merchandising campaigns and opts for black comedy, balanced against a Christmas time setting. Steven Spielberg was the film's executive producer, with the film being produced by Michael Finnell.
Gremlins was theatrically released on June 8, 1984 by Warner Bros. to both critical and commercial success. However, it was heavily criticized for some of its more violent sequences. In response to this and to similar complaints about Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Spielberg suggested that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) alter its rating system, which it did within two months of the film's release, creating a new PG-13 rating.


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