About this episode

The episode explores the trend of mischievous little monsters in horror films from the mid-80s to early 90s, questioning their quality and uniqueness compared to Gremlins.

For this year's Halloween theme, the Pink Smoke sets its sights on the mid-80's to early 90's trend of "mischievous little monsters" horror movies modeled after a certain masterpiece by a certain Joe Dante. Is there anything of quality to be found in such creature feature cash grabs? Do any cinematic critters, ghoulies, munchies or hobgoblins break the mold of the Gremlins template and discover their own identity? Is there any joy to be had in the low budget exploits of tiny varmints terrorizing people in small towns, big cities, carnivals, universities and outer space? We demand answers. Show us your goobers! We want to see those party-loving goobers! The Pink Smoke on X: x.com/thepinksmoke Christopher Funderburg on X: x.com/CFunderburg John Cribbs on X: x.com/thelastmachine

Topics covered

• horror movies
• creature features
• 1980s cinema
• low budget films
• Halloween theme
• monster movies

Keywords

• Gremlins
• horror
• creature features
• 1980s
• Halloween
• monsters
• low budget

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Gremlins

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