Gremlins 2: The New Batch [Blu-ray]

Director: Joe Dante

Overview

Billy meets up with Gizmo again, this time in New York, and take him in when his owner dies. The Gremlins mulitply and run loose again, this time in a ultra high-tech office building where Billy works. Lots of goofy fun and tributes to old horror movies.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/08/2012
UPC:	0883929226771
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	9,409

Special Features

Over 20 Minutes of Footage Not Seen In Theaters; Behind-The-Scenes Documentary; Commentary By Director Joe Dante, Actor Zach Galligan, Writer Charlie Haas and Producer Michael Finnell; Gag Reel; Alternate Home Video Sequence; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Zach Galligan	Billy Peltzer
Phoebe Cates	Kate Beringer
John Glover	Daniel Clamp
Robert Prosky	Grandpa Fred
Robert Picardo	Forster
Christopher Lee	Dr. Catheter
Haviland Morris	Marla Bloodstone
Dick Miller	Murray Futterman
Jackie Joseph	Sheila Futterman
Keye Luke	Mr. Wing
Gedde Watanabe	Katsuji
Kathleen Freeman	Microwave Marge,Actor
Don Stanton	Martin,Lewis
Shawn Nelson	Wally
Rick Ducommun	Security Guard
John Capodice	Fire Chief
Belinda Balaski	Movie Theater Mom
Nicky Rose	Movie Theater Kid
Paul Bartel	Theater Manager
Kenneth Tobey	Projectionist
Frank P. Ryan	Cop
Diane Sainte-Marie	TV Reporter at Wing's
Kristi Witker	TV Anchor in Bar
Sarah Lilly	Reporter in Lobby
Vladimir Bibic	Taxi Driver
Raymond Cruz	Messenger
Julia Sweeney	Lab Receptionist
Jeff Swanson	Forster's Assistant
Charlie Haas	Casper
Dale Swann	Surveillance Supervisor
Gray Daniels	TV Cameraman
Stephanie Menuez	Clamp's Secretary
Jacque Lynn Colton	Lady at Elevator
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	Fireman
Dean Norris	SWAT Team Leader
Saachiko	Newsstand Lady
John Astin	Janitor
Henry Gibson	Fired Employee
Archie Hahn	Forster's Technician
Leslie Neale	Forster's Technician
Ron Fassler	Forster's Technician
Time Winters	Forster's Technician,Hallway Employee
Heather Haase	Yogurt Jerk
Jason Presson	Alex the Yogurt Jerk
Lisa Mende	Yogurt Customer
Patrika Darbo	Yogurt Customer
Jerry Goldsmith	Yogurt Customer,Composer
Heidi Kemp	TV Reporter
Eric Shawn	TV Reporter
Michael Salort	TV Reporter
Page Hannah	Tour Guide #1
Liz Pryor	Tour Guide #2
May Quigley	Hallway Employee
Leonard Maltin	Himself
Hulk Hogan	Himself
Dick Butkus	Himself
Bubba Smith	Himself
Howie Mandel	Gizmo
Tony Randall	"Brain" Gremlin,Brain Gremlin
Jeff Bergman	Daffy Duck,Daffy / Bugs
Mark Dodson	Gremlins
Archie Hahn III	Forster's Technician
Heidi Kempf	TV Reporter
Jim Cummings	Mohawk
Kirk Thatcher	Gremlins
Neil Ross	Announcer
Michael Sheehan	Special Vocal Effects
Alexander Courage	Composer

Technical Credits

Chris Columbus

Charles S. Haas

Todd Holland

Richard Outten

Ellen Green

Chris Matheson

Steve De Jarnatt

Ed Solomon

Rick Baker	Special Effects
Michael Finnell	Producer,Producer
Kathleen Kennedy	Executive Producer
Frank Marshall	Executive Producer
Mike McGauhgy	Stunts
Steven Spielberg	Executive Producer,Producer
Chris Columbus	Screenwriter
Craig Barron	Special Effects
Charles S. Haas	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Ron Bartlett	Sound Effects
Michael J. Benavente	Sound Effects
Teresa Eckton	Sound Effects
Christopher Flick	Sound Effects
Todd Holland	Screenwriter
Richard Outten	Screenwriter
Ellen Green	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Glenn Daniels	Casting
Chris Matheson	Screenwriter
Steve De Jarnatt	Screenwriter
Marion Dougherty	Casting
Ed Solomon	Screenwriter
Mike McGaughy	Stunts
Warren Hamilton	Sound Editor

Editorial Reviews

Eschewing the typical progression of a horror movie series toward more and more gore, Gremlins 2: The New Batch was a refreshingly lighter sequel. The original's violence and mean-spiritedness are gone, making this follow-up somewhat more kid-friendly. Better yet, the film lays on the in-jokes, references, and humorous cameos to such a degree that New Batch becomes a send-up of the original, and of creatures-gone-awry horror films in general. Each sequence is tacked onto the next like a new room in a funhouse, exploiting an image or gag that relates only tangentially to the storyline; the mid-film all-Gremlin production number of "New York, New York" is particularly inspired.