• Backstory: Gremlins

  • Dec 13 2024
  • Length: 12 mins
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Backstory: Gremlins

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  • Forty years ago, audiences got into the Christmas spirit by watching a little green creature get killed in a blender. Gremlins was more than a movie that combined horror, comedy, gory violence, and Christmas. It was a massive a pop culture phenomenon, and one of the last movies of its kind to be rated PG. Alonso Duralde, film critic, podcaster, and author of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas and Hollywood Pride joins Brian to discuss this iconic 80's hit.

    Music in this episode

    • "Granite Faces" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive
    • "Hope Piano" — Anastasia Kir, via Pixabay
    • "Notche" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive
    • "Wish Background" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech
    • "Movie Theme 1" — Christian Bodhi, via Pixabay

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    Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Available in hardcover and audiobook. Find it wherever books are sold, like Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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