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CinemaSins Re-Sins Gremlins (1984)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7cpAcTIhlc
Originally CinemaSins made a video about Gremlins about 12 years ago, but they have made a new version that is 20 minutes longer than the original, and a much higher modern production value, check a look then come back here for some ranting!
CinemaSins is a an oft-divisive comedy YouTube channel that personally I have been a fan of for a many years. It takes riffing and nitpicking that MST3K perfected eons ago, and puts it in an addictive and easily-digestible format.
I understand some people take films seriously, but I love picking apart my favorite movies, especially Gremlins. This movie is one I have seen more times that I care to try and count, and can recite in my sleep but I still love to laugh at the errors, silliness, and ridiculous plot points that the film presents.
Personally I think the “sinning” the channel does is good-natured in general, especially as the writers and narrator have gotten better over time. Much like well-done parodies by artists like “Weird Al” Yankovic, the great luke Ski, and Insane Ian, this kind of comedy requires a true passion for the source material or it falls apart. Those comedy musicians all appreciate the artists and songs they parody, and are not malicious in their work. Learning the style of another artist or band and adapting it into something else while being respectful of the original is a talent few possess. Most people just punch down in parody, with the intent to hurt. That just isn’t me.
The same holds true for the crew at CinemaSins.
The work they do shows that they truly love film. I mentioned MST3K earlier, can you imagine watching those movies over and over again while trying to write riffs if you truly hated “bad” movies?
Frank Conniff, best known as TV’s Frank in MST3K wrote about this in Twenty Five Mystery Science Theater 3000 Films That Changed My Life in No Way Whatsoever. He was the one that would sit through the majority of the worst of the worst films to find the ones that fit the MST3K mould best.
Why do I say all this? It seems every time I bring up the subject of riffing movies or CinemaSins specifically, there is a contingent of people who get extremely offended and agitated that it exists and that the jokes are actual criticism and attacks on their favorite films. Plus I felt like ranting a bit about nitpicking for fun but still enjoying the end product.
Of course they call Stripe “Spike” at one point in this video and it made me want to throw things in an impotent and “person that takes this far too seriously” rage, all while telling everyone to lighten up.
Wow that was a lot for me to say “check out this funny video”.
Gremlins 3 Teaser Trailer Hits The Net!
WB posts a new release date and teaser trailer for Gremlins 3
Incredibly, we now have our first official anything for the long-awaited Gremlins 3!
I have to admit I counted this as a rumor at first as we have seen hundreds of fake trailers, teasers and AI trash over the years, but as this was posted by the official WB accounts, it seems to be the real deal!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdpageeRbsw/
The new theatrical release date is October 6, 2028, expect more news next year as the hype train starts rolling.
Gizmo is looking pretty good in the trailer. Here’s hoping for lots of merchandise. Dolls with suction cups staring out of car windows!
It’s flexible, Bill.
Rough Cut Update From The Gremlins Museum
Ian from The Gremlins Museum has pulled back the curtain a bit on the legendary Gremlins Assembly Cut and Deleted Scenes tapes that were sent to him by Joe Dante.
Check a look at the full article here:
https://www.gremlns.com/gremlins-rough-cut/
Personally speaking, I cannot believe we finally after all these years are getting shots of the legendary Bavarian Snowman scene and what seems to be much more to come down the line. Seeing Billy saving Mrs. Deagle’s cat from the police cruiser scratches a 30+ year old itch I have had since reading the novelization and the illustrated adaptions. I cannot wait to see it in action.
Similarly, the alternate opening scene mentioned fills a few minor plot gaps that we mentioned many years ago over on the Deleted Scenes page.
The rough cut and the Assembly Cut are two very different things, though many people have conflated the two.
The Assembly Cut refers to the 2h 35m VHS tape that was the first assembly of the film before being edited down to the 106 minutes we know and love.
The Rough Cut is the Gremlins Museum project which will be a rough cut of the film with many of the deleted and alternate scenes included, and Ian is planning to share it with Joe Dante once it is done. This is a long-term project so we will likely not hear a whole lot between now and then as he hides in the editing room obsessing over every frame. (I know I would)
The assembly cut and deleted scenes tapes have not been made public yet, and this is due to the legality of sharing this kind of footage without the proper dotted i’s by the rights owners. We are all hoping they will be released someday, but for the moment we can all live vicariously through updates from Ian over at The Gremlins Museum.
There have been many people who feel entitled to see this footage NOW, but let’s face it, screenshots and confirmation of the longer cut is more than we have gotten in literal decades for us ravenous gremlins fans! I hope that this project gets us the long cut we have been dreaming about, and maybe even a Gremlins 2 edit in the future if this one goes well.
It just seemed like news!
Where did Gremlins Online go for years?
Heyas all, there has been a ridiculous uptick in Gremlins information in the last few weeks.
With the confirmation of Gremlins 3 in 2027, plus the discovery of what may be an early 2+ hour cut of the 1984 film, Gremlins fans are being spoiled left and right.
But this isn’t the first exciting news for Gremlins fans in the last couple years. We got an animated series on HBO Max that brought Gremlins to a younger generation and even a Mountain Dew commercial featuring Zach Galligan reprising his role as Billy.
Why didn’t I write about these things?
Well honestly, I burned out trying to stay inspired a while back. Everything shifted to instant and unverified stories for clicks and views. By the time traditional bloggers could get verification of a story or even type up something nuanced, dozens of videos and speculatory tweets/skeets/posts/reddits were already jumping on any Gremlins rumors with more and more dramatic aplomb.
There was also a lot of gatekeeping and “one true scotsman”-ing in the Gremlins community which was a huge turn-off.
But then Ian shared the info of the tapes that may contain something special. I started getting a lot of messages from long time readers that wanted to know what I knew on this subject, and why I hadn’t posted about it.
The reason is simple: there’s not a lot to say beyond “some tapes exist that may have gremlins footage” and that doesn’t get anyone super excited to read nor is it algorithm-friendly.
But it did reconnect me with some long-time friends in the Gremlins community, and I have gotten to discuss my favorite movie franchise without worry of being “too much”.
I realized that a lot of people need that when Gremlins is among their Special Interests like myself, and I figure I can post reliable and verified information as it comes up for those that still care and want to avoid the sensational sides of the internet.
What does it all mean?
I plan on writing more for the site, and bringing in some other volunteers that will share their creations or gremlin-related content.
Gremlins Online will continue to be a primarily Gremlin-focused site, but it will also be a place where I blog like we all used to.
Gremlins and mental health are intertwined to me, and there is no reason I shouldn’t share that as well.
Plus it gives me more excuses to color and share the coloring stuff.
(Art from The Gremlins Coloring Book (1984) Coloring by me. 2/11/2026
I have been coloring a lot lately to help decompress most nights, and being able to color Gremlins is really fun, now that I know how to occasionally color within the lines. I’ll be sharing that here, and I would love to share more of others gremlins-related works. More importantly I’d like to know how Gremlins affects you and maybe some memories along with those creations.
As time goes on I plan to fix up all the links and pages to be a bit more modern in flow, and probably will add/remove sections as well.
That’s about it for now, and I never know how to close these types of posts……
Gremlins extra footage VHS tapes uncovered!
So many people have been asking me to confirm the validity of the Gremlins VHS tapes that have recently been unearthed.
I am beyond excited to say yes they are legitimate. We do not know the contents of the tapes but hopefully we will find more details as the tapes are digitized.
Ian, prop collector and founder of the Gremlins Museum shared this discovery recently on his instagram:
I am not going to speculate what is in the tapes, so I will wait with all of you for more details.
Please stay tuned here and to gremlinsmuseum on instagram for further details!
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