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bears the stars in gremlins by ian baiijsy two summers ago steven spielberg the michael jackson of summer movies de monstrated bis talents with two simul taneously released films he directed et and produced and wrote the story for poltergeist it was a spielberg summer the forthcoming weeks will seem simil- iar indiana jones and the temple of doom which spielberg directed is already making its mark on friday june 8 gremlins for which spielberg gets cre dit as one of three executive producers opens at markville cinemas i saw gremlins a few weeks ago when it was previewed in toronto its a quirky horror story combining the bouyant spirit of et with poltergeists flamboyant terror though gremlins has steven spielberg presents above its title it is more dis tinctly marked by the style of its director joe dante than by spielberg a number of actors get top billing for the film but the real stars are mysterious ted dybearlike creatures known as mogwai initially they are so cute that they accomplish the miracle of melting cynical hearts determined to remain cool in the face of what seems another et however no sooner are they established as the cutest things since ewoks do we discover that mogwais have split persona lities they may be cute but one careless moment produces a horde of malicious cre atures in the movie the quiet ohio town of kingston falls discovers this fact thanks to the misguided benevolence of one of its citizens rand peltzer hoyt axton as gremlins opens be is in san franciscos chinatown searching for a christmas pre sent for his teenaged son zach galligan he finds an antique shop operated by a mysterious propietor keye luke and buys a mogwai the creature comes with three warnings never feed him after midnight never expose him to sunlight and never let water touch him all three things happen and the result is a nightmare for kingston falls that is by turns hilarious and horrifying the initital mogwai is nice but a horde of clones pro duced from the one creature are not what makes the movie so entertaining is the manner in which humor and horror are neatly combined without one cancelling the other out this style seems to come easily to direc tor dante in 1981 he directed the howling a movie about a colony of werewolves last year his work was seen in one of the epi sodes in the twilight zone movie a hila rious tale of a boy able to turn fixtures of his imagination into reality both movies were alternately funny and chilling exercises populated by human grotesques transplanted from the real world into the reality of their situations they were campy and cheeky films that demonstrated that fear and laughter can lie closely together in horror movies gremlins is an effective extension of this approach though there is a serious vein running throughthe pr6ceedihgsitlsjust enough to provide a firm foundation from which dante can occasionally diverge the result is a movie that often seems like a tongueincheek version of the birds sometimes however the contradiction between humor and horror renders the emotions of the characters irrelevant thus when gremlins tries to take itself too seriously it grinds to an awkward halt one example of this is a scene wherein the heroes girlfriend phoebe kates tells a story of domestic tragedy that might have turned ones stomach in a sombre film but which seems like just another joke here this occurs especially because it follows a hilarious scene in which the mogwais tear a bar apart gremlins human characters are often little more than well drawn cliches who fit the strange situation as peltzer a daffy inventor of strange gadgets hoyt axton seems like an 80s fred macmurray lend ing credence to the nagging suspicion that beneath its excellence gremlins is essen tially an updated disney film however the movie retains an enter taining impact thanks to its real stars the very convincing mogwais whether breakdancing singing christ mas carols watching disneys snow white or swarming for their attack on kingston falls they possess an authenticity unseen since et landed in movie theatres they seem like malicious muppets who descend on kingston falls with all the de vastating force of an unruly motorcycle gang theyre supernatural juvenile delin quents who drink smoke and party like nothing youve ever seen they are also the most welcome additions to this summers movie line up gremlins opens at markville cinemas on june 8 i kinsmen jr weekly bingo upto prizes ever week markham pentecostal church sunday services 950 am christian education hour 1100 am communion service numbtrbl time 7 pm every wednesday place stouffville legion 9th line dont gamble 8860252 is your lucky number fame international colour perm specialists for men women visit our beauty centre martier system of body redesign non surgical face lift facial treatments hair removal i nail care makeup creative colours wardrobe consultants fame international thornhlll square bayviow john st 8860252 down by the creekbank a 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