The puppeteers were drunk, the mogwais were melting, and somehow cinema history was made.
Take a unique behind-the-scenes journey (made especially for the Hollywood Theatre) with special effects legend Chris Walas on the making of Joe Dante's 1984 seminal film GREMLINS. Narrated by Walas, and featuring incredibly rare photos and video from his personal archive, witness the creation of this pioneering, effects-laden classic.
Practical Effects
Walas's personal archive reveals puppet disasters turned triumphs.
Production
Rare photos of melting mogwai casualties and on-set mayhem.
Direction
Walas's narration carries decades of barely contained chaos.
Director
Chris Walas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Walas won the Oscar for Best Makeup in 1991 for The Fly, but Gremlins nearly broke him—he designed, built, and puppeteered with a skeleton crew that learned on the job.
This documentary was commissioned specifically for Portland's Hollywood Theatre, one of America's last great repertory cinemas, making it a preservation project about preservation.
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