Gremlins 1 & 2 — Animatronic Puppets & Camera Tricks

Gremlins and Gremlins 2: animatronic puppets, practical creature effects and the camera tricks that made the chaos work. How do you make a puppet climb into a blender when it cannot perform the move on set? Go behind the scenes of Gremlins (1984) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), from Chris Walas’s puppets and hidden operators to the sequel’s laboratory creatures and Rick Baker’s team. This production breakdown explores Gizmo’s expanding role, reverse-motion photography, different puppets for different tasks, movie trivia and the box-office results of both films. English narration and Turkish audio are available in the player’s audio-track settings. Spoilers for both films. CHAPTERS 00:00 The blender trick 00:50 The script that looked unfilmable 01:45 Gizmo gets a bigger role 02:41 The crew under the set 03:29 One creature, different puppets 04:23 Small creatures, big box office 05:19 The promise behind the sequel 06:13 How the laboratory entered the script 07:13 Gremlins take over the screening 08:04 A bigger movie, a smaller box office 08:56 The people behind the puppets RESEARCH SOURCES https://amblin.com/movie/gremlins/ https://amblin.com/movie/gremlins-2-t... https://www.theringer.com/2024/06/06/... https://theasc.com/article/john-hora-... https://dailydead.com/gremlins-30th-a... https://dailydead.com/gremlins-30th-a... https://www.starwars.com/news/talking... https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/t... https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Gre... https://www.filmcomment.com/interview... https://propstore.com/product/gremlin... https://www.gremlns.com/deconstructin... https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Gre... https://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/... MUSIC CREDITS Music: "Darkest Child" — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) https://incompetech.com/music/royalty... "Investigations" — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) https://incompetech.com/music/royalty... "Scheming Weasel (faster version)" — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) https://incompetech.com/music/royalty... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Edited for this episode: excerpts, crossfades, level changes and ducking. Film and behind-the-scenes excerpts accompany original commentary on practical effects. Film material belongs to its respective rights holders. #Gremlins #Animatronics #PracticalEffects #BehindTheScenes #Puppetry