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Monday 22 December 2014

An 8-minute video explaining everything good and bad about Gremlins


Does It Hold Up is a chance to re-experience childhood favorites of books, movies, TV shows, video games, and other cultural phenomenon decades later. Have they gotten better like a fine wine, or are we drinking cork?


Every kid has a favorite stuffed animal or security blanket. For my childhood neighbor and best friend Alex, it was a stuffed replica of Gizmo, the fuzzy-faced critter from the children's horror film Gremlins. Released a year before either of us were born, a Christmas didn't go by without a screening of the film at Alex's home. I remember the popcorn, the Cherry Coke, and the crustless sandwiches, prepared by his mom; but the movie, the story of a young man and his dangerous pet, is hidden beneath a nostalgic haze.


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