: The film famously ends with a warning from the narrator: if your appliances fail or things go bump in the night, there might just be a gremlin in your house .
Directed by Joe Dante and produced by Steven Spielberg, the film is a hallmark of the 1980s "horror-comedy" genre. It blends whimsical suburban life with dark, violent humor. 7.1Gremlins
: While the movie made them pop culture icons, the term "Gremlin" originated during WWII, used by pilots to explain mysterious mechanical failures in aircraft. : The film famously ends with a warning