GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
Friday, October 2, 2026 to Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Siskel Film Center, Siskel Film Center, Chicago, Illinois
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1990, Joe Dante, USA, 106 mins. In English | Format: Digital. Joe Dante's encyclopedic knowledge of movies is on full display in this zany sequel which despite its high silliness delivers tense moments of real threat. The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper. Now living in the big city, Billy and Kate once again wage a gruesome and chaotic battle against the mischievous horde. The ambitious scale of GREMLINS 2, fueled by the seemingly unlimited budget Warner Brothers offered to lure Dante into making a sequel he resisted, turns the Gremlins into full-blown live action-cartoon satire of corporate culture. Showtimes: Fri. Oct 2, 6:00 pm; Sat. Oct 3, 4:00 pm; Thu. Oct 8, 8:15 pm