I grew up with the GREMLINS films & absolutely love these films as I've watched them hundreds of times on my old double feature video!!! As much as i love Gremlins '84 my favourite of the two is Gremlins 2:The New Batch (1990) i just dig the whole new surroundings such as the big New York City high tech building that all the trouble happens in & the new look each GREMLIN has & that the legendary DICK MILLER is back in a bigger part & the FX are even greater this time & the whole atmosphere is fun & wacky but still with scares & only the BRILLIANT JOE DANTE can mix it up this good & make it great!!! A real childhood classic of mine that makes great late night entertainment That's full of fun & so rewatchable

This is scarier then The Shinning. And that is not easy to do. One horror film then this scarier is Gremlins. This movie has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This movie is must see. 6.3 is a good ratting. But this is such a great film 6.3 is underrating it. I give it 9 out of 10. If this movie does not scarier you then no movie will. This is one the best horror movies from the 90's. This movie is a must see. It not for people who like movie with a lot of blood. If you like that you should see 12 years a slave. This is for people who like a good horror stories. This is one the beast horror stories of the 90's.

This one has significantly better effects than previous and Gremlins are more realistic and scary. From the technical quality point of view it is definitely better movie. But it is also completely different movie and because of taste differences many will disagree with me on which one is better. While first movie has somewhat serious story line, tells the scary tale with some comic reliefs, second movie is more parody to first one than it is its sequel. Yes, story line picks up where first movie left, but tone of the film is completely different. It is not 80's light horror type of the movie any more, it reminds more of Scary Movie type of film. It is fast, fun, full of pranks and references to famous fantasy movies and characters, like Batman, Wicked Witch of Oz and many more. First one has much better story, but this one is definitely better produced and more fun.

Taking this to New York City and mixing the nasty monsters of Joe Dante's imagination with the nasty kiss butt employees of John Glover's mega billion dollar office complex provided not only a great story and lots of comedy, but made a nice analogy of how monstrous the corporate world can be in efforts to advance. Set literally across the street from where I work on Park Avenue, this shows a different horror in office suites that goes beyond the running out of coffee, back stabbing co-workers or grouchy bosses. Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates are back, and this time, Ms. Phoebe has a lot more to do. Gone unfortunately are Galligan's parents, but returning are their neighbors, played with small town tourist wide eyed innocence by Dick Miller and Jackie Joseph.This overly proficient and very impersonal office complex has typical over zealous security (lead by a delightfully evil Robert Picardo), an uptight supervisor (the very funny Haviland Morris) with secret lustful feelings towards Zach, a Grandpa Munster like horror movie host (Robert Prosky), Christopher Lee as a weird scientist, and a drunken cooking show hostess, memorably played by the great Kathleen Freeman. There's a lot more comedy, often parodying the whole idea, and playfully making fun of New York all around. In short, there was a lot more imagination put into it with a few inside jokes (including a clever use of the voice of Tony Randall as an intellectual monster) and one that looks suspiciously like a drag queen who takes a shine to Picardo. The Gremlins have more personality this time around too, but gone is the theory that these creatures need to go into some sort of pod in order to reveal their own true colors. They are still as malevolent as ever, but there's a delightful goofiness about each of them that makes each one more endearing, although I'd never want one, even the adorable Gizmo. When they break into "New York, New York" (lead by Randall), it becomes all the more hysterical, especially with Prosky's on the side reporter coverage of the goings on. Warner Brothers even spoofs it's own history with several musical numbers and a parody of Busby Berkeley. Any movie that drops a reference to "Singin' in the Bathtub" is o.k. in my book.