Gremlins 2: The New Batch story

movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) · 1990-06-15

The story continues the adventures of the creature Gizmo, who spawns numerous small monsters when wet. In the first film, Gizmo's offspring rampaged through a small fictional town. In Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Gizmo multiplies within a skyscraper in New York City. The new creatures thus pose a serious threat to the city should they be able to leave the building, and much of the story involves the human characters' efforts to prevent this disaster. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Gremlins.

14 total · 5 major · 9 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
engaged couple	major	Billy and Kate lived together and were hoping to get married.
human vs. monster	major	Clamp Center was overrun with Gremlins.
mass consumerism	major	Some point was made about ever increasing commercialization in society.
reptilian being	major	The gremlins are a race of somewhat intelligent reptile-like creatures. They are generally regarded as aliens, but no indication was given of that in the film.
romantic love	major	Billy and Kate lived together and were hoping to get married.
coping with unwelcome romantic attention	minor	Billy at the was made uncomfortable by Marla's romantic advanced at the Canadian restaurant. Chief of security Forster was pursued by the female Gremlin.
gentrification	minor	Clamp Enterprises was pressuring Mr. Wing into selling his old shop so that they could build a state of the art office building complex.
human cloning	minor	Dr. Cushing Catheter's assistant made a clone of himself.
hybrid being	minor	Some of the Gremlins became genetically spliced with other creatures. For example, we saw a Gremlin/bat hybrid, a Gremlin/spider hybrid, and a Gremlin/vegetable hybrid.
journalism	minor	The Count Dracula guy had a life long dream to be a television journalist and he seized the initiative to report to the world about the Gremlins overrunning the Clamp Center building. In the end, Mr. Clamp made him the new 6 o'clock news anchor.