Gremlins: parents' guide

Sustained creature carnage: a mother kills gremlins with a blender, a knife, and a microwave that makes one explode, and others are blown up or dissolve in goo. A teacher is killed, a woman is hurled from a window, and people are attacked.

Words include 'hell,' 'damn,' 'crap,' 'goddamn,' and 'a--hole,' with 'God,' 'Christ,' and 'Jesus' as exclamations. UK classifiers list nothing stronger, and no source we read reports an s-word or f-word.

Very little. A young couple kisses, and a gremlin flashes a waitress by opening its coat as a gag, with nothing shown.

Gremlins smoke, drink beer and shots, and act drunk in a bar. A human character is known for his drinking, and police officers joke about being drunk on duty.

Jump scares, slimy cocoons hatching, gremlins attacking in dark rooms, and gooey explosions. Kate tells how her father died in their chimney dressed as Santa, which also tells kids Santa isn't real, and a line mentions people cutting their wrists over the holidays.