Sequels That Don't Suck

Gremlins 2: The New Batch is currently airing on Comedy Central. Highly underrated sequel. For my money the shift from Gremlins to Gremlins 2 has got to be one of the biggest stylistic/thematic shifts in the history of movie franchises. Gremlins is basically a straight horror movie, albeit one with a certain sense of humor about itself. Gremlins 2 is a comedy with some horror elements. For goodness' sake, there's a big song number! And Tony Randall does the voice of one of the Gremlins! Gizmo spends most of the movie wearing a Rambo-style red bandana! The movies have the same casts, the same theme music, the same three rules, and the same ferocious imps, but they "feel" totally different. Both fun movies though.