Mrs. Peltzer (Frances Lee McCain) shifts into badass mode when trapped alone in a house full of evil Mogwai – from “Gremlins” (1984, directed by Joe Dante)



by Amaruq93

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  1. GlassUnicornDestroye on

    Her character shift in that scene is so good.  It’s one of the most memorable parts of the movie for me.

  2. Low-Initiative-8470 on

    Honestly, Mrs Peltzer is the real MVP of Gremlins. She wiped out more creatures in 5 minutes than most horror protagonists do in an entire movie. Underrated badass?

  3. This scene in particular, along with the hearts being ripped out of peoples’ chests in *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, resulted in a great deal of outcry from angry parents over their kids seeing this level of violence in a PG movie.

    So two months after Gremlins was released, the MPAA (on the advice of Steven Spielberg) created the brand new PG-13 rating.

  4. I didn’t notice till years later that she doesn’t kill the one on the counter with the knife. It’s still writhing around.

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