With the arrival of the Christmas season, so begins the time when film lovers start rewatching their favorite holiday classics.
Many of the usual names make this list, like It’s a Wonderful Life, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and Elf.
There’s also more edgy content such as the slasher Black Christmas and the much argued about Die Hard.
Another title, one that leans more traditional but with a more tense structure, is Joe Dante’s Gremlins from 1984.
It’s regarded as a family friendly classic, loved by nostalgic parents and children alike, but it’s also filled with many frightening images, and is one of the boundary pushing PG films responsible for creating the PG-13 rating.
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