Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Jenna Ortega, Howie Mandel (Voice)
The rules were simple: No bright light, no water, and never feed them after midnight. But in a hyper-connected, 24/7 world that never truly sleeps, obeying those rules is impossible. Gremlins 3: After Midnight picks up decades after the infamous New York incident, proving that the consequences of breaking the rules have only grown more catastrophic.
Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) and Kate Beringer (Phoebe Cates) have spent the last thirty years living a paranoid, isolated life in a remote, desert cabin. They are haunted by their past and meticulously hide the source of their trauma: the adorable, innocent Mogwai, Gizmo (voiced by Howie Mandel).
Their carefully constructed solitude is shattered when their rebellious, tech-savvy, and deeply cynical teenage granddaughter, Zoe (Jenna Ortega), visits for the summer. Dismissing their bizarre rules as eccentric old-people nonsense, Zoe accidentally stumbles upon Gizmo. Intending to score viral fame, she live-streams the cute creature’s singing to millions of followers, inadvertently exposing the Mogwai’s existence to the wrong people.
A powerful, morally bankrupt biotech corporation, Bio-Genesis, sees a chance to weaponize Gizmo’s unique biology. They successfully capture the Mogwai and transport him to their cutting-edge, high-security urban research lab, intending to stabilize and clone his DNA for military applications.
Predictably, chaos erupts when a catastrophic sprinkler system malfunction—triggered by a clumsy security guard trying to make coffee—splashes water onto Gizmo. The lab’s sterile environment becomes the birthplace of a new legion of Gremlins.
These are not just the mischievous monsters of the past; these new, highly intelligent Gremlins are interacting with modern technology. They hack the smart-lab’s security system, pilot military-grade drones, weaponize 3D printers, and turn the internet itself into a playground of global, high-tech destruction, using social media to spread their chaos like a digital virus.
It’s a terrifying race against the clock as Billy, Kate, and Zoe must unite to contain the outbreak before the Gremlins’ tech-savvy rampage goes global. Balancing genuine body horror, classic slapstick comedy, and nostalgic heart, the film is a dark, hilarious commentary on our dependence on technology. Gremlins 3: After Midnight proves that while technology advances, the catastrophic consequences of feeding a Mogwai after midnight remain terrifyingly, and hilariously, the same.