And while the gremlins were specially made - yet terrifying - puppets ... The creature, called a mogwai - which means devil in Cantonese - is named Gizmo by Billy, who falls in love with its ...

The monsters, the gremlins, spring forth from the body of a cute little critter known as a Mogwai ... Gizmo and the gremlin props were alive. "We had a great dog in the movie who thought the ...