Anyway, Joe Dante also weighed in, confirming that lovable Mushroom thought Gizmo and the gremlin props were alive. "We had a great dog in the movie who thought the puppets were real," Dante said.

However, he’s warned to never get Gizmo wet or feed it after ... And while the gremlins were specially made - yet terrifying - puppets, one original idea was to have monkeys play the creatures ...