Bob later keeps seeing the Gremlin through his window and does not bother to alert the others. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet That creature was a bit more threatening. Sabotaging aircraft.   |  John Wilkes Booth | Miss Develin |

It's face has large, amber-colored eyes; a small, flat nose; and a mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth.

The face is described as having a short, discolored lump of a nose; twisted lips that were forced apart by large, crooked teeth; and small, unblinking eyes set in sunken eye sockets.

It was described as a small humanoid beast with coarse grimy skin, a squat nose, crooked teeth, shaggy tangled hair and small eyes. When the creature begins to tamper with one of the engines he begs his wife to tell the pilots to keep an eye on the engines. Right after the plane landed, Wilson was taken to an asylum. The film version was shown to be even more sadistic, taunting Valentine with the knowledge that it was going to crash the plane by tearing off multiple pieces of the wing and waving them tauntingly at the horrified man before tossing it into the wing's engine. Dylan | That gremlin on the wing. William Shatner was two years away from Star Trek: The Original Series (1966).
It wouldn't be hard for some nut case to do just about anything on an airplane. Fitzgerald Fortune |

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Gremlin_(Twilight_Zone)?oldid=3889630, Contrary to popular belief, the character first appeared in the short story. Pamela Morris | (Short Story Version)FlightRazor Sharp Claws(1963 TV Version)FlightSharp Claws (Film Version)FlightExtraordinary intelligenceRazor Sharp Claws, and TeethInhuman agility and reflexesElectrical immunity Valentine then watches as the creature then leaps from the plane floating (or flying) away on the wind, disappearing into the night sky.

It's hands contain five digits tipped with razor-sharp talons which it uses to tear apart metal; pieces from the plane.

N/A Mr. Brooks | Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. I know I am nit picking but it has always bothered me. Realizing that someone has seen it, the creature then begins taunting Valentine, terrifying the already nervous man by pressing its face against the window, which makes Valentine have a panic attack, before once again hiding from view as the other passengers look out the window in an attempt to see it. The gremlin soon lands upon the wing of the plane as witnessed by Wilson, whom he first mistakes the creature for a cat or dog, then later a man "whose clothes have been ripped off by the terrific winds".

The gremlin soon notices that Wilson has seen it and vanishes from view as Wilson summons a stewardess to view it, leaving the woman to think that he has gone crazy.

N/A The Twilight Zone Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Second Lieutenant Katell | Non-alien Creatures Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is an episode of the The Twilight Zone. The gremlin is first witnessed by John Valentine as it crouches on the wing of the plane before it's struck by a bolt of lightning, which doesn't seem to faze it.
View production, box office, & company info. It's long talons are shown to be sharp enough to tear through metal. As the gremlin isn't seen again afterwards, its ultimate fate remains unknown.

Origin It has thick legs and long, taloned hands which it uses to slice open planes with. Location: Directed by Richard Donner.

TV Episode The gremlin also seemed to take particular pleasure in sabotaging the plane and tormenting Valentine, and was visibly frustrated with Valentine to the point that it considered killing him for ruined its fun.

In the original short story, Bob Wilson boards a DC-7 plane to Los Angeles.

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The damage that the Gremlin left behind on the plane.

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William J. Feathersmith | Whenever Wilson tried to warn someone about the gremlin, the monster would suddenly vanish without a trace. In the original series, the Gremlin was an ape-like creature with curly green fuzziest thick fur and ugly larges lips. Jess-Belle |

The Gremlin later returns in the fourth segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie. He is about as idiotic looking as one can imagine.

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This Gremlin is a mysterious creature which appeared in Richard Matheson's short story "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", and the The Twilight Zone episode of the same name, adapted by Matheson himself. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?

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The Wax Figures | Species: The 1963 television version of the character was much more toned down from the original story, characterizing the creature as being more curious in nature. It is considered by many to be one of the most famous monsters to come from the show alongside Anthony Fremont.

Bob Wilson (enemy) John Valentine (enemy)



The original version of the Gremlin was made into both and action figure and a ten inch bobble head.

It had scary eyes with monstrous black outline and had a gorilla-like nose.

Shatner is pretty good.

I know I am nit picking but it has always bothered me. The episode is considered one of the most popular of the series and parts of the plot have been repeated and parodied several times in popular culture, including television shows, films, radio and music:

But he will not be dissuaded. He is obviously wearing some kind of pajamas with those feet that girls wore when I was in college.

One of the original series’ most acclaimed outings, the William Shatner–starring “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” created an indelible template that pop culture keeps coming back to. The 1963 television adaption of Matheson's short story featured a very similar description, with some alterations.

He is obviously wearing some kind of pajamas with those feet that girls wore when I was in college.

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It's a rainy night an he sees that furry thing on the wing, tearing up one of the engines. Dagget | Unknown



She manages to keep her calm for quite a while as he fidgets and twists in his seat. The Devil |

Commissar Vassiloff | Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. He's suffered a breakdown and is on another plane with his cute wife. Unknown. As Valentine tries to point out the strange creature to the other passengers, it hides itself from view underneath the wing of the plane.

In the show it is a primate, in the film it is a reptile. Carl Lanser |

In the show it is a primate, in the film it is a reptile. Sabotager Powers/Skills It was described as a small humanoid beast with coarse grimy skin, a squat nose, crooked teeth, shaggy tangled hair and small eyes. Miss Peters | Age:

Portrait of a frightened man: Mr. Robert Wilson, thirty-seven, husband, father, and salesman on sick leave. It had a large head li… A man, newly recovered from a nervous breakdown, becomes convinced that a monster only he sees is damaging the plane he's flying in.

He spots a gremlin on the wing of the plane.

While moving around on the wing of the plane, the gremlin crawls around on all fours, although when it flew away from the plane, it ran on two feet. Every time someone else looks out the window, the creature hides from view.

He manages to be a hero, even though no one may know it. It had black hair and light-greenish eyes with a mouth full of sharp teeth.

He is trying so hard to act normally, but the spirits are out to get him.

When the plane starts tipping side to side, John takes a gun from an airport security officer and opens his window in an a temp to shoot the Gremlin.

Goals In the film adaption, the gremlin is shown to be incredibly durable, able to withstand a direct hit from a bolt of lightning without any signs of being fazed by the enormous amount of electricity. After trying to alert the others, John decides to try to go to sleep.

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The gremlin grabs Valentine's face, seemingly about to kill him, but simply scolds him for spoiling its fun by waving its finger in a dismissive "tut-tut-tut" manner. "The Twilight Zone" Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (TV Episode 1963) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Willie, Movies The Gremlin is a major antagonist from the short story Nightmare at 20'000 Feet by Richard Matheson and its subsequent adaptations in The Twilight Zone series, as well as the 1983 film adaptation Twilight Zone: The Movie.It is considered by many to be one of the most famous monsters to come from the show alongside Anthony Fremont.. Crash the plane (failed). Male (most likely)

The GremlinThe Wing GremlinThe Nightmare at 20'000 Feet Appearances: A man, newly recovered from a nervous breakdown, becomes convinced that a monster only he sees is damaging the plane he's flying in. In the original series, the Gremlin was an ape-like creature with curly green fuzziest thick fur and ugly larges lips. Gremlin Unknown. When the creature begins to tamper with one of the engines he begs his wife to tell the pilots to keep an eye on the engines.

Taking matters into his own hands, Wilson removes his handgun from his bag (which he had brought in case he wanted to commit suicide), secures himself tightly and throws open the planes side door.

https://non-aliencreatures.fandom.com/wiki/Gremlin_(Nightmare_at_20,000_Feet)?oldid=51195, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", by Richard Matheson (1961).

He's only recently recovered from a nervous breakdown and isn't sure that what he is seeing is real.

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And Ed Kemmer, who played the flight engineer, a decade earlier starred in Space Patrol (1950) as Commander Buzz Corry. Every time someone else looks out the window, the gremlin leaps out of view, so nobody believes Bob's seemingly outlandish claim. Created By: 25 min His paranoia drives him to a desperate act.

Once again the creature vanishes when Wilson summons both the stewardess and the pilot. He soon discovered that it was attempting to take out one of the plane's engines. This is part of Americana.

Once the plane has landed, although he is whisked away in a straitjacket, a final shot reveals evidence of his claims: the unusual damage to the plane's engine nacelle—yet to be discovered by mechanics. When the lights of the landing zone appear, the Gremlin puts it's hand on John's face and then removes it and waves his finger in a "tut, tut, tut" manor, and leaps off of the plane and is seen flying through the sky like a deflated balloon. Talking Tina | John later keeps seeing the Gremlin on the plane's wing and the creature finally starts to sabotage the plane by taking pieces of the engine and throwing then into it.

It's "sabotage" of the plane's engine driven more by an animal-like curiosity rather than a malevolent intention to destroy the plane. Date of Origin: That gremlin on the wing.

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