 In Chris Columbus (qv)s original script, Lynn Peltzer was killed  by the gremlins and her head rolled down the stairs. This along with  several other darker elements (ie, the family dog is eaten by the  gremlins, the gremlins attack a McDonalds and eat the customers but  refuse to touch the hamburgers) were never shot due to the fact that  both, Joe Dante (I) (qv) and Warner Bros. wanted the movie to be  more family oriented.