Helen Brown
Dee Wallace
Helen Brown
Critters
“The battle began in another galaxy. It's about to end in the Brown's backyard.”
6.5
1986
1h 26m
ComedyHorrorScience Fiction
Director: Stephen Herek
Overview
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.
Trailer
Original Trailer Official
Cast
Harv
M. Emmet Walsh
Harv
Jay Brown
Billy Green Bush
Jay Brown
Brad Brown
Scott Grimes
Brad Brown
April Brown
Nadine Van der Velde
April Brown
Charlie McFadden
Don Keith Opper
Charlie McFadden
Sally
Lin Shaye
Sally
Steve Elliot
Billy Zane
Steve Elliot
Jeff Barnes
Ethan Phillips
Jeff Barnes
Johnny Steele
Terrence Mann
Johnny Steele
Preacher
Jeremy Lawrence
Preacher
Zanti
Michael Lee Gogin
Zanti
Reviews
Gimly
It's great when you re-visit a film you enjoyed as a kid and find that as an adult it still totally holds up. Sure _Critters_ almost definitely found its start as nothing more than one of the slew or various _Gremlins_ rip-offs that were being written up at the time, but it's precisely the differences **from** _Gremlins_ that make _Critters_ any kind of success. The more overt sci-fi elements of the film have become a mainstay in the franchise, and are a big part of what makes this thing worth coming back to. _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._
Read full reviewSheldon Nylander
"Critters" is one of those rare movies that comes along that, despite all odds against it, manages to strike just the right chord. A little-monsters mix of scifi, horror, and comedy, the film uses its low budget as part of its charm. It scales the film farely small, that being a family farm that's attacked by Crites, voracious little eating machines from outer space, rather than a world-spanning threat. This is likely due to the low budget, but it works very well because the lower scale gives the audience a chance to know and identify with the characters, including the Crites themselves. The Crites are more than just Gremlins from space. They have their own language (subtitled, of course) and given that there are only a handful of them gives the filmmakers a chance to give them some character as they interact with each other and the environment (watching one of them try to talk to an ET doll is worth a chuckle). It's not a great film, but it's still a fun way to spend an hour and a half. Just don't expect the same magic from the sequels.
Read full reviewSheldon Nylander
"Critters" is one of those rare movies that comes along that, despite all odds against it, manages to strike just the right chord. A little-monsters mix of scifi, horror, and comedy, the film uses its low budget as part of its charm. It scales the film farely small, that being a family farm that's attacked by Crites, voracious little eating machines from outer space, rather than a world-spanning threat. This is likely due to the low budget, but it works very well because the lower scale gives the audience a chance to know and identify with the characters, including the Crites themselves. The Crites are more than just Gremlins from space. They have their own language (subtitled, of course) and given that there are only a handful of them gives the filmmakers a chance to give them some character as they interact with each other and the environment (watching one of them try to talk to an ET doll is worth a chuckle). It's not a great film, but it's still a fun way to spend an hour and a half. Just don't expect the same magic from the sequels.
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