Critters (1986)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writers:

Stephen Herek (screenplay)
Domonic Muir (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 April 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The original tasty entree!

Plot:

A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town...

Plot Keywords:

Bounty Hunter | Kansas | Monster | Human Duplication | Police Officer Killed

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Dee Wallace	...	Helen Brown (as Dee Wallace Stone)
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Harv
Billy Green Bush	...	Jay Brown
Scott Grimes	...	Brad Brown
Nadine Van der Velde	...	April Brown (as Nadine Van Der Velde)
Don Keith Opper	...	Charlie McFadden (as Don Opper)
Billy Zane	...	Steve Elliot
Ethan Phillips	...	Jeff Barnes
Terrence Mann	...	Johnny Steele / Ug
Jeremy Lawrence	...	Reverend Miller
Lin Shaye	...	Sally
Michael Lee Gogin	...	Warden Zanti
Art Frankel	...	Ed
Douglas Koth	...	Bowler #1
Montrose Hagins	...	Organist

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2005) | UK:15 (original rating) | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16 | Norway:16 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Kansas, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the scene where Lee transforms into the body of Reverend Miller, Jeremy Lawrence is obviously replaced by another actor at the podium.

Quotes:

Ug: We're here for the Crites.

Movie Connections:

References E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Soundtrack:

No Turning Back

Quite fun actually

At the start of 'Critters', somewhere in space, 10 'Crites' are being brought to custody, but 8 of them escape, so that 2 hunters have to get them back. Now, this sequence could have easily lasted 10 minutes in any other movie, but 'Critters' doesn't waste time: it takes about one minute. There is no explanation what these Crites are exactly, who the hunters are, or why the're all going to earth. They just do. That way, all the fun happens on the earth. The Crites come to earth nearby a farm in the middle of nowhere (where else really), where they attack the family living there. The usual scenes of the kettle eaten, the silly police chief and the village idiot/drunk who warned everybody this was going to happen are all thrown in, but the movie never loses pace and is pretty funny all around, and not that gruesome either. A nice 80's horror flick, worth watching. 6/10.