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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   6,536 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Stephen Herek (screenplay)
Domonic Muir (screenplay)
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Release Date:
11 April 1986 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The original tasty entree! more
Plot:
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
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(5 articles)
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User Comments:
Two Words--> Critters rock more (83 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
82 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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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)
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: In the bowling scene, the pins in the lane to the left of the one that "Ug" (disguised as "Johnny Steele") uses disappears in the last shot of the scene. more
Quotes:
Ug: We're here for the Crites. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The House That Freddy Built (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Leather more

FAQ

When was this movie filmed?
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16 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Two Words--> Critters rock, 8 May 2000
7/10
Author: Ryan J. Gilmer (ryanjgilmer007@aol.com) from Plymouth, MN, USA

and they roll and they chew and they eat and eat and eat. Darn those space people for solving the critter problem.

This was one of those TV late night movies that is totally awesome because of its creativity. Oh course while I watched it, I had no dreams of Gremlins and never connected the two.

In reality, I guess Critters are Gremlins without the Gizmos, but then again Gremlins without Gizmos are just plain mean.

and Critters are just mean....

They kill with no reason, they eat like there is no tomorrow, and even the Church cannot save the poor town's cattle.

As far as a classic, this is not, but it and Tremors are up there with the most immaginative and creative horror movies of the past few decades.

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