Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Mick Garris

Writers (WGA):

David Twohy (written by) and
Mick Garris (written by)

Release Date:

29 April 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Get ready for seconds... they're back!

Plot:

A batch of unhatched critter eggs are mistaken for Easter eggs by the country-folk inhabitants of Grover's Bend and...

Plot Keywords:

Egg | Easter | Flesh Eating | Spit Take | Dog

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Terrence Mann	...	Ug
Don Keith Opper	...	Charlie (as Don Opper)
Cynthia Garris	...	Zanti
Scott Grimes	...	Brad
Al Stevenson	...	Bus Driver
Tom Hodges	...	Wesley
Douglas Rowe	...	Quigley
Liane Alexandra Curtis	...	Megan Morgan (as Liane Curtis)
Lindsay Parker	...	Cindy
Herta Ware	...	Nana
Sam Anderson	...	Mr. Morgan
Lin Shaye	...	Sal
Barry Corbin	...	Harv
Eddie Deezen	...	Hungry Heifer Manager
Frank Birney	...	Reverend Fisher

Also Known As:

Critters 2 (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Throughout the movie whenever the critters roll, you can see the wires pulling them.

Quotes:

Brad: Look!
Megan Morgan: Where are they all going?
Brad: I don't know. Looks like some kind of critter convention.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The House That Freddy Built (2006) (V)

Terrific sequel!

Two years after the first Krite attack on the Browns's farm, everything was peaceful in Grover's Bend but there are some remaining Krite Eggs still left and Brad Brown ( Scott Grimes) has traveled from Kansas City to visit his grandmother for Easter vacation. Soon the Eggs hatch as it makes trouble as the Krites has returned and the bounty hunters from space Ug ( Terrence Mann), Lee ( Roxanne Kernohan) and former town drunk turned bounty hunter Charlie ( Don Opper) head back to Earth, will they rescue the humans with the help of Brad or will everyone end up on the space monsters's menu?

Very entertaining and action packed sequel that is almost better than the original and THE only sequel in the series worth watching. What works here for this sequel is there's more action, bigger special effects, off-the-wall humor, a more intense and dramatic score, Mick Garris's directorial debut and of course there's a memorable moment where Lee the faceless bounty hunter from space looks at a Playboy magazine and transforms into a beautiful nude blonde centerfold babe played by B-movie beauty Roxanne Kernohan. Look for Eddie Deezen ( best known for Mandark on "Dexter's Lab" and Eugene from "Grease") as a restaurant manager and there's an amusing Freddy Krueger in-joke since the movie is from Freddy's home known as New Line Cinema.