Critters Attack! (2019)

Follows 20-year-old Drea, who reluctantly takes a job babysitting for a professor of a college she hopes to attend. Struggling to entertain the professor's children Trissy and Jake, along ... See full summary »

Director:

Bobby Miller

Writers:

Scott Lobdell, Domonic Muir (Based on characters by)

Stars:

Tashiana Washington, Ava Preston, Jack Fulton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tashiana Washington	...	Drea
Ava Preston	...	Trissy Lacy
Jack Fulton	...	Jake Lacy
Jaeden Noel	...	Phillip
Dee Wallace	...	Dee
Leon Clingman	...	Ranger Bob
Pierre Malherbe	...	Backpacker Doug
Alex Jeaven	...	Mandy
Tristan de Beer	...	Gregory Sax
Ho Chow	...	Chef Loong
Vash Singh	...	Kevin Loong
Tanya van Graan	...	Professor Lacy
Paul Snodgrass	...	Johnson
Ellectra Hartman	...	Ranger Carol
Joe Vaz	...	Ranger Jonathan

Storyline

Follows 20-year-old Drea, who reluctantly takes a job babysitting for a professor of a college she hopes to attend. Struggling to entertain the professor's children Trissy and Jake, along with her own little brother Phillip , Drea takes them on a hike, unaware that mysterious alien critters have crash-landed and started devouring every living thing they encounter.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody creature violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 July 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Critters Attack!

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Ribbon Content, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first 'Critters' film to be rated R, all previous entries were rated PG-13.

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Quotes

Chef Loong: Taste my steel, you rat bastards. I have the best blades in the business.

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Soundtracks

Control
Written by Bryce Alvord Kevin
Performed by Soho Kings
Courtesy of Alvord Records
By arrangement with Blue Buddha Entertainment LLC

User Reviews

NOTHING to like, apart from the practical effects.

SEEN IT! Puppets and practical effects are the ONLY good thing in this move. Acting, camera work, colour grading, story, script; it was all bad!

Nothing captured what I loved about the first couple of films. No explanation as to Aunt D being there or where her family was; she has 10 minutes of screen time if that, low budget obviously not enough to pay her more. No bounty hunters.

The worst thing was the story and characters... if you're trying to imitate Stranger Things, at least do it, instead of half-assing it with bad child actors; they didn't even look terrified when an army of Crites where coming for them.

Such a shame, a missed opportunity. There are still only 4 Critters movies to me.

Please pass this feedback onto the Writer and Director, because even I can write a better script than this, with my 8 years worth of short film writing experience.

There was no story. It was like a joke of the franchise, a mix between Aliens (A Queen Crite... just no, they had no Queen in the first movie, and why did she kill them, no explanation, not like I even cared due to the bad story), a Crite who landed in an escape pod, but with no explanation of where it came from, or why it was scarred across the eye. Child character we cannot get invested in, nor care about. There is not much to this at all, it looks like it was written and shot over a weekend with permission to use the original Critter puppets, and yeah, I noticed you reused a lot of the older ones for this film, even the bald one from part 3, and the grey haired one.

I will NOT be purchasing this for the collection, I choose to ignore its existence, it's not worthy.