Critters

1986

Action / Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

48
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 45% · 52 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 45% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 42321 42.3K

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Plot summary

Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.

Director

Stephen Herek Photo
Stephen Herek

Top cast

Adele Malis-Morey Photo
Adele Malis-Morey as Woman #1
Nadine Van der Velde Photo
Nadine Van der Velde as April Brown
Scott Grimes Photo
Scott Grimes as Brad Brown
Don Keith Opper Photo
Don Keith Opper as Charlie McFadden
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
722.88 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 7
1.36 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 38

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TheOtherFool 6 / 10

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.
Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 10 / 10

It takes all kinds of critters...

Ah, where would the world be without corny '80s movies? "Critters" is certainly one of the best examples, portraying a bunch of nasty little space creatures attacking a Midwestern family (it's always gotta be the Midwest, doesn't it?). As this is pure goofiness, they don't waste any time trying to explain anything logically; they get right down to the wackiness, full scale.Anyway, it's one of those movies that you watch with best buds, or while sitting around in your underwear (or both). Don't explain a religious experience, just luxuriate in the silliness. And to think that it was directed by Stephen Herek, who also directed "Mr. Holland's Opus" (as far as I know, those were the only two good movies that he ever did). Starring Dee Wallace-Stone (that's right, ET's mom!), M. Emmet Walsh (of "Midnight Cowboy" fame), Billy Zane (the "Titanic" villain) and Lin Shaye (the "Something About Mary" neighbor). Really cool.
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