Critters poster

Cast

Dee Wallace profile

Dee Wallace

Helen Brown

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Scott Grimes

Brad Brown

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Don Keith Opper

Charlie McFadden

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Billy Zane

Steve Elliot

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Ethan Phillips

Jeff Barnes

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Terrence Mann

Johnny Steele

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Douglas Koth

Bowler #1

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Chuck Lindsley

Pool Player #1

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David Stenstrom

Pool Player #2

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Corey Burton

(critter voices)

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

GB, US

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$13,167,232

Reviews

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A review by Gimly 7

August 25, 2019

It's great when you re-visit a film you enjoyed as a kid and find that as an adult it still totally holds up. Sure Critters almost definitely found its start as nothing more than one of the slew or various Gremlins rip-offs that were being written up at the time, but it's precisely the differences from Gremlins that make Critters any kind of success. The more overt sci-fi elements of the film have become a mainstay in the franchise,...

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A review by Sheldon Nylander 6

September 2, 2019

"Critters" is one of those rare movies that comes along that, despite all odds against it, manages to strike just the right chord. A little-monsters mix of scifi, horror, and comedy, the film uses its low budget as part of its charm. It scales the film farely small, that being a family farm that's attacked by Crites, voracious little eating machines from outer space, rather than a world-spanning threat. This is likely due to the low budget, but it works very well because the low...

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A review by Sheldon Nylander 6

September 2, 2019

"Critters" is one of those rare movies that comes along that, despite all odds against it, manages to strike just the right chord. A little-monsters mix of scifi, horror, and comedy, the film uses its low budget as part of its charm. It scales the film farely small, that being a family farm that's attacked by Crites, voracious little eating machines from outer space, rather than a world-spanning threat. This is likely due to the low budget, but it works very well because the low...

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A review by Kamurai 7

July 10, 2021

Good watch, could watch again and do recommend.

This is a good one to jump into the way back machine for, and I'm waiting on a reboot to happen. (Actually...."The Tomorrow War" is sort of on the same track)

The critters themselves are (in a horrible way) cute and vicious looking, the acting is decent, the story is good, and I'm a big fan of the shape shifting hunters sent to kill them.

When it comes down to it, the movie is a lot of fun and worth giving...

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A review by Wuchak 8

December 28, 2024

Entertaining popcorn flick from the mid-80s is both cartoonish and horrifying

Small, furry extraterrestrials harass a farm town in America while two bounty hunters try to capture them.

"Critters" (1986) takes the basic premise of 50’s alien-invasion flicks, like “The Blob” or “War of the Worlds,” but meshes it with the tone and furry creatures of “Gremlims” from two years prior. The Kansas farmhouse and small town setting recalls teen Clark Ke...

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A review by r96sk 7

April 22, 2025

'Critters' is 'Gremlins'-esque fun overall, though it isn't supremely enjoyable all the way through; I felt some pacing issues. The titular aliens do look the part though, even all these years later. The practical effects are nice, that house explosion is particularly great.

Scott Grimes is the actor that stood out most to me whilst watching. I do like how the kid is written, usually in these sorta films they tend to be only annoyingly bratty but h...

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