Critters
1986 · Movie · PG-13 · 86 min · ★ 6.5 · 51% critics
A quiet Kansas farm is thrown into chaos when a pack of hungry alien creatures crash-land and start causing trouble. As the family tries to survive the night, two intergalactic bounty hunters arrive in town, blending in and bringing heavy firepower to stop the threat.
Also known as Critters 1
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-04-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 51/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (1,099 votes)
- Box office
- $13,167,232
- Budget
- $3,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an ’80s creature feature that mixes laughs with scares and practical monster mayhem, like Killer Klowns from Outer Space; Not for you if you need nonstop action or serious, grounded horror.
Pros: goofy sci-fi horror fun; memorable bounty hunters; gnarly creature moments | Cons: uneven pacing; too much small-town filler; critters not shown enough
Themes
- spacecraft
- small town
- sheriff
- bounty hunter
- sibling relationship
- cat
- barn
- toilet
- kansas, usa
- alien
- creature
- explosion
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Dee Wallace
as Helen Brown
M. Emmet Walsh
as Harv
Billy Green Bush
as Jay Brown
Scott Grimes
as Brad Brown
Nadine Van der Velde
as April Brown
Don Keith Opper
as Charlie McFadden
Lin Shaye
as Sally
Billy Zane
as Steve Elliot
Ethan Phillips
as Jeff Barnes
Terrence Mann
as Johnny Steele
Directed by Stephen Herek