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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A highly entertaining and fun movie.
Review: A cult 1986 classic mix of Sci-fi and horror with comedy tells the story of a group of flesh-eating Furball Aliens who escape from a Prison Ship in Space now comes to earth and lands in Kansas only to feed on human flesh, a pair of Shapeshifting Alien bounty Hunters persue them and must exterminate them.

This has wit and skill, it's even Billy Zane ( Titanic) in his first film and this features one of my favorite actors " Terrence Mann", a very underrated but brilliant actor portrays "Ug" the Bounty Hunter with the body and face of a Rock Singer.

followed by it's superior sequel " Critters 2".

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: a decent little sci-fi flick for it's time
Review: Ah, Critters. I saw this movie along with it's other sequels a number of years ago and liked them for the most part. This and Critters 2 came on back to back on HBO recently and of course I wanted to see them again. Well on to the review of Critters. Let me start off by saying that this movie is geared more toward teenagers and adults may rate this as a typical "B movie". I won't ruin the plot for anyone who hasn't seen Critters so I'll just say that if you like a dark sci-fi with a bit of humor than you may want to check this out.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Wait for the 4 pack
Review: The first and the second are fun, the last two kind of went off course. These days paying $16.99+ for these type of movies is unacceptable. Unless its offered in a 4 pack, I wouldnt waste my money on ANY of these movies, unless they drop the price to $9.99 each. In that case, buy the first two.

NO SPECIAL FEATURES. Wait for the 4 pack.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Critter 1 in the Buss.
Review: The best horror movie I have ever seen. If you like action there is plenty of it. Critter is horror but it also has some fun parts in it. Like when crit says they have what. The other says so what the wife blast him to bits with her rifle. The other Krite says a bad word and rolls away. Don Opper is wonderfull as Charley. Bradly brown is adorable as a little boy. The funnet horror movie since Gremlins. If you like this the other three. Note 3 and 4 are not as good as 1 and 2. Only 2 people get killed during all of three. If you want to she lots of gore you second one you want. Critters was and alway will be best exitent horror series ever written. There should not of stop making them.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: More like 4.5 stars
Review: OK, what can I say about critters...CULT CLASSIC OF THE 80'S!

Critters is a horrific story of carnivorous aliens who come to Earth in a feeding frenzy for human flesh. Although i said its "horrific" there really is only one scary part, the rest is hilarious! this movie is seriously one of the best out there! you can normally find it really cheap at places like wall mart or shopko or hastings! if you like this one get the second one and maybe the third one...but skip the fourth one! Its crap!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Critters (1986)
Review: Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Dee Wallace, M. Emmett Walsh, Scott Grimes, Don Opper, Terrence Mann.
Running Time: 87 minutes.
Rated PG-13 for violence, some gore, and language.

Possessing all of the ingredients of a sure cult-classic even while still in the theaters, "Critters" is an extremely enjoyable science-fiction monster yarn that will make you laugh, scream, and cr...(well not cry), well you get the idea. The premise is simple and humorous all the same: A spaceship directed by fiendish little alien creatures that are searching for blood crashlands on earth on a farm owned by Dee Wallace and M. Emmett Walsh. Their rambunctious teenage son, played by Scott Grimes, suspects that something is up, but he can not convince his parents otherwise--only the goofy repair man Opper believes Grimes. The aliens speak their own hilarious extra-terrestrial language, roll into balls when they need to gain ground on their pray, shoot sedative porcupine needles, and grow larger with every victim that they eat.

In hot pursuit of the evil little creatures are two bounty hunters that can change forms and faces. These crazy characters are nearly as tormenting as the flesh-eating critters, shooting their bazookas all over the place and causing a stur. While almost too ridiculous to be believable, the great cast does a fine job keeping a straight face and with the blend of a few genuine scares, "Critters" is a superb, campy romp similar to frighteningly funny flicks such as "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" and "Gremlins". One of the better little gems of the horror genre in the middle 1980's. Spawned three sequels--but the original is the best.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: More like 4.5 stars
Review: OK, what can I say about critters...CULT CLASSIC OF THE 80'S!

Critters is a horrific story of carnivorous aliens who come to Earth in a feeding frenzy for human flesh. Although i said its "horrific" there really is only one scary part, the rest is hilarious! this movie is seriously one of the best out there! you can normally find it really cheap at places like wall mart or shopko or hastings! if you like this one get the second one and maybe the third one...but skip the fourth one! Its crap!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Fun Movie
Review: I remember renting this movie with a friend when I was like 10, and it was a lot of fun and scary as hell. Unlike some of the other horror movies that featured monsters or aliens as the nemesis, the concept of critters was pretty original, and although it's not award material, it's a pretty decent sci-fi/horror film.

Don't go into this thinking that it's another "Leprechaun" or "Jack Frost" type of film. The film isn't about gore and despite the absurdity at how the Critters look on the cover, they are pretty scary in the film.

I gave the film only 3 stars because I'm hesitant to give a horror film much more, but it really is a great movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Campy fun that is sure to keep the viewer entertained!
Review: It's still amazing to me how many little monster movies Hollywood churned out after the success of GREMLINS. You had MUNCHIES, you had GHOULIES and you had CRITTERS, which surprisingly enough turned out to be the best of the bunch. Not that I have anything against GREMLINS but CRITTERS has far more depth and character development than it does and it's leagues above the other two.

Directed by Stephen Herek, who would later go on to helm BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE and ROCK STAR with Mark Wahlberg, CRITTERS is a sci-fi/horror/comedy about a group of fur-ball aliens who escape from a prison space ship and come to Kansas for a bite to eat with a pair of intergalactic Bounty Hunters, who can take the face of nearly anyone they want, on their trail. Now as ridiculous as it all may sound, the characters are genuine and the family, along with Charlie, is real enough that you will end up caring about them by the time it's all over.

Still, in the end though CRITTERS is nothing more than campy fun but it's campy fun that will keep its viewers entertained. Check it out. You'll see what I mean.

B-

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not bad; I was surprised
Review: I saw CRITTERS on one of the IO channels because it was raining and I was bored. I thought it was going to be terrible, but, to my surprise, it's quite entertaining and enjoyable. It's a fun comedy/horror film in the vein of GREMLINS and it's very original. Even in the beginning, before the "critters" even arrive on Earth, the movie isn't boring, because we are introduced to all the charctors of the family that dealt with the "critters" and we see some of their different situations. Things really get goin' when the "critters" finally come! It's very funny and freaky at the same time and you'll definately like it if you liked GREMLINS.


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