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Critters

6.5

Released April 11, 1986Runtime 1h 26min

The battle began in another galaxy. It's about to end in the Brown's backyard.

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

Genres

Comedy

Horror

Science Fiction

Production Companies

New Line Cinema

Smart Egg Pictures

Sho Films

Production Countries

United Kingdom

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $2,000,000
Revenue: $13,167,232
Profit/Loss: $11,167,232

Stream

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Cast

Dee WallaceHelen Brown

M. Emmet WalshHarv

Billy Green BushJay Brown

Scott GrimesBrad Brown

Nadine Van der VeldeApril Brown

Don Keith OpperCharlie McFadden

Lin ShayeSally

Billy ZaneSteve Elliot

Ethan PhillipsJeff Barnes

Terrence MannJohnny Steele

Jeremy LawrencePreacher

Michael Lee GoginZanti

Art FrankelEd

Douglas KothBowler #1

Montrose HaginsOrganist

Roger HamptonJake

Chuck LindsleyPool Player #1

David StenstromPool Player #2

Adele Malis-MoreyWoman #1

Corey Burton(critter voices)

Crew

Stephen HerekDirector

Perry HusmanSecond Assistant Director

Whitney R. HunterSecond Assistant Director

George ParraThird Assistant Director

Adrienne Hamalian-MangineScript Supervisor

Leon DudevoirAssistant Director

Bob EspositoThird Assistant Director

Matia KarrellAssistant Director

Linda GraemeAssistant Director

Rebekah RuddScript Supervisor

Mark HelfrichSecond Unit Director

George W. PerkinsAssistant Director

Susan RoccoScript Supervisor

Stephen HerekScreenplay

Domonic MuirScreenplay

Domonic MuirStory

Elisabeth LeustigCasting

Rupert HarveyProducer

Sara RisherAssociate Producer

Robert ShayeExecutive Producer

Daryl KassProduction Manager

Lisa GirolamiProduction Coordinator

Tammy BillikCasting Assistant

Larry BockEditor

David NewmanOriginal Music Composer

Philip Dean ForemanArt Direction

Anne H. AhrensSet Decoration

Gregg FonsecaProduction Design

Tim SuhrstedtDirector of Photography

Don Keith OpperAdditional Writing

Steven LambertStunts

Debbie Lynn RossStunts

Teresa M. AustinMakeup Artist

Teresa M. AustinHairstylist

Nedra HaineyMakeup Artist

Nedra HaineyHairstylist

Kathy W. EstocinKey Makeup Artist

Kathy W. EstocinKey Hair Stylist

John CriswellSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Thomas FloutzSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

John GoodwinSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

John NaulinSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Cary HoweSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Julie MaugerSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Steve PatinoSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Frederique SchaferSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Gerald QuistSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Richard BeggsSound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert W. Glass Jr.Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dale JohnstonSupervising Sound Editor

Chuck E. StewartSpecial Effects Supervisor

Michael CassidyStunt Coordinator

Vince Deadrick Jr.Stunts

Bill McIntoshStunts

John NowakStunts

Denver MattsonStunts

Packy SmithStunts

Bobby PorterStunts

Frank CegliaSpecial Effects

Kevin BrennanGaffer

Tim McGinnisBest Boy Electric

Christopher TuftySecond Unit Director of Photography

Nina PadovanoKey Costumer

Hilary WrightCostume Supervisor

Ernest FarinoTitle Designer

John Krenz Reinhart Jr.Construction Coordinator

Mark KarenFirst Assistant Camera

Adrian LicciardiSecond Assistant Camera

Marla DarlingCostumer

Che ZuroCostumer

Laura GoldsmithCostumer

Bob FieldElectrician

Dave FerraraElectrician

Kevin GalbraithElectrician

Scott GuthrieElectrician

Elwin 'Bub' GreerElectrician

Kenneth J. JonesKey Grip

Shunil BorpujariBest Boy Grip

Shunil BorpujariDolly Grip

Richard KuhnGrip

Dave 'Foots' FootmanGrip

Michael HaneyGrip

Don SummerSound Mixer

Steve SollarsBoom Operator

Timaree McCormickProperty Master

Dorree CooperSet Dresser

Don DiersSet Dresser

Abbee GoldsteinSet Dresser

Elizabeth FlahertyArt Department Coordinator

Hilarie RoopeAssistant Editor

Len MorgantiStoryboard Artist

Michael BeckerStill Photographer

Robert ZollerSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Richard McGuireSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Scott NoblittSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Fredrique GallenSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Greg JohnsonSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Chuck E. StewartSpecial Effects Coordinator

Casey CavanaughSpecial Effects

R. Bruce SteinheimerSpecial Effects

Ray MassaraSpecial Effects

Steve ChiodoCreature Design

Russell CarpenterSecond Unit Director of Photography

Albert MalvaezAssistant Camera

Rick HeebnerGaffer

Paul McIlvaineElectrician

Rik FaighElectrician

Curtis BradfordGrip

Jan SearsGrip

R.B. MorganProperty Master

Robert S. MillsSound Mixer

Krishna RaoAssistant Camera

Vance PiperAssistant Camera

Don DevineAssistant Camera

Don BurkhardtAssistant Camera

George NeilGaffer

Cindy LagerstromGrip

Isabel Bau MaddenArt Direction

Steve SollarsSound Mixer

Charles ChiodoCreature Design

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Reviews

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 differen...

by Sheldon Nylander

"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 ...

by Sheldon Nylander

"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 ...

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 ...

**_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 th...

<em>'Critters'</em> is <em>'Gremlins'</em>-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. Sc...