Critters

They eat so fast, you don't have time to scream.

Overview:

A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.

Released: 1986-04-11

Duration: 01:22:00

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Tags: Dark Comedy, Monster Horror, B-Movie

Keywords: Eaten Alive, Male Humanoid Alien, Extraterrestrial Creature, ...

Director: Stephen Herek

Writer: Domonic Muir, Stephen Herek

Cast: Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Nadine Van der Velde, ...

Director: Stephen Herek

Cast: Dee Wallace M. Emmet Walsh Nadine Van der Velde Billy Green Bush Jeremy Lawrence Don Keith Opper Lin Shaye Scott Grimes Billy Zane Michael Lee Gogin Ethan Phillips Terrence Mann Art Frankel

Genre: Comedy Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

Tags: Dark Comedy Monster Horror B-Movie

Keywords: Eaten Alive Male Humanoid Alien Extraterrestrial Creature Extraterrestrial Bounty Hunter Farm Outer Space Bounty Hunter Hayloft Farmhouse Shapeshifting Shapeshifting Alien Shapeshifter Family Breakfast Space Prison Low Budget Sci Fi Movie Feature Directorial Debut Directorial Debut Cigarette Child In Jeopardy Woman Boy Man United States Of America Police Policeman Weapon Motor Vehicle Car Driving Driving A Car Dark Comedy Prison Group Creature Kansas Monster Alien Survival Horror Survival Scene During Opening Credits Scene Before Opening Credits Prologue Photograph Whiskey Egg News Report Bomb Broken Arm Broken Leg Near Death Experience Cellar Evil Laughter Laughter Arson Burned To Death Burned Alive Prank Slow Motion Scene Rooftop Tree Fireworks Drunkenness Shock Love Teenage Love Rural Prison Warden Eccentricity Human Alien Extraterrestrial Ambush Shot To Death Shot In The Chest Shot In The Throat Bitten In The Leg Bitten In The Arm Knife Courage Bravery Child Swearing Child With A Gun Electrocution Lightning Character's Point Of View Camera Shot Subjective Camera Teenager Teenage Girl Little Boy Subtitled Scene Hostile Takeover Hit With A Baseball Bat Improvised Weapon Spray Can Kitchen Close Up Of Eyes Baseball Bat Stolen Police Car Car Theft Organist Church Organ Priest Reverend Church Toilet Cow Axe Audio Cassette Radio Pickup Truck Bicycle Accident Bicycle Car Accident Car Crash Stupid Victim Phone Booth Pay Phone Home Invasion Bowling Pool Table Bartender Bar Jail Cell Police Car Sheriff Slingshot Police Officer Police Station Family Relationships Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship Husband Wife Relationship Southern Accent Father Daughter Relationship Grounded Mother Daughter Relationship Mother Son Relationship Watching Tv Housewife Mechanic Earth Viewed From Space Cigarette Lighter Cigarette Smoking Gas Lamp Race Against Time Damsel In Distress Woman In Jeopardy Panic Danger Paranoia Fear Psychotronic Film Climbing Out A Window Flashlight Telephone Suspense Man With A Ponytail Redneck Deus Ex Machina Fire Pitchfork Barn Loss Of Boyfriend Consumerism Corpse Chaos Glowing Eyes Mutation Creature Feature Monster Movie Unidentified Flying Object Alien Contact Destruction Reference To John Travolta Screaming Knocked Unconscious Spike Molotov Cocktail Impalement Deception Mercilessness Violence Death Murder Evacuation Escape Attempt Escape Rescue Held At Gunpoint Hostage Kidnapping Blood Splatter Bedroom Hijacking Mission Hologram Electronic Music Score Satire Social Commentary Homage Power Outage Night Alien Invasion One Day Timespan Alien Creature Supernatural Power Alien Race Super Strength Impostor Asteroid Spaceship Space Travel Sabotage Laser Laser Gun Revolver Hovercraft Shotgun Exploding Ship Exploding House Exploding Body Explosion Humanoid Alien Alien Versus Alien Human Versus Alien Extraterrestrial Alien Cat 1980s Small Town One Word Title First Part Transmission Tranquilizer Spacecraft Rifle Police Officer Killed Poison Kidnapped Girl Firecracker Filing Fictional Language Father Son Relationship Death Of Boyfriend Alien Monster Alcohol Cult Film English Subtitles In Original Brother Sister Relationship Blood Man Eating Monster

Description

On an asteroid prison, a group of dangerous aliens known as Krites are set to be transported to another station. The Krites engineer an escape and hijack a ship, prompting the warden to hire two shape-changing bounty hunters to pursue them to Earth. Studying life on Earth via various satellite television transmissions, the first bounty hunter assumes the form of rock star Johnny Steele, while the second remains undecided, thus retaining his blank, featureless head.

On a rural Kansas farm, the Brown family sits down to breakfast. Father Jay and mother Helen send teenage daughter April and younger son Brad off to school while waiting on mechanic Charlie McFadden. A former baseball pitcher, Charlie has become the town drunk and crackpot, with claims of alien abductions foretold by messages through his fillings.

Playing with overly potent self-made fireworks and Charlie's slingshot, Brad takes the blame when Charlie accidentally shoots April and for Brad’s punishment he gets no dinner for the day. On the roof that evening, Brad mistakes the Critters' crashing spaceship for a meteorite; Jay and Brad investigate and interrupt the creatures consuming a cow. The creatures thereafter kill and feed on a local police officer, and later besiege the farm and cut its electrical connection. While checking the circuit breaker, Jay is attacked by one of the Critters and, being severely wounded, just barely manages to escape.

In the barn, April is about to have sex with her boyfriend Steve when he is killed by the one of the Critters; the creature itself is slain when it devours one of Brad's lit firecrackers. The remaining Critters sabotage the Browns' and Steve's cars, forcing the Browns to hole up inside the main house. Meanwhile, the two bounty hunters search the town for the Critters, causing a panic at the church and bowling alley, with the second hunter assuming the form of various townspeople, including Charlie. Brad escapes the farm to get help and runs into the bounty hunters, and upon learning of their true nature and intentions, he leads them to the Critters' location.

The last surviving Critters kidnap April and return to their ship when the bounty hunters arrive, and attempt to flee. Charlie and Brad manage to rescue April, but Brad drops a large firecracker he intended to use to destroy the ship when the Critters discover their escape. Just as the Critters take off and destroy the farmhouse out of spite, Charlie throws a Molotov cocktail made from his whiskey bottle into the ship, causing a fire which detonates the cracker and kills the Critters. The bounty hunters leave in their ship after giving Brad a handheld device to contact them in case of future invasion, and also restore the house. Unbeknownst to them, Critter eggs can be seen in the barn inside a chicken's nest that seem to be ready to hatch.

Critters

Watch Critters Online

Critters Is Available Online

Where to watch Critters

Critters Streaming Now

You may also like