Critters
A group of small but vicious alien creatures called Crites escape from an alien prison transport vessel and land near a small farm town on earth, pursued by two shape-shifting bounty hunters.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Released
- 1986
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1986
Storyline
A group of small but vicious alien creatures called Crites escape from an alien prison transport vessel and land near a small farm town on earth, pursued by two shape-shifting bounty hunters.
Top credits
Dee Wallace ā Helen Brown
M. Emmet Walsh ā Harv
Billy Green Bush ā Jay Brown
Scott Grimes ā Brad Brown
Did you know
ā¢ Corey Burton, who voices the Critters, also came up with their language, which he described in interviews as combining elements of French and Japanese.
ā¢ Although promoted as New Line's answer to Gremlins (1984), the screenplay had been written and bought before Gremlins was announced. Herek had based the screenplay on a nightmare he experienced as a child.
ā¢ Charles Chiodo based the design of the Crites on the Looney Tunes character, the Tasmanian Devil.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $13,167,232
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $1,618,800 (1986-04-13)
User reviews
Two Words--> Critters rock
Quite fun actually
Entertaining and fun!
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono, Dolby Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1, 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
