A bunch of hairy little space creatures attack a small Midwestern family in Critters. The film starts off in space and ends up showing critters crash landing into the small town where the Brown's live. There is also a group of space bounty hunters that land on Earth to kill the furry demons. The story centers around the Brown family and in particular, young Brad. One night, a meteor of some sort falls out of the sky near their property. It's a bunch of critters and soon they attack the entire Brown family, forcing them to barricade the house up. Meanwhile in town, the bounty hunters are shooting up the entire town looking for the critters. The power of the bounty hunters are that they can change their face to look like anyone else's. All this leads to an explosive conclusion.
This is a really fun movie. The acting is pretty good, the special effects are done well, but the story is pure eighties cheese. We have soon a ton of these movies that were made back then. The Ghoulies series, Gremlins, even the later Leprechaun installments. These smaller devilish creatures that kill anyone in sight. You would think that the people could get away from the critters, and most of them do, but they also shoot out sharp spikes to get their victims.
I also love the small town aspect of it. You got the nosy townsfolk, the lazy sheriff, the old fashioned families, etc. It's just a fun little horror/comedy film that takes itself more serious than the next few entries to the series.
7/10
This is a really fun movie. The acting is pretty good, the special effects are done well, but the story is pure eighties cheese. We have soon a ton of these movies that were made back then. The Ghoulies series, Gremlins, even the later Leprechaun installments. These smaller devilish creatures that kill anyone in sight. You would think that the people could get away from the critters, and most of them do, but they also shoot out sharp spikes to get their victims.
I also love the small town aspect of it. You got the nosy townsfolk, the lazy sheriff, the old fashioned families, etc. It's just a fun little horror/comedy film that takes itself more serious than the next few entries to the series.
7/10