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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Stephen Herek
Writers:
Stephen Herek (screenplay)
Domonic Muir (screenplay)
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Release Date:
11 April 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
The original tasty entree! more
Plot:
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 2
 (From Fangoria. 27 October 2009, 10:57 PM, PDT)

Before the Oscars, They Belonged to Us, Part 2
 (From Dread Central. 25 February 2009, 2:52 AM, PST)

User Comments:
A creature film classic more (83 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dee Wallace ... Helen Brown (as Dee Wallace Stone)

M. Emmet Walsh ... Harv
Billy Green Bush ... Jay Brown
Scott Grimes ... Brad Brown
Nadine Van der Velde ... April Brown (as Nadine Van Der Velde)
Don Keith Opper ... Charlie McFadden (as Don Opper)

Billy Zane ... Steve Elliot

Ethan Phillips ... Jeff Barnes
Terrence Mann ... Johnny Steele / Ug
Jeremy Lawrence ... Reverend Miller

Lin Shaye ... Sally
Michael Lee Gogin ... Warden Zanti

Art Frankel ... Ed
Douglas Koth ... Bowler #1
Montrose Hagins ... Organist
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Additional Details

Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2005) | UK:15 (original rating) | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16 | Norway:16 (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Kansas, USA

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The Bounty Hunters leave Earth at the end of the film in a different spaceship to the one they arrive in. In fact, it is the same model used for the ship the Critters arrived (and attempted to leave) in. more
Quotes:
Charlie McFadden: Call the Army! They're here. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Evil Ed (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Still You Turn Me On more

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When was this movie filmed?
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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
A creature film classic, 21 May 2002
6/10
Author: Agent10 from Tucson, AZ

While the `B' movie horror flick typically bore and enrage me, this proved to be one of those rare exceptions. I must have watched this movie six times, and every time, I was freaked out by the little critters who couldn't appease their undying need for sustenance. This was quite a cool film to watch, especially when the creatures are finally killed off (which you will have experience for yourself). This is my idea of good mindless fun, which is exactly what I expected from this film.

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