When you've got Critters... you need all the help you can get.

Starring: Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Scott Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Don Keith Opper, Nadine van der Velde, Lin Shaye

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"We're here for the Crites." - Ug

Why watch this? Just sit back, suspend belief, and have a blast with these nasty little alien creatures.

Plot Summary: A group of small, carnivorous alien creatures, called Crites, escape from prison and crash-land near a Kansas farmhouse. They begin terrorizing the family living there, eating everything in sight. Two shape-shifting bounty hunters arrive on Earth, hot on the trail of the fuzzy little creatures. This all leads to a chaotic battle between the aliens, the family, and the bounty hunters.

Dad's Preview: This is a rare example where the lower-budgeted "idea rip-off" film is actually better than the original - and I am comparing this film to Gremlins (1894). Any way you slice this movie concept, it should not work - its premise is absurd. But I am here to tell you, it does work! A ship full of tiny, fang-mouthed creatures from space crash land on earth and terrorize a small family farm. They roll along the ground then shoot their prey with poison darts! Then they eat you. Space bounty hunters, who just happen to be shape-shifters, are in pursuit. Please stay with me here. This excels because it hits that "sweet spot" blend of sci-fi comedy and horror!

Sho Films; New Line Cinema