Critters Quick Movie Reviews

Quick Movie Reviews

Rating of
2/4

Yojimbo - wrote on 05/26/2012

A gang of ravenous space creatures land in rural Kansas pursued by a pair of bounty hunters disguised as a pop star and the town's own soused conspiracy nut. Critters is a pretty shameless rip off of cult horror-comedy Gremlins which was released two years earlier. It has neither the wit nor the invention of John Landis' film but it is a cheap and cheerful B-movie that's amusingly dated in a way that's peculiar to the 1980's. All the usual sight gags, gory deaths and kitsch special effects that you'd expect are all present and correct and here's little more to it than that, but the performances are likeable, the tone suitably jokey and it's brief enough to not outstay its welcome. Trash it may be, but at least it's mildly amusing trash.

Rating of
2/4

Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/09/2012

Yeah, this is pretty much a Gremlins knock-off - much cheesier and bit more violent if I recall. Still, for 80s horror, you could do much worse. I seem to recall there were sequels, but I probably wouldn't bother with any of them.

Rating of
2/4

Unknown - wrote on 10/02/2011

Amusing low budget rip-off of 'Gremlins'.

Rating of
2.5/4

goodfellamike - wrote on 10/28/2008

Mild horror film with interesting characters; the low budget works some charm into the film, though the balance between gore and comedy is way too uneven. Final Grade: C+

Rating of
3/4

Josh C - wrote on 06/16/2008

I saw this movie a long time ago when I was in middle school. So I decided to check it out, and I was surprised that it was still a decent movie. Obviously, the movie isn't meant to be take too seriously, and if you don't take it that way you will probably enjoy the movie.

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