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Critters

The battle began in another galaxy. It's about to end in the Brown's backyard.

6.5(1,159)19861h 26m8

Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2M
Box office
$13.2M
Language
English
Part of Critters Collection · 5 films
  • spacecraft
  • small town
  • sheriff
  • bounty hunter
  • sibling relationship
  • cat
  • barn
  • toilet
  • kansas, usa
  • alien
  • creature
  • explosion

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Behind the camera

Produced in

United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-1311 Apr 1986
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1528 Nov 1986
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM6 Nov 1986
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical144 Jul 1986
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1010 Sept 1986
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1610 Dec 1986
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1616 Apr 1986
    • TV2 Dec 1999
    • Physical1615 Aug 2006
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1511 Sept 1987
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalB11 Jun 1986
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1611 Apr 1986
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical (limited)M/16Fantasporto - Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto4 Feb 1988
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical162 Mar 1987

Frequently asked questions

Critters was released on 11 April 1986.

Audience reviews

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    Gimly

    8/25/2019

    7/10

    It's great when you re-visit a film you enjoyed as a kid and find that as an adult it still totally holds up. Sure _Critters_ almost definitely found its start as nothing more than one of the slew or various _Gremlins_ rip-offs that were being written up at the time, but it's precisely the differences **from** _Gremlins_ that make _Critters_ any kind of success. The more overt sci-fi elements of the film have become …

  • S

    Sheldon Nylander

    9/2/2019

    6/10

    "Critters" is one of those rare movies that comes along that, despite all odds against it, manages to strike just the right chord. A little-monsters mix of scifi, horror, and comedy, the film uses its low budget as part of its charm. It scales the film farely small, that being a family farm that's attacked by Crites, voracious little eating machines from outer space, rather than a world-spanning threat. This is likel…

  • K

    Kamurai

    7/10/2021

    7/10

    Good watch, could watch again and do recommend. This is a good one to jump into the way back machine for, and I'm waiting on a reboot to happen. (Actually...."The Tomorrow War" is sort of on the same track) The critters themselves are (in a horrible way) cute and vicious looking, the acting is decent, the story is good, and I'm a big fan of the shape shifting hunters sent to kill them. When it comes down to…

  • W

    Wuchak

    12/28/2024

    8/10

    **_Entertaining popcorn flick from the mid-80s is both cartoonish and horrifying_** Small, furry extraterrestrials harass a farm town in America while two bounty hunters try to capture them. "Critters" (1986) takes the basic premise of 50’s alien-invasion flicks, like “The Blob” or “War of the Worlds,” but meshes it with the tone and furry creatures of “Gremlims” from two years prior. The Kansas farmhouse and s…

  • R

    r96sk

    4/22/2025

    7/10

    <em>'Critters'</em> is <em>'Gremlins'</em>-esque fun overall, though it isn't supremely enjoyable all the way through; I felt some pacing issues. The titular aliens do look the part though, even all these years later. The practical effects are nice, that house explosion is particularly great. Scott Grimes is the actor that stood out most to me whilst watching. I do like how the kid is written, usually in these sor…

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