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Cast

Dee Wallace
as Helen Brown

M. Emmet Walsh
as Harv

Billy Green Bush
as Jay Brown

Scott Grimes
as Brad Brown

Nadine Van der Velde
as April Brown

Terrence Mann
as Bounty Hunter/Johnny Steele

Don Keith Opper
as Charlie McFadden

Billy Zane
as Steve Elliot

Ethan Phillips
as Jeff Barnes

Jeremy Lawrence
as Preacher

Lin Shaye
as Sally

Michael Lee Gogin
as Warden Zanti

Art Frankel
as Ed

Art Frenkel
as Ed

Doug Koth
as Bowler #1

Montrose Hagins
as Organist

Roger Hampton
as Jake

David Stenstrom
as Pool Player #2

Adele Malis-Morey
as Woman #1

Corey Burton
as Critters

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Critic Reviews for Critters

Audience Reviews for Critters

• Aug 25, 2019

  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 a mainstay in the franchise, and are a big part of what makes this thing worth coming back to.
  Gimly M Super Reviewer
• Nov 20, 2012

  A random alien horror comedy. The critters actually looked quite adorable, but they terrorize a small town faimly, whilst a couple of clien cops are trying to track them down. Too cute to be scary, but they also bites, so can only be viewed but not touched, like in a museum.
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Jul 05, 2012

  Critters involves weird, small, and somewhat humurous creatures from outer space landing in Kansas and terrorizing a family in thier farm. This movie has been compared to Gremlins a lot and I do see similarities, but I found Critters to be more dark. There is gratuitous bloodshed, people die horribly and the creatures actually have dialogue. The audience hears them speak in a weird language, but there are subtitles and the things these creatures say are actually pretty funny. I find it funny that they had more personality than any of the Twilight characters. The creatures are also being followed by intergalactic bounty hunters and the scenes with them are entertaining as hell. They're anything but inconspicuous and they just blow up whatever they see. The special effects for the creatures are also pretty good. From what I heard, when this movie was being filmed they had a very limited number of the critter puppets, so the director had to conserve them for the movie until he felt a death scene was appropriate. The movie isn't exactly perfect. There are parts where it felt like a Gremlins rip-off and some scenes I found campy. It still is entertaining though. When it comes to horror comedy, all I can really ask for is humor mixed with enjoyable scenes where people fight and die and all that stuff. Critters spawned three sequels and it's no doubt they weren't as good as the original. If you want to watch any of these movies, just stick with this one.
  

  Tyler R Super Reviewer
• Jan 09, 2012

  Very hungry space critters terrorizing a farm, fought on earth by intergalactic shapeshifters bounty-hunters! A fun Gremlins rip-off with plenty of stupidity and fun moments to go around for everyone.
  Francisco G Super Reviewer

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