Critters
Critters is a 1986 American science fiction comedy horror film directed by Stephen Herek in his directorial debut, and co-written with Domonic Muir. It stars Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy "Green" Bush and Scott Grimes in his film debut. The plot follows a group of small, furry aliens with carnivorous behavior escaping from two shape-shifting bounty hunters, landing in a small countryside town to feast on its inhabitants.
Plot
On an asteroid prison, a group of dangerous aliens known as Krites are set to be transported to another station. The Krites engineer an escape and hijack a ship, prompting the warden to hire two shape-changing bounty hunters, Ug and Lee, to pursue them to Earth. Studying life on Earth via various satellite television transmissions, Ug assumes the form of rock star Johnny Steele, while Lee remains undecided, thus retaining his blank, featureless head.
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| author | Don Keith Opper |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Kansas |
| director | Stephen Herek |
| editor | Larry Bock |
| events | alien invasion bounty hunter extraterrestrial life |
| genre | adventure comedy horror science fiction |
| keywords | alien abduction asteroid attack baseball pitcher bowling alley church disturb even kansa kill learn molotov cocktail police officer rock star teenage daughter town drunk wait wound |
| musicBy | David Newman |
| producer | Rupert Harvey |
| productionCompany | Sho Films |
| publisher | New Line Cinema |
| theme | comedy horror monster movie science fiction horror shapeshifting |