This movie is very scary. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. 6 is a good rating. But this is such a great movie that 6 is underrating it. This is one of the best sciences fiction of all time. It is so scary. It is scarier then The Exorcist and that is not easy to do. It is about space monster. I like space monster stories. Stephen Herek is a great film maker and this is one of the his best movies. This is scarier the A Nightmare on elm street and that is not easy to do. This is scarier then Friday the 13th and that is not easy to do. It is not a 6. I give it 10 out 10. One the best movies I have seen. See it. It is a great movie.

Critters has to be one of my all time favorite horror/cult movies. The score was great, I never had a feeling you get when watching a horror movie where you felt something for the characters and yes, even the little Critters (a.k.a Krites; alien name). Have any of you seen those little bugs best known as rolie polies? That's what I think when I see these fury critters. Mutated rolie polies from outer space. That's a killer, right there. Cute, harmless, rolie polies that got transformed into something out of this world, with fangs, fur, and claws, oh my! Some people might mistake them for a strange bunny rabbit or something of the sort, until it faces you face to face with rows and rows of jagged teeth ready to attack you! Now the Krites like to head for the neck and stomach mostly. So, if you or I were to face one of these critters, then it would be best to wear a protection thing around your neck and probably would wanna wear a bullet proof vest or something to prevent them from eating your guts out. Yes, I know that sounds horrible, but that's the critter's nature. Eat, destroy, and eat some more. Their teeth can cut as sharp as cutting through metal, now that's sharp! And they're messy, little critters.The special alien effects were okay, but the Critters themselves were abysmal, even by 1986 standards. They are not shown a lot. It is an iconic film of the 80's that reads better in the Cliff Notes. This film is a classic, from the pace, the humour, and the action to the good cast and the story. Terry Mann is awesome as the bounty hunter 'Ug'. We get to know the main characters who are all likable but at the same time the movie never feels like it drags. Critters shares a long line of mid 1980's horror/comedy movies that worked very well. There isn't much blood or even victims, but the acting more than makes up for any missed opportunities, and you are going to love the Chuck Norris style bounty hunters. It's incredibly hard not to like Critters.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

After escaping capture out in space, a group of ravenous aliens land in rural America and begin eating their way through the small-town population forcing a family to team with a pair of alien bounty hunters to stop the creatures.This here was one of the more enjoyable and fun 80s-era cheesy creature features. What really gives this one a lot of enjoyment is the rather fun way this one manages to feature their cheesy nature despite still maintaining a strong sense of horror throughout here. While their very nature of being miniature hairy-reptilian beings obviously being small puppets, there's some great fun to be had as the creatures' goofy antics and behavior allows for plenty of comedy where they'll decidedly act like simplistic out-of-their-element and instead are keeping their natural instincts alive where they just go after anything and everything in their path with a vicious appetite that goes along with their discussions with each other. That makes for a great contrast to their threat here as they are kept as formidable as possible within this setting so their leaping emergence from the shadows in the basement, the first attack on the couple in the barn and cutting off the family's escape attempt all manage to feature a rather enjoyable sense of fear from the proceedings that makes them so enjoyable. With the escape attempt also leading into the fun barricade-measures to try to keep them at bay being a truly enjoyable series of action scenes that get incredibly fun while also containing their goofy antics throughout and setting up the big finale involved here. The science-fiction elements present throughout this part of the film, from the introduction of the aliens and the shape-shifting bounty hunters with their powerful laser weapons introduced here also manages to work nicely here by giving this one some extra action with the aliens' attack on the house clearing out the creatures and the finishing touch in the ship as it departs which is all in good fun as this manages to mix in the action with the sci-fi elements for an overall great part to this as well. With the great creature design and no real drag here from the pacing keeping this one moving along smoothly, it has a lot to like here that holds up over the film's one apparent and obvious flaw. The fact that this one is so goofy and cheesy might make it quite a chore for some who aren't that interested in this kind of schlocky effort. While there's certainly every effort made here to point out that's the case here with the plot and general atmosphere here, even this at times ventures too far into straight cheese which might be somewhat challenging. Otherwise, there's little stopping this one from being as fun as it is.Rated PG-13: Language and Violence.

Talk about 80s. Perhaps my first time seeing Critters should've been back then.I have seen Critters 3 when was young, but then it was only because I was into Leonard DiCaprio at the time. (Actually, admittedly, I still am.) I just never got around to this, Part 2, 4 or whatever how many more they made that I have even less interest in.This original film (meaning, #1 in the series) dealt with fur balls from hell – uh, space – and their need to chop everything with their piranha teeth. They crash land in Smallville, U.S.A. on the most cliché family farm in movie history. I.E. Dad wears overalls all-day and drinks from a jar. (Even his real name is "Billy.")In normal 80s fashion, the family fights off the rolling little balls of Satan while two emotionless, direct from a bad 80s music video, bounty hunters aid.Despite me never seeing this before and it's been just shy of 30 years since its initial release, it holds up for me because it's 100% 80s horror/comedy fair. Even if you've never seen it, but love the 80s horror movies, you might like this little gem.* * * Final thoughts: I know they were trying to tap into Gremlins success, just like every other 80s horror film was a copycat, but at least this movie tried to shake things up a bit with the background story. Sadly, that entire (and basically, right off the set of the 1970's TV program: Wonder Woman) sci-fi opening was truly hard to get through.