Critters (1986)

82 min · Monster Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, science fiction film

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Directors

Stephen Herek

Cast

Dee Wallace-Stone, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes, Nadine van der Velde, Billy Zane, Don Keith Opper, Ethan Phillips, Lin Shaye

The story

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.

Catalogue themes and tags

1980s, Alcohol, Alkoholiker, Bounty Hunter, Farm, Jugendliche, Kansas, Marsmenschen, Monsters, Peasant, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, alien invasion, bruder-schwester, Science Fiction, Horror, Sci-Fi Horror, Creature Film, Alien Film, Horror Comedy, Black comedy

Genres

Monster Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, science fiction film

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