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Critters (1986) [PG-13]

Featuring:
Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush

Written by:
Domonic Muir
Stephen Herek
Don Keith Opper

Directed by:
Stephen Herek


Release Date:
April 11, 1986

Original Title:
Critters

Alternate Titles:
Critters
Critters - Fula, men grymma
Critters 1
Critters: ¡Ojo! muerden

Genres:
Comedy | Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
New Line Cinema
Sho Films
Smart Egg Pictures

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 14  DE: 16  ES: 16  FR: 10  GB: 15  HU: 16  IE: 15  MX: B  NL: 16  PT: M/16  SE: 15  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 86

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Overview from Open Movies

A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.

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Rankings and Honors

Critters (1986) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes 52%
Metacritic 52/100
Awards Won: 3 nominations

Performers

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Production

Additional Writing:
Don Keith Opper

Art Department Coordinator:
Elizabeth Flaherty

Art Direction:
Philip Dean Foreman
Isabel Bau Madden

Assistant Camera:
Albert Malvaez
Krishna Rao
Vance Piper
Don Devine
Don Burkhardt

Assistant Director:
Leon Dudevoir
Matia Karrell
Linda Graeme
George W. Perkins

Assistant Editor:
Hilarie Roope

Associate Producer:
Sara Risher

Best Boy Electric:
Tim McGinnis

Best Boy Grip:
Shunil Borpujari

Boom Operator:
Steve Sollars

Casting:
Elisabeth Leustig

Casting Assistant:
Tammy Billik

Construction Coordinator:
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.

Costume Supervisor:
Hilary Wright

Costumer:
Marla Darling
Che Zuro
Laura Goldsmith

Creature Design:
Steve Chiodo
Charles Chiodo

Director:
Stephen Herek

Director of Photography:
Tim Suhrstedt

Dolly Grip:
Shunil Borpujari

Editor:
Larry Bock

Electrician:
Bob Field
Dave Ferrara
Kevin Galbraith
Scott Guthrie
Elwin 'Bub' Greer
Paul McIlvaine
Rik Faigh

Executive Producer:
Robert Shaye

First Assistant Camera:
Mark Karen

Gaffer:
Kevin Brennan
Rick Heebner
George Neil

Grip:
Richard Kuhn
Dave 'Foots' Footman
Michael Haney
Curtis Bradford
Jan Sears
Cindy Lagerstrom

Hairstylist:
Teresa M. Austin
Nedra Hainey

Key Costumer:
Nina Padovano

Key Grip:
Kenneth J. Jones

Key Hair Stylist:
Kathy W. Estocin

Key Makeup Artist:
Kathy W. Estocin

Makeup Artist:
Teresa M. Austin
Nedra Hainey

Original Music Composer:
David Newman

Producer:
Rupert Harvey

Production Coordinator:
Lisa Girolami

Production Design:
Gregg Fonseca

Production Manager:
Daryl Kass

Property Master:
Timaree McCormick
R.B. Morgan

Screenplay:
Stephen Herek
Domonic Muir

Script Supervisor:
Adrienne Hamalian-Mangine
Rebekah Rudd
Susan Rocco

Second Assistant Camera:
Adrian Licciardi

Second Assistant Director:
Perry Husman
Whitney R. Hunter

Second Unit Director:
Mark Helfrich

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Christopher Tufty
Russell Carpenter

Set Decoration:
Anne H. Ahrens

Set Dresser:
Dorree Cooper
Don Diers
Abbee Goldstein

Sound Mixer:
Don Summer
Robert S. Mills
Steve Sollars

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Richard Beggs
Robert W. Glass Jr.

Special Effects:
Frank Ceglia
Casey Cavanaugh
R. Bruce Steinheimer
Ray Massara

Special Effects Coordinator:
Chuck E. Stewart

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
John Criswell
Thomas Floutz
John Goodwin
John Naulin
Cary Howe
Julie Mauger
Steve Patino
Frederique Schafer
Gerald Quist
Robert Zoller
Richard McGuire
Scott Noblitt
Fredrique Gallen
Greg Johnson

Special Effects Supervisor:
Chuck E. Stewart

Still Photographer:
Michael Becker

Story:
Domonic Muir

Storyboard Artist:
Len Morganti

Stunt Coordinator:
Michael Cassidy

Stunts:
Steven Lambert
Debbie Lynn Ross
Vince Deadrick Jr.
Bill McIntosh
John Nowak
Denver Mattson
Packy Smith
Bobby Porter

Supervising Sound Editor:
Dale Johnston

Third Assistant Director:
George Parra
Bob Esposito

Title Designer:
Ernest Farino

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