Critters Attack!

"Critters Attack!" is a funny trash that recalls the campy Troma´s films. The cult Dee Wallace also participates in the role of Dee, giving a possible status of cult to this lame production. The bad acting, awful story and funny evil creatures together make a love or hate film. I liked it! My vote is six. Title (Brazil): Not Available

Took in this last night. It is one of two CRITTERS reboots/sequels/whatever that hit this year and apparently this is the better of the two. Which makes me truly fear the Shudder series CRITTERS: A NEW BINGE because this one is terrible. The Krites and their voracious appetites descend up a small town looking for their queen and poor babysitting college student Drea (Tashiana Washington) gets caught in the middle. Shot in South Africa, this constitutes the fifth entry in the film series as producers Rupert Harvey and Barry Opper return. Dee Wallace also shows up for about 10 minutes and the filmmakers try to remake her in full Sarah Connor/Laurie Strode bad ass mode, which is tough because she was 70 when she shot this (scenes of her running showcase this). Even worse, they can't be bothered to state if she is the same character from the first film. Sure, you can make that mental connection (why else would she be monitoring alien activity in a bunker?) but she introduces herself to characters as "Aunt Dee." WTF? The filmmakers steadfastly refuse to use ANYTHING to use to the film's advantage. Example: We see the return of the infamous critter-ball and at one point it runs over a victim. Now this would be the moment for a gore gag - this is the first in the series to be rated R - where we see it roll over him and a few seconds later we could see a bloody, picked clean skeleton, right? Nope. Director Bobby Miller just has the guy fall and that's it. Hell, the town attack is five people running round a shopping mall parking lot with a critter puppet sewn to their pant leg. My favorite example of how lazy this film is - at one point Drea goes to see the disbelieving sheriff, her uncle, to tell him about the aliens. Now they legit have a good alien in their bag (a la GREMLINS). The Sheriff says, "I don't believe you" blah blah blah. Instead of ripping open the bag to show him and go, "Yes, they are real!" the lead girl goes, "Okay, guys we're leaving." Now I'm not asking for high art with films like this, but dammit Peter Jackson made BAD TASTE for $25,000. With so many talented folks working in the horror industry, how do folks like this get selected to make dreck like this?

This is by no means a masterpiece of modern cinema, but if allow yourself to have fun, you will. Thank you syfy channel for giving me more critters. PROS: 1) Practical effects (mostly) 2) The puppeteers are on point! Great job. 3) Fun critter action 4) Dee Wallace 5) The addition of a female crite. She's adorable, funny and tough. CONS: 1) The critters didn't communicate with each other at all. 2) Female crite storyline is glossed over. 3) B & C story threads are extremely generic and not really interesting. 4) Not enough Dee Wallace. 5) The critters are never let loose. At most you see 4 or 5 feasting...but definitely no "hungry heifer" scenes.

I really loved it. Lots of violent, gooey gore, but also very funny. I know it's rated R, but just for cartoony violence. In my opinion older kids and teens will love this!

A campy, solid B-Movie - fun to watch on a low-key night, lots of very dumb jokes, which is what I hope for and expect from a movie called Critters Attack! Tashiana Washington stood out as the lead, and the kid actors were quirky and fun!

This film start with a boy telling his sister, he saw an UFO flying on the sky! As turnout, this is a film about the so called critters attack the earth and a so called queen of the critters try to stop them! The critters actually is alien! They can roll on the ground like a ball and high frequency sound can kill them! All the killing scene in the film barely show to us! The fighting also very messy and fake! First delivery man kill by the alien show us the bloody scene after the killing! One of the ranger killed while having bath also just saw the blood splash out! Another two ranger in the office killed also not show to us! Cover by the curtain that pull down! Barely funny scene is a bird poop on a ranger face! At the end, all the survivor in the film team up and kill the alien also bored to death! The scene look like a toy stick to them, so fake! At the very end, all the survivor shooting a roll up giant ball by the alien! That's it! What a wasting time to watch horror film! A trash film to be honest!

Begins somewhat interesting with that cheesy 80s monster movie feel, but quickly descends through mediocrity to downright dull. While better than the tripe that was A New Binge on a filmmaking level, storywise I'm not so sure. And why is this rated R? It's not scary or gory, and unfortunately not funny either. Give it a pass.