DAY TWO (31 Days of Horror)

DAY TWO

FILM - CRITTERS

PREMISE - A Kansas farm is attacked by a hoard of hungry flesh-eating monsters from outer-space with razor sharp teeth and a witty attitude! The family who inhabit the farm must seek the help of a local drunk and his critter-fighting bounty hunting pals before its too late...

ANTAGONIST - The creatures are Tasmanian Devils meets Gremlins. They get bigger with each feeding and can roll up into a ball to get around. They also can shoot porcupine type quills out of their bodies that make the victim fall asleep.

BLOOD AND GORE - Not much here. The film is PG-13.

SCARES - Not much of this either. The movie is kind of played for laughs but it doesn't insult the viewer.

REVIEW - PG-13 very rarely works. Only a handful come to mind. (Tremors, The Ring, The Grudge) And Critters. This film is just a really good time and with an 85 minute run time the movie just cuts to the chase. The actors are believeable and the f/x are standard for the time. The creature effects are for the most part blatantly puppets but you don't care because you are having a good time. I would give this an 8 out of 10 and the marathon is back on track with this 80's genre classic. Interesting side note my old man and I saw this in theaters at least a couple times at 2 different theaters. The weird part was that each theater had to entirely different endings. Both of which can be seen on the DVD.