Maybe I’m wrong giving “Critters” my thumbs up but for me it contains lots of humorous takes on horror movie clichés and it has really good taste as it rips off the wonderful classic horror/comedy “Gremlins”.

In “Critters”, we find that a group of hairy creatures from outer space, who have an appetite for blood, land on planet Earth on a remote farm as they are closely followed across the galaxy by two intergalactic bounty hunters. The Brown family see what they believe to be a meteor and feel a few tremors but that’s only the beginning as it isn’t long before the family must fend for themselves by any means necessary as the creatures invade their farm and their home.

Although the characters and cast in “Critters” are realistic I must say I enjoyed the family seeing as they’re just as dysfunctional as the Simpsons. Helen Brown (Dee Wallace “E.T”) is then overanxious mother, Jay Brown (Billy Green Bush “The Hitcher”) is the disgruntled father, Brad Brown (Scott Grimes “Robin Hood”) is the unruly son and April Brown is the bickering sister. The rest of the cast is a bit bizarre and sadly not too enjoyable. The worst however has to be Billy Zane (“The Phantom”) as April’s boyfriend.

Although “Critters” is far from being a masterpiece it’s just so darn fun. One of the thing that’s great about “Critters” is that instead of having intelligent aliens we get some really dumb ones and why not? Makes a change from doesn’t it? Although it doesn’t work well as a sci-fi it works well as a silly horror flick. While maybe not a classic like “Gremlins” if you’re a fan of campy horror movies then don’t pass the opportunity to witness “Critters” because although it is rather silly it is also rather fun too.