Critters 4

Gimly

2019-08-25

⭐ 5

Lots of horror franchises eventually reach the stage where they just kind of go "You know what? Fuck it. You're going to space." That direction is a little more natural in _Critters_ than with other series, seeing as the titular badguys are themselves from space. But it's still a little odd to jump forwards in time like they did. Seems like the sort of thing that would kill forward momentum in the series. Which I guess it did, seeing as it took another 27 years for another _Critters_ to come out after this one, when we had the first four come out in a six year stretch. I guess it was more impo…

Sheldon Nylander

2019-09-06

⭐ 2

Why? Why drive this into the ground? This franchise has pretty much followed the Leprechaun formula, with it now being in space. Next one, the Crites will probably wind up in the Hood. It's just boring and makes no sense. The characters are dull and two-dimensional. Drastic character changes from previous installments make no sense. Even the Crites don't feel that threatening, despite the first death being a bit more gruesome than any of the previous ones in the entire series. Actually, I think that's part of the problem with this series' trajectory. In the first movie, the Crites are th…

John Chard

2019-10-04

⭐ 3

That's right. They look nothing like a piranha. But they're hungry like a piranha. Critters 4 is directed by Rupert Harvey and collectively written by Barry Opper, Joseph Lyle, and David J. Schow. It stars Don Keith Opper, Brad Dourif, Angela Bassett, Anders Hove, Terrence Mann and Paul Whitthorne. Music is by Peter Manning Robinson and cinematography by Thomas L. Callaway. The original wave of the "Critters" film series saw 4 films crammed into 6 years, with the decline in quality of each one reaching its nadir with this part 4. Gone is the funny asides that once blended seamlessly wit…

molleigh

2021-02-11

⭐ 6

man i haven't even seen the first one i just watched it for brad dourif though for someone who hasn't seen the rest of the series and doesn't really like space movies this was kinda fun SPOILER - but i'm sad in a movie about killer little creature guys that brad dourif died by laser gun?? just like that?? i don't like seeing him die in movies to start but come on at least make it cool

r96sk

2025-04-24

⭐ 5

<em>'Critters 4'</em> is a belated dud from this franchise. I do appreciate that the filmmakers attempted something different, but for me they didn't pull it off. Firstly, it's too human-centric. The critters don't feature enough, in fact the first quarter of the 90 minutes goes without them - that's a problem. The human side of the story isn't all that interesting, either. It's your fairly standard space mission crew set-up, some crew are good and some are not... you know where it's generally all heading. The space effects also aren't all that convincing, the critters remain solid though. …