Critters Might Be the Best Weird 80s Horror-Comedy - Xenomania 64

Critters (1986) might be the best weird 80s horror-comedy. In this episode of Xenomania, we go back to the original Critters, the cult creature feature that introduced one of the strangest alien infestations in horror.

When a group of small, extremely hungry alien prisoners crash land in rural Kansas, a quiet farming town suddenly finds itself dealing with rolling balls of teeth that eat absolutely everything in their path. The only people who know how to stop them are two intergalactic bounty hunters who are not exactly experts at blending in.

We talk about how Critters fits into the wave of 80s creature features that followed Gremlins, and why the movie still stands out because of its practical effects, dark humor, and surprisingly mean little monsters.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why the Critters themselves are still great creature designs
  • The movie’s mix of sci-fi, horror, and comedy
  • The bounty hunters and the weird tone they bring to the film
  • How the movie helped kick off one of the strangest horror franchises of the 80s

Critters is messy, funny, and full of classic practical effects. Exactly the kind of creature chaos that made 80s horror so much fun.