Eat this!

Back in the 80's, movies were FUN. Lots of SFX made on set, lots of creatures quickly made out of nothing - almost. Gremlins was such a worlwide success that many companies decided to get their own creatures. Roger Corman, always on the prowl,  had his Munchies. Charles Band has his Ghoulies... but before that came the Critters. 

Same recipe as Gremlins : a mix of family comedy and horrible creatures attacking some perfect place in the USA. New Line sold Critters everywhere and it worked pretty well at the same time... the sequel was on its way. Mick Garris (the producer of Masters of Horror) made his first theatrical entry with Critters 2 : The Main Course, and it was... fun as hell! Less original than the first but still, worth a look. The SFX were way much better and, strangely, so was the violence. The budget was twice bigger, but it unfortunately bombed at the B.O. Nevertheless, two direct-to-videos sequels were made (the third launching the carreer of some guy named Leonardo DiCaprio. Dah.). Nicholas Pike made an entertaining score and he won the award of best soundtrack at the Sitges Fantasy Film Festival in 1989 with it. Love the "Critters Roll" track, a real gem, halfway thru adventure, suspense, rythmn & cartoon. Perfect match for the movie.

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