Critters (1986)
| Release Date | 11 April 1986 |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $13,000,000 |
| Tagline | The original tasty entree! |
| Genre | Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Kansas, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Alien Film, Horror Comedy, Creature Film |
| Themes | Evil Aliens, Bounty Hunters |
| Tones | Creepy, Menacing, Quirky, Tense, Campy, Humorous |
| Tags | Alien [not Human], Bounty Hunter, Escape, Flesh Eating, Gore, Hunger [food], Kill, Monster, Prison |
Critters is a 1986 cult action science fiction comedy horror film starring Dee Wallace-Stone, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush and Scott Grimes. It was directed by Stephen Herek and written by Herek, Domonic Muir (story) and Don Keith Opper (additional scenes). It is the first film in the Critters series. Although widely believed to have been inspired by the success of Joe Dante's 1984 film Gremlins, Herek has refuted this in interviews, pointing out that the script was written by Muir long before Gremlins went into production and subsequently underwent rewrites to reduce the apparent similarities between the two films.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Billy Green Bush
Jay Brown
Nadine Van der Velde
April Brown
Jeremy Lawrence
Preacher
Michael Lee Gogin
Warden Zanti
Art Frankel
Ed
Douglas Koth
Bowler #1
Montrose Hagins
Organist
Roger Hampton
Jake
Chuck Lindsley
Pool Player #1
David Stenstrom
Pool Player #2
Adele Malis-Morey
Woman #1
Director
Producer
Domonic Muir
story, screenplay
Rupert Harvey
producer
Sara Risher
associate producer
Robert Shaye
executive producer
Barry Opper
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Tim Suhrstedt
Editor
Larry Bock
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Production Designer
Gregg Fonseca
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Art Director
Philip Dean Foreman
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Set Decorator
Anne H. Ahrens
Makeup Department
Teresa M. Austin
hair stylist, makeup artist
R. Christopher Biggs
makeup artist: "Zanti"
John Criswell
special makeup effects artist
Kathy W. Estocin
key makeup artist, key hair stylist
Thomas Floutz
special makeup effects artist
Bill Forsche
makeup artist: "Zanti"
Nedra Hainey
makeup artist, hair stylist
Cary Howe
special makeup effects artist
Greg Johnson
special makeup effects artist
Julie Mauger
special makeup effects artist
Richard N. McGuire
special makeup effects artist
John Naulin
special makeup effects artist
Steve Patino
special makeup effects artist
Robert Zoller
special makeup effects artist
Production Manager
Daryl Kass
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Leon Dudevoir
first assistant director
Bob Esposito
third assistant director
Linda Graeme
additional assistant director
Mark Helfrich
second unit director
Whitney R. Hunter
second assistant director
Perry Husman
second assistant director
Matia Karrell
additional assistant director
George Parra
third assistant director
Art Department
Paul Byers
assistant property master
Carol Lee Davis
scenic painter
Anthony Doublin
special props supervisor
Richard Bryan Douglas
construction foreman
Isabel Bau Madden
art director: second unit
Timaree McCormick
property master
Len Morganti
storyboard artist
Drex Reed
special props
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.
construction coordinator
Sound Department
Richard Beggs
sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Giraudi
sound re-recording mixer: restoration
Robert W. Glass
sound re-recording mixer
Dan Harville
post-production sound designer
Matthew Iadarola
sound re-recording mixer, sound effects
Dale Johnston
supervising sound editor
Tom Ruff
post-production sound mixer
Steve Sollars
boom operator
Don Summer
production sound mixer
Special Effects
Casey Cavanaugh
special effects
Frank Ceglia
special effects
Charles Chiodo
critter designer and supervisor
Edward Chiodo
critter crew
Stephen Chiodo
critter designer and supervisor
Clark Hunter
puppeteer
Ray Massara
special effects
R. Bruce Steinheimer
special effects
Chuck E. Stewart
special effects supervisor
Ken Tarallo
special effects
Visual Effects
Gene Warren Jr.
miniature effects supervisor
Stunts
Vince Deadrick Jr.
stunts
Steven Lambert
stunts
Denver Mattson
stunts
Bill McIntosh
stunts
John Nowak
stunts
Bobby Porter
stunts
Debby Lynn Ross
stunts
Packy Smith
stunts
John Escobar
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Becker
still photographer
Shunil Borpujari
best boy grip, dolly grip
Kevin Brennan
gaffer
Donald Burghardt
assistant camera
Russell Carpenter
director of photography: additional photography
Dave Footman
grip
Michael Haney
grip
Kenneth J. Jones
key grip
Mark Karen
first assistant camera
Richard Kuhn
grip
Adrian Licciardi
second assistant camera
Tim McGinnis
best boy electric
Christopher Tufty
director of photography: second unit
Casting Department
Elisabeth Leustig
casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nina Padovano
key costumer
Hilary Wright
costume design supervisor
Editorial Department
Hilarie Roope
assistant editor
Rebekah Rudd
apprentice editor
Music Department
Tim Boyle
score mixer
Other Crew
Diana Bear
stand-in
Ernest D. Farino
title designer: main titles
Lisa S. Girolami
production coordinator
Tom Gleason
production assistant
Adrienne Hamalian-Mangine
script supervisor
H. Arman Hargett
stand-in
Melissa Hubbert
craft service
Tom Richer
location manager, location scout
Cristen Carr Strubbe
production secretary
Shi Sun
production accountant
Jayson Wall
film restoration coordinator
Jeff Wells
unit publicist
Production Company
New Line Cinema
Sho Films
Smart Egg Pictures
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Succéfilm AB
BBC Television Centre
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
Columbia TriStar Home Video
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Entertainment in Video
New Line Home Video
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RCAColumbia Pictures International Video
United Video
Veronica
Special Effects
Chiodo Brothers Productions
Fantasy II Film Effects
Quicksilver FXStudio
Miscellaneous
Glen Glenn Sound
sound services
Intrada
score album released by
JDH Sound
post-production services
Sound FX
sound editing
Sunrise Films
negative cutting
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Stephen Herek
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Critters
Holy Man (1998)
Into the Blue 2: The Reef (2009)
Life or Something Like It (2002)
Man of the House (2005)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Picture This (2008)
Rock Star (2001)
The Chaperone (2011)
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
The Three Musketeers (1993)
Critters series
Critters
Critters 2 (1988)
Critters 3 (1991)
Critters 4 (1992)
