Critters (1986)

Director
Stephen Herek

Main cast
Dee Wallace; M. Emmet Walsh; Billy Green Bush; Scott Grimes; Nadine Van der Velde

Genres
Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Description
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.


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