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Critters
The battle began in another galaxy. It's about to end in the Brown's backyard.
( Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi )


Critters Poster

MPAA Rating:
PG-13

US Runtime: 86 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Apr 11, 1986   [USA]
 
Director: Stephen Herek   [Director]
 
Writers: Stephen Herek   [Screenplay]
Domonic Muir   [Screenplay]
Domonic Muir   [Story]
 
Producers: Rupert Harvey   [Producer]
Sara Risher   [Associate Producer]
Robert Shaye   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Tim Suhrstedt   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Larry Bock   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by David Newman   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Gregg Fonseca   [Production Design]
 
Casting by Elisabeth Leustig   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: New Line Cinema   (US)
Sho Films
Smart Egg Pictures   (GB)
 


Plot Summary:

    Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.

Cast:

Dee Wallace
Helen Brown
M Emmet Walsh
Harv
Billy Green Bush
Jay Brown
Scott Grimes
Brad Brown
Nadine Van der Velde
April Brown
Don Keith Opper
Charlie McFadden
Lin Shaye
Sally
Billy Zane
Steve Elliot
Ethan Phillips
Jeff Barnes
Terrence Mann
Johnny Steele
 
Jeremy Lawrence
Preacher
Michael Lee Gogin
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
Corey Burton
(critter voices)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Michael Cassidy
Stunt Coordinator
Vince Deadrick Jr.
Stunts
Steven Lambert
Stunts
 
Denver Mattson
Stunts
Bill McIntosh
Stunts
John Nowak
Stunts
 
Bobby Porter
Stunts
Debbie Lynn Ross
Stunts
Packy Smith
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Richard Beggs
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert W. Glass Jr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dale Johnston
Supervising Sound Editor
 
Robert S. Mills
Sound Mixer
Steve Sollars
Boom Operator
Steve Sollars
Sound Mixer
 
Don Summer
Sound Mixer
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Casey Cavanaugh
Special Effects
Frank Ceglia
Special Effects
Charles Chiodo
Creature Design
 
Steve Chiodo
Creature Design
Ray Massara
Special Effects
R. Bruce Steinheimer
Special Effects
 
Chuck E. Stewart
Special Effects Supervisor
Chuck E. Stewart
Special Effects Coordinator
 

Art Department:


Anne H. Ahrens
Set Decoration
Dorree Cooper
Set Dresser
Don Diers
Set Dresser
Ernest Farino
Title Designer
 
Elizabeth Flaherty
Art Department Coordinator
Philip Dean Foreman
Art Direction
Abbee Goldstein
Set Dresser
Isabel Bau Madden
Art Direction
 
Timaree McCormick
Property Master
R.B. Morgan
Property Master
Len Morganti
Storyboard Artist
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.
Construction Coordinator
 
 

Directing Crew:


Leon Dudevoir
Assistant Director
Bob Esposito
Third Assistant Director
Linda Graeme
Assistant Director
 
Mark Helfrich
Second Unit Director
Whitney R. Hunter
Second Assistant Director
Perry Husman
Second Assistant Director
 
Matia Karrell
Assistant Director
George Parra
Third Assistant Director
George W. Perkins
Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Michael Becker
Still Photographer
Shunil Borpujari
Best Boy Grip
Shunil Borpujari
Dolly Grip
Curtis Bradford
Grip
Kevin Brennan
Gaffer
Don Burkhardt
Assistant Camera
Russell Carpenter
Second Unit Director of Photography
Don Devine
Assistant Camera
Rik Faigh
Electrician
Dave Ferrara
Electrician
 
Bob Field
Electrician
Dave 'Foots' Footman
Grip
Kevin Galbraith
Electrician
Elwin 'Bub' Greer
Electrician
Scott Guthrie
Electrician
Michael Haney
Grip
Rick Heebner
Gaffer
Kenneth J. Jones
Key Grip
Mark Karen
First Assistant Camera
Richard Kuhn
Grip
 
Cindy Lagerstrom
Grip
Adrian Licciardi
Second Assistant Camera
Albert Malvaez
Assistant Camera
Tim McGinnis
Best Boy Electric
Paul McIlvaine
Electrician
George Neil
Gaffer
Vance Piper
Assistant Camera
Krishna Rao
Assistant Camera
Jan Sears
Grip
Christopher Tufty
Second Unit Director of Photography
 
 

Casting Department:


Tammy Billik
Casting Assistant
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Marla Darling
Costumer
Laura Goldsmith
Costumer
 
Nina Padovano
Key Costumer
Hilary Wright
Costume Supervisor
 
Che Zuro
Costumer
 

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