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6.0/10 • 391

1987-04-211h 26m

HorrorFantasy

Pray it's not too late.

Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth.

Directors
Tibor Takács
Editors
Rit Wallis

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Stephen Dorff

    Stephen Dorff

    Glen

  2. Christa Denton

    Christa Denton

    Al

  3. Louis Tripp

    Louis Tripp

    Terrence "Terry" Chandler

  4. Kelly Rowan

    Kelly Rowan

    Lori Lee

  5. Jennifer Irwin

    Jennifer Irwin

    Linda Lee

  6. Deborah Grover

    Deborah Grover

    Mom

  7. Ingrid Veninger

    Ingrid Veninger

    Paula

  8. Linda Goranson

    Linda Goranson

    Terry's Mom

  9. Scot Denton

    Scot Denton

    Dad

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Dan_Tebasco

Mar 16, 2017

6/10

Not too shabby. Stephen Dorff is one of my favorites (in a long list of favorites mind you but one of my favorites none the less) so it was interesting to see him as a child in this one. He's pretty good no Elijah Wood in his age or anything but perfectly decent for the lead in this. It's a bit on the slow side but it's got some cool ideas and if I saw it as a kid I'm sure I'd appreciate it even more, might even been scary to me back then cause even though the cast are mostly kids it is rather dark in tone and manages to not feel too cheesy. I (re?)watched Critters some weeks ago and I didn't think it held up very well in 2017 but this one did just fine.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,500,000.00
Revenue
$13,539,458.00
Keywords
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