The Critters film series is a series of four horror, science fiction, and comedy films from New Line Cinema. The first film, called simply Critters, was released in 1986. The films are largely considered to be take-offs of the Gremlins films, but they enjoy some degree of cult popularity.
Critters is a 1986 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 Domonic Muir, Don Keith Opper and Stephen Herek.