“You're not an idiot … more of
a moron, really.” For 27 years the Critters franchise, which
originally hit cinema screens in 1986 in the wake of the huge success of Joe
Dante's Gremlins (1984), has pretty much laid dormant. Aside from
a fantastic fan-made short film in 2014 (Jordan Downey's well received Critters: Bounty Hunter), those beloved fur balls with a monstrous appetite have
been left to starve and gather dust. But, much like buses, you spend ages
waiting for one only for two come along at the same time. Critters Attack!
is not connected to the Shudder short series Critters: A New Binge (despite
sharing the same production company), which was released in March 2019 to
mixed reviews – but what of this fifth film in the carnivorous series: can it
measure up like a rumbling post-feast rift, or will it fall flat like a pungent
fart nobody in their right mind should have trusted?...
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