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Well, well, well ... I don't care what any of you say, I think that if a Critter -- or a Crite, is it? -- sinks those teeth into you, then it's gonna hurt. Bigly.
On this day in 1991 (in the big ol' U.S. of A.), a little something something called Critters 3 expanded the whole Critters universe, paving the way for the eventual release of Critters 4. (IMDB.com reports that these two features were shot simultaneously and involve a cliffhanger between the two features.) Directed by Kristine Peterson, this one's story is credited to Rupert Harvey and Barry Opper while David J. Schow earns marks for completing the screenplay.
Perhaps the film's greatest claim to fame -- as fate would have it -- is that it serves as the big screen theatrical debut to one young lad named Leonardo DiCaprio, a future Oscar winner and -- ahem -- Global Warming alarmist (I said what I said). Others in the cast include John Calvin, Aimee Brooks, Christian Cousins, Joseph Cousins, and Nina Axelrod.
Here's the plot summary as provided by our friends at IMDB.com:
"The tiny fur ball aliens that will eat anything or anyone set their sights on a Los Angeles apartment tower."
On this day in 1991 (in the big ol' U.S. of A.), a little something something called Critters 3 expanded the whole Critters universe, paving the way for the eventual release of Critters 4. (IMDB.com reports that these two features were shot simultaneously and involve a cliffhanger between the two features.) Directed by Kristine Peterson, this one's story is credited to Rupert Harvey and Barry Opper while David J. Schow earns marks for completing the screenplay.
Perhaps the film's greatest claim to fame -- as fate would have it -- is that it serves as the big screen theatrical debut to one young lad named Leonardo DiCaprio, a future Oscar winner and -- ahem -- Global Warming alarmist (I said what I said). Others in the cast include John Calvin, Aimee Brooks, Christian Cousins, Joseph Cousins, and Nina Axelrod.
Here's the plot summary as provided by our friends at IMDB.com:
"The tiny fur ball aliens that will eat anything or anyone set their sights on a Los Angeles apartment tower."
Beyond just the facts above, I really couldn't say much about the wider Critters universe of films. I haven't seen this one -- I believe I've only watched the first -- and I generally don't like stepping into waters when I'm uniformed. I do see that -- a few years back -- the people at Shout Factory released the entire collection of Critters films on Blu-ray; maybe at some point in the future I'll partake of it and find I have plenty more to say about these hungry little things.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
-- EZ
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
-- EZ
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