Movies like Critters
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Critters (1986)
42K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Style:
cult classic, horror comedy, cult horror, scary, humorous, creepy, suspenseful, semi serious, slasher, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, horror for children
Plot:
alien, creature, alien invasion, alien monster, small town, eaten alive, space and aliens, evil alien, bounty hunter, ufo, camp, little creatures, creature feature, alien contact, shapeshifter, space, chaos, danger, misfit, family in danger, extraterrestrial, zombie, halloween, killer animal, suburbs ...
Time:
80s
Place:
kansas, usa, united states of america
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Most similar movies to Critters
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, scary, suspenseful and horror comedy films with plots about monster, creature, danger, catastrophe, creature feature, dialogue and mentor mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Comedy genres. Some movies like Critters: Gremlins (1984), Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988), Tremors (1990), The Blob (1988), Mars Attacks! (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A batch of unhatched critter eggs are mistaken for Easter eggs by the country-folk inhabitants of Grover's Bend and, before long, the ferocious furballs are on the rampage again.
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, splatter, scary, cult horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
creature, evil alien, space and aliens, alien invasion, easter, little creatures, shapeshifter, creature feature, holiday horror, space, halloween, disaster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
kansas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Style:
black comedy, frightening, funny, horror comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, monster, small town, supernatural, transformation, creature, holiday, gremlin, father son relationship, winter, swimming pool, bank ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 90s, future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In what appears to be a cross between Critters and The Towering Inferno, the residents of a shoddy L.A. apartment block are chased up to the roof by hoards of the eponymous hairy horrors.
Style:
scary, slasher, humorous, cult horror, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
creature, alien, halloween, alien invasion, little creatures, creature feature, monster, tiny, extraterrestrial, killer animal, bounty hunter, apartment building ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Aliens, who look like clowns, arrive on Earth to capture and harvest people in order to use them as sustenance.
Style:
parody, dark comedy, horror comedy, frightening, scary ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, horror for children
Plot:
clown, killer clown, monster, ufo, alien, extraterrestrial, evil clown, alien abduction, rescue, alien invasion, amusement park, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
165K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before ...
Style:
scary, entertaining, horror comedy, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, kids, boys' night, teens, horror for children
Plot:
monster, desert, creature feature, creature, death, survival, small town, deadly creature, danger, giant monster, stranded, rescue ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
nevada, usa
Similarity:
82%
49K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
body horror, evil alien, supernatural horror, monster, macabre, cheerleader, alien, death, small town, survival, space and aliens, quarantine ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
100%
257K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy ...
Style:
parody, dark comedy, absurd, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
ufo, mars, alien invasion, flying saucer, alien, space and aliens, evil alien, dark humor, disaster, catastrophe, alien abduction, outer space ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, year 1996
Place:
washington d.c., usa, kentucky, kansas, taj mahal ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Just before bounty hunter Charile triggers his gun to destroy the last two Critter-eggs, he gets a message that it would be illegal to extinguish the race from the galaxy. He's sent a transporter where he puts the eggs - unfortunately the ...
Style:
futuristic, space horror, cult horror, splatter, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien abduction, little creatures, creature, monster, creature feature, apocalypse, halloween, killer animal, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, tiny, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
2040s, 90s, 20th century, year 1992, future ...
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs. It's then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilize ...
Style:
horror comedy, humorous, suspense, absurd, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
giant spider, creature feature, spider, monster, stupidity, dumb, cocoon, lone hero, heroes, mad scientist, killer animal, deadly creature ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that ...
Style:
cult classic, cult horror, grindhouse, horror comedy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, violence, zombie, dark humor, police, supernatural, parasite, fraternity, macabre, monster, gory, survival ...
Time:
80s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Those supersucking desert creatures are back --- and this time they're south of the border. As the creatures worm their way through the oil fields of Mexico, the only people who can wrangle them are veteran Earl Bassett and survivalist Burt ...
Style:
scary, humorous, suspense, semi serious, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
creature, small town, creature feature, oil refinery, survival, monster, eaten alive, giant monster, chase, weapons, metamorphosis, stranded ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, nevada, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh! Dr. Jenny Langer and Dr. Vance from the NASA try to save the world.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, semi serious, natural horror, retro ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
small town, giant spider, spider, kaiju, evil alien, monster, cobweb, giant monster, experiment gone awry, save the world, deadly creature, danger ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, Nev., to find that the town of terror has become a theme park, and when the simulated giant worm attacks turn real, the survivalist must battle the creatures once again. Gummer pits his impressive knowledge of ...
Style:
natural horror, scary, humorous, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
creature, small town, desert, creature feature, eaten alive, chase, giant monster, worm, rescue, deadly creature, supernatural, danger ...
Place:
nevada, usa, argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Earth is invaded by alien parasites aka "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds. A trio of American government agents attempt to thwart this.
Style:
scary, cerebral, suspense, futuristic, epic ...
Plot:
alien invasion, evil alien, alien, alien contact, mind control, ufo, deadly creature, space and aliens, monster, brutality, justice, parasite ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
iowa, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Venezuela
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from ...
Style:
scary, suspense, horror comedy, natural horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, horror for children
Plot:
spider, creature feature, arachnophobia, jungle, killer animal, small town, survival, spider bite, creature, monster, exterminator, insect ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, san francisco, california, south america, venezuela
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of hobgoblins, who allow you to live out your fantasies but kill you in the process, escape from a studio vault, and a security guard and his friends must stop them before dawn.
Style:
erotic, mockbuster, horror comedy, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
puppet, monster, gremlin, supernatural, creature feature, alien invasion, evil alien, creature, nightclub, pole dancing, disco, fantasy becomes reality ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Our hero, Cooper, awakes to find himself nauseous, weak and covered in webbing, hanging from the ceiling of an office where, just minutes ago, he started his new job. As he struggles out of his slimy prison he comes face to face with his opponent - ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
evil alien, insect, cocoon, giant insect, attempted seduction, monster, double barreled shotgun, father son relationship, eaten alive, deafness, transformation, creature feature ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous ...
Style:
scary, black comedy, parody, cult classic, christmas horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, disaster, zombie, mad scientist, end of the world, survival, radio station, nightmare, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, teenager, dystopia ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
137K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, invasion, alien invasion, father daughter relationship, friendship, profanity, space and aliens, satire, creature, american football, farce, disguise ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
100%
142K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, heroic mission, evolution, save the world, nothing goes right, desert, alien, ufo, giant monster, space and aliens, monster, alien contact ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2001, post world war two, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
100%
94K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Style:
entertaining, scary, horror comedy, spooky, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, parasite, monster, dark humor, small town, zombie, zombie attack, body horror, transformation, creature feature, infection ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, creature, deaf, monster, alien, survival horror, silence, survival, alien creature, alien invasion, deafness, alien monster ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s, 2020s
Place:
usa, new york, atlantic ocean, new york state, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, minimal cast, twist ending, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, post apocalypse, kidnapping, bunker, strong female character, alien, underground bunker, survivalist, end of the world, conspiracy theory, bomb shelter ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
louisiana, peru, new orleans, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
37K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults, who, after being mauled by the beast, learn they must kill their attacker if they hope to change their fate to avoid becoming werewolves too.
Style:
horror comedy, scary, teen horror, teen, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, violence, curse, bullying, female werewolf, male nudity, transformation, shapeshifter, gory, creature feature, monster ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mulholland drive
Similarity:
100%
36K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young child is terrified to discover that a planned family trip is to be haunted by vile plant-eating monsters out of his worst nightmare...
Style:
cult classic, scary, humorous, funny, cult horror ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
witch, small town, little creatures, sexual innuendo, person on fire, exploitation, creature, stupidity, seduction, profanity, child in peril, destiny ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, ...
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, natural horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
crocodile, killer animal, dangerous animal, water, gory, rescue, sea monster, eaten alive, swamp, dark humor, escapades, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, jurassic
Place:
new york, maine, usa, boston, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
Style:
funny, horror comedy, scary, slasher, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, dark humor, supernatural, apocalypse, toxic waste, infected, youth, gory, plague, night of the living dead, epidemic, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park.
Style:
sexy, spoof, natural horror, slasher, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
piranha, killer animal, youth, nudity, dark humor, profanity, public nudity, killer fish, skinny dipping, teenage girl, creature, death ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, seattle
Similarity:
33%
36K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Patrons locked inside of a bar are forced to fight monsters.
Style:
scary, creepy, horrifying, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
monster, gory, siege, escapades, graphic violence, creature feature, blood, absurd violence, deadly creature, cannibalism, impregnation, danger ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Two campers in the New Jersey woods have their outdoor fun interrupted by the arrival of a meteorite crashing nearby. They go to investigate the crater, but are suddenly attacked and devoured by alien parasites who have hitched a ride to Earth. ...
Style:
perverse, retro, classic horror, cult horror, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, parasite, alien, creature feature, gory, creature, deadly creature, supernatural horror, killer animal, exploitation, evil alien, body horror ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
23%
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