Critters 2

"It's Everyone's Turn For Seconds"

Director: Mick Garris Year: 1988 Runtime: 86 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.3
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Synopsis

Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.

Out in space on a desolate planet, the shape-shifting bounty hunters Ug and Lee and their human companion Charlie McFadden search for a vicious, worm-like creature. After killing the beast, they depart the planet. Soon afterwards, they receive a new assignment by Zanti, head of the High Council. He tells them that Krites have been detected on Earth and must be destroyed at once. With that, they set a course for Earth, but Ug notices Charlie is brooding, and he enquires what is wrong. Charlie states his reluctance to going back to Earth after two years and asks whether they will leave him there. Ug assures him they have no such intentions. Back on Earth, Brad Brown, now 15, is visiting his grandmother in Grover's Bend, Kansas. Word gets around the town fast, implying he became well known after the events of the first film. Meanwhile, a man named Mr. Quigley sells strange eggs to Brad's grandmother for Easter celebration however unbeknownst to them, the eggs are actually Crite eggs. Shortly after selling the eggs, Mr Quigley leaves the rest of the Crite eggs next to a furnace, which causes them to start to hatch. The next day, when Mr. Quigley comes back to his shed he finds the eggs in pieces and his dog dead. The newly hatched baby Critters then appear to attack Quigley and kill him. Later, one of the Crite eggs bought by Brad's grandmother hatches and the Critter inside attempts to bite a young girl however, it is soon stepped on. After this, the town celebrates Easter in the church where the Crite eggs are put into a garden for the kids to hunt for. The eggs begin to hatch and the infant critters then attack the town's sheriff dressed as an Easter Bunny, killing him. No one is aware that it was the Critters who attacked him, as his death is attributed to a farming accident. Soon the bounty hunters land and Lee sees a magazine with a gorgeous, busty centerfold model (Roxanne Kernohan) and takes on her visage. Meanwhile, Brad and his friend Megan are driving down the road when the encounter a woman who tells them that something is wrong inside Quigley's shed. They go to the shed and Brad knocks on the door. When there is no answer, he attempts to get back into the car but the door slams open and Mr Quigley's mutilated body falls on him. Full grown Critters then begin to attack the car, however Megan, Brad, and the woman escape and the critters then advance toward the town. Eventually the Critters make themselves known when they begin terrorizing the town, growing in large numbers. Lee is killed and devoured by the Critters when they set a trap, causing Ug to slip into a deep depression and revert to his alien form. The remaining people of the town devise a plan. With Ug polymorphed into a large Krite, they lead the Critters to a burger factory in an attempt to blow them up. The plan fails and the Critters emerge joined into a large ball and begin heading to the church. Just before they reach it, Charlie flies directly into them with Ug's spaceship, successfully destroying the Critters and seemingly sacrificing himself. Ug subsequently takes on Charlie's facial features in honor of his bravery. The next day, as Brad departs, it is revealed that Charlie survived by using a parachute. He stays on Earth, becoming sheriff of Grover's Bend. Ug departs in a new spacecraft, still wearing the guise of Charlie.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

🎄 Holiday Cheer Breakdown

Holiday Cheer Level: 5

Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler You don’t see it die. It’s just a body being eaten by the critters.
someone is sexually assaulted
spoiler It's downplayed as if not a big deal, description below: . . . . . . . . . A young guy gets handsy with a young woman, which she rejects, but he continues to put his arms around her while saying "What other choice you got?" and kisses her neck. She says "Leave me alone" but it seems the other people in this scene completely ignore it, at least until the mc interrupts.
animals are abused
spoiler Unless you count the "critters" being burned alive, shot, etc. then no, no animals were abused.
an animal dies
spoiler A bunch of the "critters" die.
a pet dies
Yes
there's a dead animal
spoiler There’s a dead cow and a dead dog, being eaten by the Critters.
there's eye mutilation
spoiler A corpse with a messed-up eye.
there's excessive gore
spoiler The gore is mostly representational, like a guy in a bunny suit is eaten alive by critters but all you see is some red stains on the suit. Even when they do show actual gore it's extremely brief.
there's torture
spoiler People are eaten alive by the "critters" if that counts as torture.
someone is burned alive
Yes
there's shaving/cutting
Yes
there's amputation
spoiler You see an amputated arm with flesh torn off the bone, but the amputation itself is not seen.
a non-human character dies
Yes
a major character dies
Yes
someone dies
Yes
someone sacrifices themselves
spoiler Looks like it for a second, but he's fine in the end
A child's dear toy is destroyed
spoiler The little girls 'easter egg' is destroyed by the critter breaking out of it.
there are jump scares
spoiler There might be some small ones, but nothing too bad.
There's audio gore
Yes
someone is eaten
Yes
needles/syringes are used
spoiler A "critter" shoots needle-type sharp objects from its own body into the door of a truck. But no needle syringes are seen in the movie.
someone dies by suicide
spoiler There's a fake-out, but the character survives.
there's body dysmorphia
spoiler An alien keeps changing physical shape due to not being able to find a suitable human form to take. In a way, this could be seen as body dysmorphia.
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
a baby cries
spoiler Some kids scream, but no babies cry.
there's screaming
Yes
there is sexual content
spoiler You see a woman's bare breasts for a few seconds, but that's it.
a car crashes
spoiler There's a small one with a truck but the vehicle was still driveable afterwards. It wasn't triggering to me at all.
a person is hit by a car
Yes
a plane crashes
spoiler An alien spacecraft is purposefully flown into the ball of "critters" in order to kill them permanently. It could be triggering.
there's blood/gore
Yes
there's gun violence
Yes

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