Reviews: Creature Features

Critters
Dir. Stephen Herek

So let's just say i'm not saddened when these cut little fuzzballs are set loose on this small mid-west town. They're just to cute to stay mad at. Critters are little furry space monsters who have escaped capture and landed on earth and started to feast on the small town of Anywhere, USA (not real town name.) but close on the tails are shape shifting hunters. I love Critters, its one of those movies that dons't make any apologizes. Yes its goofy, yes there's no reason for it, but you can just enjoy the ridiculousness of it. It takes no time to get in to the meat of the story and doesn't  really let up. I know its just a 'Gremlins' rip off, but it's nothing like 'Gremlins'. Ok, maybe i'm just making excuses for it because I had my first underage beer to it. I still think its a great movie. 3/5



Hypothermia
Dir. James Felix McKenney

Not a lot of creature features being made nowadays, and that's a crying shame, but lucky young Director McKenney has made a great one. On a fishing trip a family must first put up with a loud mouth rich bastard then a amphibious monster with a poisonous touch. This is a awesome little movie that traps are would be heroes un a frozen lake with a fish person under it. The creature doesn't get much time on camera and i think that's because the suit isn't great but the actor in the suit does a great job of making it look creepy when you do see it. Michael Rooker doesn't get the chance much to be anything but angry redneck, this movie see's him as a family man and all around good guy, it's nice to see him as anything other then Merle Dixon (i hate you walking dead t.v. show.). 4/5



Tremors
Dir. Ron Underwood

Tremors is like the buddy cop movie of creature features. Kevin Bacon and Beef jerky team up to fight giant worms trying to eat their small dirty town. Graboids are underground worm like creature that hunt by vibrations on top of the ground. As the town begin to become aware of whats going on they must try to get out of the valley they live in without making any sound or vibrations. In the end they just kill the creatures, . This movie is a great classic throwback to classic monster movies of the 50's and 60's, as well as some Western movie theme thrown in there for fun. Its a great little flick with good laughs and frights. Also i'd like apologize to Fred Ward, your not beef jerky, your awesome.  4/5