Critters

1986 film directed by Stephen Herek
Movie film Q1140566
Critters
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Critters

Summary

Critters is a film[1]. Critters ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (630 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Critters's image is recorded as Critters film series logo.png[3].
  • Critters's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Critters's director is recorded as Stephen Herek[5].
  • Critters's screenwriter is recorded as Don Keith Opper[6].
  • Critters's composer is recorded as David Newman[7].
  • Critters's genre is recorded as science fiction film[8].
  • Critters's genre is recorded as adventure film[9].
  • Critters's genre is recorded as comedy horror[10].
  • Critters's genre is recorded as horror film[11].
  • Critters's genre is recorded as comedy film[12].
  • Critters's genre is recorded as action film[13].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Dee Wallace[14].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as M. Emmet Walsh[15].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Scott Grimes[16].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Billy Zane[17].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Ethan Phillips[18].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Terrence Mann[19].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Billy "Green" Bush[20].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Nadine Van der Velde[21].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Don Keith Opper[22].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Lin Shaye[23].
  • Critters's cast member is recorded as Art Frankel[24].
  • Critters's producer is recorded as Robert Shaye[25].
  • Critters's part of the series is recorded as Critters[26].
  • Critters's production company is recorded as New Line Cinema[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Critters's producer is recorded as Robert Shaye[25]. Critters's director is recorded as Stephen Herek[5]. Critters's screenwriter is recorded as Don Keith Opper[6]. Cast members include Dee Wallace[14], M. Emmet Walsh[15], Scott Grimes[16], Billy Zane[17], Ethan Phillips[18], and Terrence Mann[19].

Publication

Publication dates include +1986-01-01T00:00:00Z[28], +1986-12-11T00:00:00Z[29], and +1986-04-11T00:00:00Z[30]. Critters's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[31]. Genres include science fiction film[8], adventure film[9], comedy horror[10], horror film[11], comedy film[12], and action film[13]. Critters's part of the series is recorded as Critters[26].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include alien invasion[32], extraterrestrial life[33], and bounty hunter[34]. Critters's part of the series is recorded as Critters[26].

Reception

Reviews include 5.7/10[35], 52/100[36], and 52%[37].

Why It Matters

Critters ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (630 views/month).[2] Critters has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Critters is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [34] . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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