Lots of horror franchises eventually reach the stage where they just kind of go "You know what? Fuck it. You're going to space." That direction is a little more natural in Critters than with other series, seeing as the titular badguys are themselves from space. But it's still a little odd to jump forwards in time like they did. Seems like the sort of thing that would kill forward momentum in the series. Which I guess it did, seeing as it took another 27 years for another Critters to come out after this one, when we had the first four come out in a six year stretch. I guess it was more important to have humans in space to save money on this film than make another one. When that human cast contains both Brad Dourif and Angela Bassett though, it's hard to complain too much.
Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.