This week we're checking out Critters (1986). We debate the impact of its Gremlins shadow, praise its practical Crite effects, and weigh the detriment its thin human characters. This episode contains spoilers, beginning at 34:09.

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Critters (1986)

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Critters

How Critters, a Gremlins "knockoff," spawned a horror-comedy franchise

It Came From the '80s: The Pint-Sized Terror of Critters

Gremlins (1984)

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Lilo & Stitch (2002)

The Mandalorian

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