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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 08/05/2003 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 26 mins Studio: New Line Home Video Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Horror Comedy, Creature Film, Sci-Fi Horror

The third in the tongue-in-cheek horror series liberally cribbed from Gremlins (1984) features an early performance from future heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio and was filmed simultaneously with its follow-up. This time out, it's an urban family who picks up one of the fast-multiplying beasties while on vacation, although they are warned by Charlie (Don Opper), a veteran of the creatures' earlier attacks. Once widower Clifford (John Calvin) and his kids Annie (Annie Brooks) and Johnny (Christian and Joseph Cousins) return home to their apartment building, the critter begins to reproduce, and the tenement becomes overrun with diminutive, hungry killers. The first to go is cruel superintendent Frank (Geoffrey Blake), but others soon follow, including the unscrupulous landlord, whose son Josh (DiCaprio) finds romance with Annie. With the appearance of the resourceful Charlie and the heroics of Clifford, the critters' days are soon numbered. Critters 3 was directed by Kristine Peterson, a veteran of the Roger Corman school of no-budget genre filmmaking. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Aimee Brooks - Annie
John Calvin - Clifford
Katherine Cortez - Marsha
Leonardo DiCaprio - Josh
Geoffrey Blake - Frank

The third film in the Critters franchise (featuring a young Leonardo DiCaprio) gets a simple presentation in its release on DVD. Critters 3 has been given two transfers for this disc, a letterboxed (and 16 x 9 enhanced) version at the aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and a pan-and-scan version at the full-screen ratio of 1.33:1. The audio (in English) has been remixed for playback in Dolby Digital 5.1, and the feature is also closed-captioned in English. A trailer is included as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide