2. THEY WERE IN THAT?: One with a then unknown actor who is now very known.

Did you see Critters 2: The Main Course?

Charlie MacFadden (Don Keith Opper) from that movie is looking for the last of the Critters and meets a family that includes Annie (Aimee Brooks), Clifford (John Calvin) and Johnny (Christian Cousins).  Charlie warns them all about the Critters — they think he’s a maniac — and the eggs from one of the creatures hitches a ride to their new home, a rundown Los Angeles apartment complex run by Frank (Geoffrey Blake) and his stepson Josh, who is played by Leonardo DiCaprio in his first movie role as what he described as “your average, no-depth, standard kid with blond hair.”

Before you know it, Critters are all over the place, space bounty hunter Ug (Terrence Mann) is back to fight them — well, for a little, and he leads into an ending which goes right into the fourth movie, which was shot at the same time — and the humans barely make it out alive.

The real stars are the Chiodo Brothers, as always making magic from these little hairy aliens. Critters 3 was directed by Kristine Peterson, who was second unit on Tremors and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure before directing this and Deadly Dreams, Body Chemistry, The Redemption: Kickboxer 5 and Slaves to the Underground. The script was written by David J. Schow, who also wrote Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and The Crow.