Critters Attack! story
While babysitting two teenagers, a young woman and her little brother discover that the alien Krites have landed in the nearby forest. They soon receive help from the mysterious Aunt Dee, who might have a history with the hungry intergalactic beasts. It is the fifth installment in the Critters franchise.
12 total · 5 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| brother and sister | major | Drea and her younger brother Philip. Trissy and her socially awkward, younger brother Jake. |
| courage | major | Drea in particularly kept calm and acted with exceptional bravery in the face of the Critter assault. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The Critters came to Earth from outer space. |
| human vs. monster | major | The story followed Drea, her brother Philip, and the two kids they were baby sitting as they tried to not get killed by some Critters that had overrun their town. |
| threat from extraterrestrial life | major | It turned out that the white Critter had come to Earth to prevent the other green Critters from overrunning the entire planet. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | Uncle Lewis hid one bottle of the hard stuff in a cabinet at home, and another in his desk drawer at the office. |
| coping with the death of a parent | minor | Drea blamed herself for her mother's death because she died in a car accident while on the way to pick Drea up at a party. |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | minor | Drea didn't really dig the bagpipe playing, security guard who was really into her. |
| embarrassment | minor | Drea was mortified to have to deliver sushi to some students of the elite college that she so badly wished to attend. |
| flying saucer theory of UFOs | minor | Uncle Lewis jokingly dismissed Philip's speculation about an unexplained light in the sky being an alien spaceship. |