Critters 3

The third entry in the Critters series moves the action from the small-town setting of the earlier films to a Los Angeles apartment building. The fuzzy alien creatures, carried there by accident in a camper van, take over the building and attack the residents, who barricade themselves on the upper floors and try to fight back. A young boy named Josh leads the tenants' efforts against the invaders, while the building's scheming landlord, Mr. Briggs, who has been trying to drive his tenants out, also ends up in the creatures' path.

Kristine Peterson directed the film, the first of two features she helmed, followed by The Redemption: Kickboxer 5 in 1995. David J. Schow wrote the screenplay, and Rupert Harvey and Barry Opper produced. The cast includes Aimee Brooks as Annie, John Calvin as her father Clifford, Katherine Cortez as Marcia, Geoffrey Blake as Frank, Diana Bellamy as Rosalie, and Leonardo DiCaprio as Josh. Twenty-four cast members and ninety-three crew members are credited, and the film runs 86 minutes.

Critters 3 was released in December 1991. Reception was weak across the board: critics rated it 3.4 out of 10 across seven reviews, while audiences gave it 4.5 on IMDb from around 14,000 votes and 5.3 on TMDB from fewer than 500 votes. The audience scores sit only slightly above the critical one, indicating agreement that the film falls short of the series' earlier installments.