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Eight small, fur-covered alien creatures escape from an asteroid prison and make their way to Earth, where they descend on a Kansas farm belonging to the Brown family. The creatures have sharp teeth and constant hunger, and the family's rural home becomes their first target. Two shape-shifting bounty hunters are sent after the fugitives, and their arrival upends the quiet town as the Browns and local law enforcement try to survive the invasion.

Stephen Herek directed the film and co-wrote it with Domonic Muir, with Rupert Harvey producing. It was Herek's first feature as director, and his next film was Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure in 1989. The cast includes Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes, Nadine Van der Velde and Don Keith Opper, among twenty credited performers and a crew of 114.

Made on a budget of two million dollars, the film took in about thirteen million worldwide, a strong return for its cost. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from more than a thousand votes, while the critics' rating stands at 5.4 out of 10 from 48 reviews, so audiences have rated it somewhat more favorably than reviewers did. It runs 86 minutes and blends comedy, horror and science fiction.