20 Horror Sequels That Took FOREVER To Get Made
1. Critters Attack!
The original Critters was released in 1986 and, despite being dismissed by many as a lazy Gremlins cash-in - no matter that it was actually written first - it turned a solid profit at the box office.
Sequel Critters 2: The Main Course landed just two years later but failed to replicate this success, ensuring that 1991's Critters 3 and 1992's Critters 4 both went straight to video, where they were panned by both critics and the series' dubious fanbase.
That seemed to be the end of Critters, then - an IP that just didn't have the juice for a decades-spanning franchise, but in 2019 it made quite the unexpected comeback.
For one, a poorly received TV series spin-off, Critters: A New Binge, was released on Shudder, and soon followed by reboot film Critters Attack!, which managed to secure a role for original lead Dee Wallace.
This relaunch failed to make much of a dent at all, though, so it'd be surprising if we saw another Critters anytime soon.