A strange doctor secretly experiments with androids on his space station His assistant is Max, a curious android who wants to see the world and meet a girl Criminals hide on their station and soon violence erupts
Eggs of the small but voracious alien creatures called Crites are left behind on earth and, after hatching, set their appetites on the small farm town of Grovers Bend
After being cryogenically frozen and waking up on a space station in the near future, the Critters aim to have the unwitting crew for lunch