Cute Little Buggers (2017)

Cute Little Buggers is the kind of proudly scrappy creature feature that knows exactly what it is: a mischievous mash-up of British village charm and splattery, low-budget sci-fi horror, delivered with a wink and a grin. Its greatest pleasure is the tone—campy, cheeky, and gleefully weird—where the dialogue lands like pub banter and the mayhem escalates into the sort of ridiculousness you can’t help but laugh at. If you have a soft spot for B-movie ingenuity, practical gore, and the joy of watching ordinary townsfolk rally against something absurdly monstrous, it’s a surprisingly entertaining night in. It won’t convert anyone who needs polished effects or straight-faced scares, but for the right audience it’s a delightfully daft romp.

Cute Little Buggers is clearly aiming for cheeky, small-town British splatter-comedy, mixing a village whodunit vibe with “killer alien bunny” absurdity. The problem is the execution: the CGI looks bargain-bin, the acting often feels like a rehearsal take, and the jokes rarely land with the timing or sharpness the premise needs. It also drags longer than it should, so what ought to be a quick, silly romp can start to feel like work. If you love ultra-low-budget creature features and can laugh at the roughness, you might find a bit of charm in the countryside setting and the sheer commitment to the concept—but if you’re hoping for genuinely scary, consistently funny, or even just competently made, this probably isn’t your night.