The legendary Dee Wallace, who starred in the original Critters as Helen Brown, returns to the franchise in this year’s brand new movie Critters Attack!, which is being released direct-to-video on Tuesday, July 23rd. Oddly enough, however, Wallace is credited not as Helen Brown but as “Aunt Dee” in the film, seemingly a brand new character with no connection to Helen.
But in a chat with Birth.Movies.Death., Wallace has clarified that “Aunt Dee” is definitely Helen!
“She’s supposed to be the same character, even though they call her ‘Aunt Dee’ now—how original!” Wallace told the site. “All my family’s gone; they’ve killed all my family, and I’ve become this bad-ass bounty hunter. When I asked Bobby Miller, the director, that’s what he told me: ‘This is the backstory…’ I said, ‘Well, I’m glad I asked, because none of that happened in the original film.’ It’s just an assumption. I also think they had some kind of legal problems using the same name or the same character—I’m not sure.”
Wallace added, “But anyway, I’m Aunt Dee now, and I’m one tough broad, baby!”
Check out a new behind-the-scenes shot shared by Miller today, while you wait.
