The Killer Shrews
The Killer Shrews
NR | 25 June 1959 (USA)
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Trapped on a remote island by a hurricane, a group discover a doctor has been experimenting on creating half sized humans. Unfortunately, his experiments have also created giant shrews, who when they have run out of small animals to eat, turn on the humans.

Reviews
Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
stackja Yes a low budget.But the movie was made to engage the audience.In this it succeeds.Ray Kellogg, the director, knew what to do.And did it well.Ken Curtis like the director knew what to do.And did it well.James Best, makes a good hero.Ingrid Goude makes a good contribution.It has clever ideas.
Rainey Dawn This is an awful horror film. It is, well, laughable. I guess if it doesn't scare you then it's sure to get a few laughs out of you - it certainly did me.The film started out irking me due to the fact that the "Captain" was unworried about his first mate out in a hurricane alone. This fact alone was enough for me to dislike the film right off the bat! Any real captain would have either went back out to weather the storm with his first mate or tried to see if the first mate could stay in the home and have dinner as well.As the film progressed I was somewhat bored and somewhat entertained at the nonsense on the screen. Towards the climax of the film and ending I got a few laughs out of the movie. The welded barrels was enough to get me giggling.If everyone in this film was eaten by the shews it would have been alright by me - that is how awful this film is. But I did get some giggles out of it so I will have to rate this film a big "4".4/10
TheBlueHairedLawyer Yeah, by today's standards it's an awful movie. But think of the time it was made, for a low budget horror film, especially a Fifties one, it was pretty good. Even if it isn't scary it sure is funny. The acting is generally pretty decent, especially Rook, Mario and Dr. Baines. The shrews were at least worth laughing at (they were actually dogs in rat suits), and it remained suspenseful towards the end. There was a very "so lame it's funny" moment at the end when the captain says to the scientist woman, "I'm not worried about overpopulation just yet!" and kisses her. Four characters die; Rook gets eaten alive by shrews as he hides in a small tree. Mario gets bitten and dies in the basement. Baines gets bitten in the crotch and types out his final moments. Jerry, the alcoholic scientist, acts stupid and loses his life that way. He is the main antagonist, not counting the shrews. It's worth watching if you want to laugh and have fun with your friends.
LoneDoveProductions /MTN Of course this wasn't a master piece, it was a b movie. But as far as b movies go, it was entertaining, it was relatively clever, and I enjoyed the acting, again not the greatest acting ever, but I enjoyed it. The shrews were just dogs in a costume, but it's better than the cgi sequel return of the killer shrews. Some down sides of the film is because the effects aren't great, almost every b movie cliché has been followed, such as the Black man dying first, and the jerk in the film dies off around the end. This would be a great movie to show at horror themes parties, watching a movie during Halloween. I have given it the title of the best b movie I have seen. Give it a watch.