The Killer Shrews (1959)

Directed by

Ray Kellogg

Genre

drama film, horror film, independent film, science fiction film, monster film, science fiction horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 95 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Researchers on a remote island are trapped by a hurricane. They must fight off giant venomous shrews that are escaping from the lab.

creepytenselow-budgetcheesycampyclaustrophobicdated

What happens

The Killer Shrews is a 1959 American independent science fiction horror film directed by Ray Kellogg, and produced by Ken Curtis and Gordon McLendon. The story follows a group of researchers who are trapped in their remote island compound overnight by a hurricane and find themselves under siege by their abnormally large and venomous mutant test subjects. The film stars James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, McLendon, Baruch Lumet and "Judge" Henry Dupree. Shot outside of Dallas, Texas, it was produced back-to-back with The Giant Gila Monster. It played in theaters on a double feature with The Giant Gila Monster. Now in the public domain, the film has been issued multiple DVD releases and was lampooned in the fourth season of Mystery Science Theater 3000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)
• The Tingler (1959)
• Behemoth, the Sea Monster (1959)
• Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
• The Angry Red Planet (1959)
• Teenage Zombies (1959)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
• Jaws (1975)