The Killer Shrews
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| The Killer Shrews | |
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 A promotional film poster for "The Killer Shrews." |
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| Directed by | Ray Kellogg |
| Produced by | Ken Curtis Gordon McLendon |
| Written by | Jay Simms |
| Starring | James Best Ingrid Goude Ken Curtis Gordon McLendon Baruch Lumet Judge Henry Dupree |
| Music by | Harry Bluestone Emil Cadkin |
| Cinematography | Wilfred M. Cline |
| Editing by | Aaron Stell |
| Distributed by | McLendon-Radio Pictures Distributing Company |
| Release date(s) | 25 June 1959 |
| Running time | 69 min |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $123,000 (estimated) |
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The Killer Shrews is a 1959 science-fiction movie directed by Ray Kellogg. It was parodied by Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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A disparate group are trapped on a remote island by a hurricane. On the island, a doctor works to make humans half-size. This, apparently, will help prevent over population. Unfortunately, his experiments have also created some giant, venomous shrews. As the shrews run out of smaller animals to eat, they move in on the people in the house.
The "shrews" in this ultra-low-budget film are small dogs dressed in animal skins designed to make them look vaguely like large shrews (they even bark audibly in many scenes). Puppets made from similar animal skins were used for closeups. Shrews are normally about the size of a mouse.
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