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The Killer Shrews

1959, Movie, NR, 69 mins

The Killer Shrews: Review

KING KONG featured a giant gorilla, GODZILLA had an enormous lizard, so the only terrifying animal left for Ken Curtis to make a film about was that evil little creature, the shrew! Curtis served as both producer and supporting player in this so-bad-it's-good feature. Lumet--real-life father of director Sidney--is an evil scientist who creates a formula that makes the tiny shrew resemble something like a collie with a shrew-mask. During a storm the little devils get loose an... read more

The Killer Shrews: Cast & Details

Year: 1959
Rated NR

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Cast
James Best: Thorne Sherman
Ingrid Goude: Ann Craigis
Baruch Lumet: Dr. Craigis
Ken Curtis: Jerry Farrell
Gordon McLendon: Radford Baines
Alfredo DeSoto: Mario

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When Animals Attack, Gill Men and More | Movie News | 9/26/2007
Ask FlickChick: When movie animals attack, gill men and more movie questions...Question: I just saw that there's a movie about killer sheep being released on DVD. Is it some kind of joke or is it serious? I started wondering about other "horror" movies with animal killers, but after the one about the killer rabbits, I couldn't come up with any others. Can you? — Carlos FlickChick: First, the movie you're talking about is the New Zealand-made Black Sheep (2006) and it's neither entirely serious nor seriously joking. Hard though it may be to believe, it's really clever, occasionally very funny and gets in a couple of genuine scare sequences. And really, are killer sheep so much sillier than killer birds? Not eagles and hawks and other major winged predators, but finches and seagulls and other run-of-the-mill birds — they're the villains in The Birds (1963), and while it's not one of my favorite Alfred Hitchcock films, it's generally well regarded.The ridiculous rabbit film... read more be the first to leave a comment

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