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The Killer Shrews

The Killer Shrews

All that was left after...

19594.41h 9m

Overview

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.

Directed by Ray Kellogg
Written by Jay Simms
Produced by Ken Curtis
Box OfficeBudget: $123KRevenue: $1.0M

Top Cast

James Best

James Best

Thorne Sherman

Ingrid Goude

Ingrid Goude

Ann Craigis

Ken Curtis

Ken Curtis

Jerry Farrell

Gordon McLendon

Gordon McLendon

Dr. Radford Baines

Baruch Lumet

Baruch Lumet

Dr. Marlowe Craigis

J

Judge Henry Dupree

'Rook' Griswold

A

Alfredo de Soto

Mario

Themes & Keywords

alcoholanimal attackmad scientistshrewremote islandgiant animalflesh eating

About The Killer Shrews

The Killer Shrews is a horror, science fiction film released in 1959 exploring themes of alcohol, animal attack, mad scientist, shrew, remote island, giant animal. Directed by Ray Kellogg, it stars James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis. 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.

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