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Also known as Killer Shrews

1959 film by Ray Kellogg

Film · TMDB

4.5

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.

Released: 1959-06-2569 minDir: Ray KelloggHorror, Science FictionBudget: $123,000Box office: $1.0MPart of: Killer Shrews Collection

Cast

  • James Best as Thorne Sherman
  • Ingrid Goude as Ann Craigis
  • Ken Curtis as Jerry Farrell
  • Gordon McLendon as Dr. Radford Baines
  • Baruch Lumet as Dr. Marlowe Craigis
  • Judge Henry Dupree as 'Rook' Griswold

Themes

  • alcohol
  • animal attack
  • mad scientist
  • shrew
  • remote island
  • giant animal
  • flesh eating

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Ratings

IMDb

4.2/10

6,105 votes

Year
1959
Runtime
69 min
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
Ray Kellogg
Cast member
Baruch Lumet
Cinematographer
Wilfred M. Cline
Duration
69
FilmAffinity ID
596312
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1959-01-01
film editor
Aaron Stell
title
The Killer Shrews
distributed by
Netflix
review score
40%
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