ShangLuda Admirable film.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

JLRVancouver OK, the titular shrews are thinly disguised dogs and the shoestring budget is apparent but this tale of people trapped on an island, in an increasingly shrinking safe zone, surrounded by ravenous, poisonous shrews the size of wolves isn't all that bad. The characters and dialogue is typical for the genre but the quasi-scientific backstory is better than most (unusually, radiation is not involved), as metabolic manipulations designed to produce smaller shrews backfire. The growing tension between characters as the shrews close in is reasonably well done and the solution to their problem is novel (although a bit ridiculous). Not surprisingly given the title and content, The Killer Shrews, won't have many viewers outside of fans of the genre but for the most part, they will appreciate the film for what it is: a reasonably will done example of bargain-basement 1950's'nature-gone-wild' monster films.

LeonLouisRicci Starting with the Great and Unforgettable Title, this Drive-In Double Biller (The Giant Gila Monster) is the Butt of Many a Carpet Dog Jokes made by a Bunch of Echo Chamber Imbeciles who couldn't make a Movie this Imaginative or Entertaining with a Million Dollar Budget. Lead by TV Ghouls who make Money off of other People's Efforts Wisecracking away showing Their Ignorance and Under Appreciation for Primitive Art, the Folks are being Mislead.The Movie has a Horror Movie Tone that George Romero would Imitate and the Much Maligned "Shrews" are Scary Ultra-Fang-Toothed in Knawing Closeup. The Actors are Competent and bring a Stiff Style that Works Well with these things. The Dialog has some Scientific Gravitas and the Intent is Noble.Forget what You have been Told. The Makers Drain Every Penny from the Budget and Deliver a Midnight Movie that has Stood the Test of Time and Gains Reputation with Each Passing Year. Granted sometimes, actually, Most of Time, for the all the Wrong Reasons. Definitely a Classic of its Kind.

kai ringler I got this movie from the 100 pack at Wal Mart. once I found out who was in it I just had to jump right in,, James Best.. Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrain. apparently on an island somewhere, overpopulation has become a real problem, and these Giant Killer Shrews are taking over the population and the island. just imagine yourself on an island like that where you are being over run by these huge gigantic shrews, I thought James Best did a wonderful job in this.. he was very funny, and his acting was also pretty good,, I guess back in the late 50's you could say that the undertone to this movie was a warning about overpopulation and what it will mean in the future if we as humans try to take over a certain land mass or area... very decent film from the 50's that isn't Oscar material, but not bad either,, I would recommend it even if I never heard of James Best.

phil allen Now, wasn't '59 a gas year for movies? We stumbled on to 'The Killer Shrews' Saturday evening (when else?), and I came away with these impressions before my viewing mate said "Enough": The interior set design was bad-drunk good, with the wonderfully grimy walls, windows that look out onto nothing but gates and teeth, and that killer bar in the corner under the mirror, where I imagine the sane folk gathered while the hurricane of terror just swirrlled around them..this was either a career maker or breaker for the fellow playing ever- compliant Mario, the bartend..Gordon McLendon ("the Old Scotsman") was a heavy in radio broadcasting, and sonorously ran 'beautiful music' (an extinct format that sounded like elevator music) KABL in San Francisco..the real lift this odd little offering brought me was in seeing a portrayal of a black man--the 'mate Griswold--without any buffoonery, racial stereotyping or condescension, relating to his boss (Thone) as one neighbor to another. (This changes to "Help me, Massa" screams as he's turned into dinner by the shrew/dogs.) I can recall but too other such examples from the non-p.c. era: the escapee in "My Sweet Charlie" and the 'hero' in "Night of the Living Dead". If going to Heaven means doing what I want,..I want to go to Heaven so I can bend men's minds into believing that 'Killer Shrews' swept the Oscars for that year.