The Killer Shrews

About The Killer Shrews

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.

The Killer Shrews is a 1959 horror science fiction film directed by Ray Kellogg. The film is filed under campy, alcohol, animal attack, and mad scientist.

James Best stars as Thorne Sherman, Ingrid Goude as Ann Craigis, Ken Curtis as Jerry Farrell, and Gordon McLendon as Dr. Radford Baines. Released in June 1959, it runs 69 minutes.

The screenplay is by Jay Simms. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Bloodstream in the United States.

The Food of the Gods, Zombeavers, and Piranha make useful companions to The Killer Shrews, all filed under giant animal. TMDB voters put it at 4.5 out of 10 across 98 votes and it carries a NR rating.