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No taming of the shrew here!, 20 October 2005
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Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls
"The Killer Shrews" is another very poor and overly silly
creature-feature from the 50's, and yet you can never bring yourself to
hate this kind of movies entirely, simply because they have so much
charm and spontaneity. Sure, every possible aspect looks incompetent as
hell but simultaneously it's so damn entertaining that the playtime of
only 70 minutes will be over before you know it. For a while, it even
actually seems like the film won't be bad at all� The opening sequences
are efficiently mysterious and mood setting and you don't really know
what to expect until the main character himself (James Best) learns
about the horror of the "shrews". He stars as the captain of a
supply-boat that arrives at a small island where scientists experiment
with rodents. This naturally went miserably wrong and the humongous
rat-creatures eat their way through the island. With a healthy dose of
ingeniousness and grotesque ideas, the last survivors attempt to flee
to the sea. As you've probably read already in other reviews, the
shrews are ordinary dogs camouflaged with head-stuffing and fake teeth.
They really don't evoke feelings of fear but still I thought it was
fairly well done, especially considering the budget Ray Kellog (who's a
special effects artist himself) disposed of. The dialogues are fluently
written and I didn't have any problems with the wooden acting. The
intrigues between the characters (especially the hero versus the sneaky
assistant-scientist) are probably the best elements of the whole movie.
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