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 well done example of bargain-basement 1950's'nature-gone-wild' monster films.
Review of The Killer Shrews
