The Killer Shrews is a 1959 science fiction film produced by Ray Kellogg.
A disparate group are trapped on a remote island by a hurricane. On the island, a doctor works to make humans half-size. This, apparently, will help prevent over population. Unfortunately, his experiments have also created some giant, venomous shrews. As the shrews run out of smaller animals to eat, they move in on the people in the house.
The "shrews" in this ultra-low-budget film are small dogs dressed in animal skins designed to make them look vaguely like large shrews (they even bark audibly in many scenes). Puppets made from similar animal skins were used for closeups.
A disparate group are trapped on a remote island by a hurricane. On the island, a doctor works to make humans half-size. This, apparently, will help prevent over population. Unfortunately, his experiments have also created some giant, venomous shrews. As the shrews run out of smaller animals to eat, they move in on the people in the house.
The "shrews" in this ultra-low-budget film are small dogs dressed in animal skins designed to make them look vaguely like large shrews (they even bark audibly in many scenes). Puppets made from similar animal skins were used for closeups.
