"The Killer Shrews" *was* done on MST3K, third season if memory serves. Haven't seen "Food of the Gods" in forever.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking about all these bad films and killer rabbits got me thinking bout two classics of bad scifi cinema dealing with giant killer rats. I submit for your approval "The Killer Shrews" and "The Food of the Gods". These movies are so bad you have to laugh. Tracey, just reading these reviews I found online made me laugh out loud, especially the "dogs wearing carpet remnants" line! If these pics come on tV, nothing more i like to do than sit down with friends and laugh my a&& off at them. They're perfect fodder for MST3000. Again, they're good camp, which the new SciFi Originals can't usually say. Read these short review, and *please* go to the links (especially BadMovies.org, which has quite a list of bad flicks), and check out some pictures! Freakin' hilarious!!! ************************ The Killer Shrews Summary: A disparate group are trapped on a remote island by a hurricane. On the island, a doctor works to make humans twice as small as we already are. This, apparently, will help prevent over population. Unfortunately, his experiments have also created some giant shrews. As the shrews run out of smaller animals to eat, they move in on the people in the house. Review: http://www.badmovies.org/movies/killershrews/ Excellent piece of vintage schlock in a tidy package, the movie only runs about seventy minutes. Thorne and Rook are delivering supplies to the island research center (Who am I kidding, it's an adobe house with a tall wooden palisade around part of it.) run by Dr. Craigis when a hurricane looms near. The good captain decides to weather the storm ashore, despite the doctor wanting him to unload immediately and then depart with Ann. Thorne is a little confused by all this hubbub until Ann breaks down and tells him that the island is infested by several hundred DOGS WEARING CARPET REMNANTS! (Hehehe! Okay, she really said "Giant Shrews.") And this guy immediately believes her, another prime example of men acting like morons around blonde Swedish women. Hey, in this case it saved his life, maybe it's a natural survival instinct... ...ahm. With so many shrews running around the island's natural food supply is nearly exhausted and they begin eating people. This is bad, soon the characters are battling for their lives as shrews burrow through the walls. Once the cast has thinned out a bit Thorne creates a "tank" from empty drums and the remaining actors make a desperate run for the ship. I shouldn't have to explain how funny it is to watch somebody scream in terror at a Collie wearing carpet remnants. The pooch is obviously doing the "happy dog" and expecting a belly rub in half these scenes, it's just good stuff. ******************************************* The Food of the Gods Summary: Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders. Review excerpt: http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/f/food-of-the-gods.html Even if you've never thought about what you might do if faced with predatory giant rats, rest assured that you would probably handle the situation with more aplomb than the characters do in this dreary movie. Morgan races around the island concocting ridiculous schemes to kill the oversized rodents, including electrocution, drowning, homemade bombs, etc. He's kind of like MacGyver, only his inventions aren't that clever and he's played by a never-was actor... okay, he's exactly like MacGyver. But when push comes to shove Morgan finds comfort in a magically auto-reloading shotgun. Someone alert Charlton Heston! And amazingly, he even has an arch-enemy in the personage (ratonage?) of an albino rodent that is apparently leading the rat swarm telepathically. We call him Moe, because Moe is their leader. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
