Tomorrow, June 10, Turner Classic Movies is airing two films on my list of Least Convincing Movie Monsters. We’ll get to see The Black Scorpion and The Killer Shrews.
In The Killer Shrews, the voraciously predatory mutant shrews are played by dogs in fright masks. Yes, dogs. As you can see from the bottom photo, the filmmakers have also applied shaggy patches to the sides of the dogs and ropy rat tails to their backs. [SPOILER ALERT: When humans escape from their island, the killer shrews die of overpopulation.]
The Killer Shrews is only #3 on my list. Visit Least Convincing Movie Monsters to see the two even sillier movie monsters.
