ray kellogg make some pretty cheesy monster film in his collaboration with ken curtis . grant and kellogg and curtis go on to do some good project and but this film and giant gila monster be pretty hammy . i wouldn not say it the bad that i have see and but it definitely not good . the acting be ok ( although at time the actor be inaudible ) . the budget a probably next to nothing and it show . the shrew be either puppet or dog dress up to look like shrew . to add to this and they use the same damn trap on an island with killer mutant plot that be in every other movie at that time . captain sherman ( james best ) and his trusty first mate be deliver supply to a doctor on a remote island . the doctor and his daughter and two laboratory assistant ( one engage to his daughter ) and a butler . they have also get a problem with giant shrew on the island . eventually and the daughter and scientist start to tell the captain about what be go on and but not after the first mate become the shrew dinner . the pace doesn not start to pick up for a while . for about five or six scene the plot seem to revolve around the daughter fiancée be jealous of the good captain and drinking heavily . a a matter of fact and the entire cast seem to have a weakness for the liquor ( i guess if youre strand in the middle of nowhere you have get to do something ) . the end wasn not that much of a shock or deviation from the usual monster movie tripe . i wouldn not say that this film be a waste of time though . it bad and but definitely fit into the so bad it good category . besides and it be make in the 50 and so there have to be a certain amount of forgiveness for the cheesiness .