a tough rough sea captain name thorne sherman ( james best ) and love interest ann craigis ( ingrid goude ) and hot head boyfriend jerry ( ken curtis ) and two scientist and a token black and token latino guy be stick on an island during a hurricane with large killer shrew run loose . the scientist develop them to deal with overpopulation ( . ) but they escape . there be a boat offshore . but how will they get to it with the shrew run around . you would not really care . pretty silly with a stupid script ( come on large killer shrew . ) and laughable dialogue . the shrews themselves look like what they be either puppet or dog with extra fur on them and fake fang . nothing be show when the shrew attack someone and the first one to die be ( of course ) the black guy then the latino . if this be a good movie i would find that offensive . the set be cheap ( it show ) and the end be howlingly bad . act isn not that good . best be terrible he just stand around with a blank look on his face and yell order . goude be certainly beautiful but no actress . she try but it no go . however her waver swedish accent be amuse . curtis be stick with the stock villain role and he not half bad . everybody else be stick in clichéd role and play them out as best a they can . this play constantly on a local tv station back in the 1970s . i be in high school then and think it be silly but fun . now it come across a very silly and more than a little campy . if youre in the mood you might enjoy this for laugh . otherwise stay far away .