{"id":10560,"date":"2011-06-19T18:14:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T07:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=10560"},"modified":"2011-06-19T18:15:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T07:15:33","slug":"exclusive-first-image-of-the-new-killer-shrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/06\/19\/exclusive-first-image-of-the-new-killer-shrews\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: First Image of the New Killer Shrews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, so I’d just finished putting up some video material<\/a> shot on the location set of Return of the Killer Shrews<\/em> (US-2011; dir. Steve Latshaw) — the sequel to the 1959 exploitation horror cheapie, The Killer Shrews<\/em> — when the first image released of the new killer shrews turned up in my in-box, courtesy of\u00a0 Scott Romine and James and Dorothy Best. It shows a creature that is utterly different from the dashshund-in-fur critters that were bodgied up for the first film.<\/p>\n

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As giant mutant shrews go, it looks great, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

Certainly as compared to:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As you no doubt know by now, the new film stars James Best, who was the lead in the original film all those years ago. He’s playing the same character — years later, as he unwillingly returns to the Killer Shrew island and finds himself again facing the toothy monstrosities. For a full synopsis, check out this earlier Backbrain article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unlike the first film, this one is reputed to be much more ambitious, aspiring to much better production values and a bigger budget. They’ve so far snaffled some bigger names to take starring roles, including John Schneider<\/strong> (ex-Duke of Hazzard and Clark Kent’s father in <\/strong>Smallville<\/em>), Sean Flynn<\/strong> (grandson of Errol), Jennifer Lyons<\/strong> (Desperate Housewives<\/em>) and Bruce Davison<\/strong> (X-Men<\/em> and a million other things).<\/p>\n

In these YouTube interviews, James Best explains why this film will be “a real film” as opposed to the fun, but admittedly fairly lousy, original:<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Above: Director Steve Latshaw, Dan Golden and co-writer Pat Moran on location <\/span>
\nin the <\/strong>Santa Clarita area during filming<\/span><\/h5>\n

Check out the new article on Undead Brainspasm<\/a> for more pictures and some fun on-set shenanigans from Best. There is also a Flash slideshow of production shots on the film website here<\/a> (under the date June 2nd, 2011<\/strong>).<\/p>\n