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brianalbright	Return of the Killer Shrews	Lead	[-]
Jan 31 11 10:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Honest - with James Best and John Schneider. And Mel Tillis. http://www.fearnet.com/ne...rn_of_killer_shrews.html http://roberthood.net/blo...rn-of-the-killer-shrews/ Anyone have the skinny on this?
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SteveLatshaw	RETURN OF THE KILLER SHREWS	#1	[-]
Feb 1 11 10:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Our website goes live tonight... facebook page is up... but this forum (and the Classic Horror Board on aol) has always been a sentimental favorite of mine... feel free to ask any questions regarding RETURN OF THE KILLER SHREWS... Steve Latshaw
dracsback		#2	[-]
Feb 1 11 10:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Love the ORIGINAL and am looking forward to this one. Wow!! "I saw what I saw when I saw it!"
Aupperle		#3	[-]
Feb 1 11 11:06 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That fun news gave me the best laugh in a long time. I really do enjoy the original film and I hope to see this sequel someday. I hope they don't ruin it by using some bad CG for the shrews. Jim Aupperle
SteveLatshaw		#4	[-]
Feb 1 11 11:35 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Special effects are being done by SILO MEDIA CO, one of the top new CGI companies in town, who do work for major clients like Disney, HBO, Hasbro, etc. We have their reel on line at our website, which goes live later today.
brianalbright		#5	[-]
Feb 1 11 11:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Good to see you here, Steve. I was curious about that too -- will the shrews be ALL CGI or a combo of digital and physical effects? Any dog/shrew cameos planned? Other questions: Has filming started yet? I'll assume you're shooting digital, and one of the articles I read yesterday indicated this will be in -- gulp -- 3D? What are your distribution plans? And since the original is a public domain film, will we see original SHREWS flashback footage? I'm psyched for this. Question for the peanut gallery -- will this stand as the longest amount of time (52 years) between an original film and its direct sequel? I think there may have been a thread about this somewhere.
blackbiped		#6	[-]
Feb 1 11 1:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I certainly hope at least one of those characters knows how to mix cocktails. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
dracsback		#7	[-]
Feb 1 11 1:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	SteveLatshaw wrote: Special effects are being done by SILO MEDIA CO, one of the top new CGI companies in town, who do work for major clients like Disney, HBO, Hasbro, etc. We have their reel on line at our website, which goes live later today. I actually ok with the dogs dressed up as shrews. Looking forward to it. "I saw what I saw when I saw it!"
Aupperle		#8	[-]
Feb 1 11 1:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	SteveLatshaw wrote: Special effects are being done by SILO MEDIA CO, one of the top new CGI companies in town, who do work for major clients like Disney, HBO, Hasbro, etc. We have their reel on line at our website, which goes live later today. Well, I think the poster looks great. If the shrews in the film are close to what you have there I'll be very happy. I couldn't find SILO MEDIA CO mentioned when I did a search. Please give us a link to their reel you mentioned when you get a chance. A friend of mine had a 35mm print of the original and it was always a favorite when he'd pick it out for film night. Jim Aupperle Last Edited By: Aupperle Feb 1 11 1:29 PM. Edited 1 times.
Charles Thaxton		#9	[-]
Feb 2 11 11:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	did the cast have to train to duckwalk?
brianalbright		#10	[-]
Feb 2 11 4:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A blog post on the new film with some images and info on the original: http://regionalhorrorfilm...shrew-killer-shrews.html
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Bill Warren		#11	[-]
Feb 2 11 4:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There's a long, flat island in the Umpqua River right off Gardiner, Oregon. When we were given permission to run skiffs over there, we poked around a lot, hoping to catch a baby crow and teach it to talk. The greengage plumb trees that grew on the island usually were home to one or more flocks of crows. We had no luck catching a baby crow--the adults were too smart for us--so started looking under the slabs of bark that had been peeled off logs by the several lumber mills in the vicinity, then drifted onto the island at especially high tide. To our surprise, we found what a neighbor kid termed "Jesus mice," tiny gray mammals that could run right on top of water; they were too light to break through the surface tension. They were fierce little bastards; if you picked one up it would immediately try to eat its way through the palm of your hand. They were no longer than a dime is wide, but they were memorably vicious. I soon learned these were shrews. Last Edited By: Bill Warren Feb 2 11 7:20 PM. Edited 1 times.
brianalbright		#12	[-]
Feb 2 11 4:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Web site is up: http://killershrewsmovie.com/ Bill, I don't think I've ever encountered a shrew in real life. That's pretty interesting stuff. I've always wondered why the filmmakers chose shrews as their monsters -- maybe they were familiar with animal's habits and thought it was a weird concept. Still, not the most obvious choice for a movie monster. But on film I always thought they were much more effective than the rabbits in NIGHT OF THE LEPUS.
Bill Warren		#13	[-]
Feb 2 11 7:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Shrews are indeed scary little guys, at least considering their size, which is not much. In KILLER SHREWS, the big shrews became poisonous by eating something loaded with poison--but they really ARE poisonous, though I doubt that anything much larger than, say, an earthworm would feel any discomfort from shrew poison. They aren't rodents, but are vaguely related to moles and hedgehogs. They've been known for their ferocity since (obviously) before Shakespeare's time (he didn't call it "Taming of the Mole"). The original movie is surprisingly intelligently conceived, but mostly has lame dialogue. I do like when Goude asks Best if he noticed her accent, and when the servant says he can hear a shrew in the basement "singin.'" The movie was shot in just over a week, so Kellogg didn't have time to do much else but call "action" and "cut;" still, he manages one of the best sudden shock/"buses" of the 1950s. Some people snicker at the hero and others crawling to safety underneath big kettles, but it's actually logical, given what the characters have to work with. It's a lot better than THE GIANT GILA MONSTER, its cofeature, and also has one of the best posters of the period.
Sid Terror		#14	[-]
Feb 3 11 1:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	James Best reprising his role in the original? John Schneider? Do I see a continuing ironic SHREWS OF HAZZARD connection? Maybe this time they can get to the boat by flying OVER the shrews in the General Lee.... "It's better to have accomplishments remarkable enough to be put in question, than to have no accomplishments at all."
Reegs		#15	[-]
Feb 3 11 8:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Don't forget that Rick Hurst was also on the show (the deputy) for a while. And I have to admit, maybe becasue I've always liked James Best, that I like the movie. It falls under that category of "pretty good, considering ..." Last Edited By: Reegs Feb 3 11 8:49 AM. Edited 1 times.
Steve Latshaw.movieserialmess...		#16	[-]
Feb 4 11 1:18 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	We're doing a film that is both scary and retro; something that will satisfy fans of the original and seeing what Thorn Sherman would be like, all these years later, stuck in the same predicament. And we're also putting in some comedy ala Shawn of the Dead
Steve Latshaw.movieserialmess...		#17	[-]
Feb 4 11 1:25 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Good to see you here, Steve. I was curious about that too -- will the shrews be ALL CGI or a combo of digital and physical effects? Any dog/shrew cameos planned? Other questions: We're shooting this Spring... using the RED HD system. 3D is a possibility though perhaps after the fact. <> While the project is a natural for Sy Fy we are also considering theatrical... <> Yes.... there will be flashback sequences from the original film... not action... all of our shrew sequences are new but we want to make an emotion connection with the original film and characters. <> Good question. Probably a yes on the time frame. James Best and I have been talking about doing this for 20 years... we finally sat down with my writing partner Pat Moran last year and started working hard on the script. We all wanted to do something hip and modern... Mr. Best loves the kind of horror comedy you see in Shawn of the Dead and other films - but we also want to make a film that the fans want to see - a natural progression from the original.
Steve Latshaw.movieserialmess...		#18	[-]
Feb 4 11 1:27 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, I think the poster looks great. If the shrews in the film are close to what you have there I'll be very happy. I couldn't find SILO MEDIA CO mentioned when I did a search. Please give us a link to their reel you mentioned when you get a chance. A friend of mine had a 35mm print of the original and it was always a favorite when he'd pick it out for film night. Jim Aupperle SILO INC's reel is on our website... they did some amazing giant snake stuff for a film I wrote last year for Fred Olen Ray's company called MEGACONDA. They have major clients like HBO, Disney and Hasbro, so we are lucky to have them on board.
Steve Latshaw.movieserialmess...		#19	[-]
Feb 4 11 1:31 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Other questions... we love the poster... it's exactly the combination of new and retro that I wanted. Rick Hurst is an amazingly talented actor... he will be playing Rook, Thorn's sidekick/1st mate in the film (and the son of the original "Rook" from the first movie). Rick and James Best have amazing comic chemistry together, like Laurel and Hardy.
Steve Latshaw.movieserialmess...		#20	[-]
Feb 4 11 1:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The script actually does have a sequence with a dog dressed as a shrew... a funny sequence that is a very specific nod to the original film.
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