Attack of the Killer Shrews! (2016) watch online HD
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The film was brought from concept to production in just two weeks, though it took 2 years to edit and release. The reason for this was out of the filmmakers' ingenuity. After unsuccessfully raising funds for a much more commercial film, White Lion Studios decided to take what they had left, which wasn't much, and create a splatstick remake of The Killer Shrews (1959).
Lloyd Kaufman was in town to film Killer Rack when Ken Cosentino "borrowed" him for this production.
The stop-motion introduction to the film was built in 6 months and filmed in 3 days. The graveyard and shrews were sculpted by Ken Cosentino, while the other sets (including the Evil Dead tribute) were all hand crafted by Elizabeth Houlihan.
The film won 2 awards at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival: Best WNY Comedy and Best WNY Actress (Elizabeth Houlihan). This was the film's first festival showing.
The filmmakers planned to use more "dogs in mops" throughout the movie, but the dogs were not complying.
Most of the budget was spent on feeding the cast and crew.
In the behind the scenes documentary, writer/director Ken Cosentino states that the film was accomplished using a "run-and-gun" method of filmmaking.
The only dog to appear in the film, Masen, was tragically struck and killed by a vehicle months after his scene was shot; in an incident unrelated to the production. His name can be seen in the dedication at the bottom of the end credits.
This is Jonathan Rogers' first film as an actor.
The filmmakers were inspired heavily by the Killer Shrews episode of MST3k.
This is Ken Cosentino's fourth feature film as director.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Bill Kennedy | - | Sheriff Blake | |
| Elizabeth Houlihan | - | Fiona Rae | |
| Jonathan Rogers | - | Professor Charles Perry | |
| Baird Hageman | - | Wayne | |
| Lloyd Kaufman | - | Himself | |
| Marcus Ganci-Rotella | - | Lewis | |
| Mick O'Keefe | - | Dr. Murdock | |
| Cheryl Szymczak | - | Cassandra | |
| James Ventry | - | Captain Jack Frost | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jb Aaron | - | Sgt. Stonewall | |
| Bill Brown | - | Mr. Wilkens | |
| Ken Cosentino | - | Officer Dewey | |
| Joseph Giambra | - | Svenson | |
| Michael Hawerbier | - | Manager | |
| Steve Losey | - | Chef |
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