ISLAND CLAWS is a cheap and cheerful monster movie made in 1980. Current releases are marred by poor, grainy picture quality and a fullscreen print, but it's still fun for B-movie lovers. The story sees the usual scientific experiments resulting in genetic modifications in the local crab population; after a number of townsfolk are killed by rampaging armies of killer crabs, our assembled heroes and intrepid reporters come up against a giant, eight foot long beastie. It's one of those films which feels cheap and long-winded in the non-action scenes, and hilarious in the crab attacks. Cult novelist Guy N. Smith (of KILLER CRABS fame!) would be proud of the chaos depicted here, and the climactic scenes are very funny. A shame the actors are so wooden and the effects so cheap.
Review of Island Claws
