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    HORRORSCREAMS VIDEOVAULT – SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT HORROR

    Peter 'Witchfinder' HopkinsBy Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins21st July 2019Updated:21st July 201920 Comments2 Mins Read
    QUEEN CRAB! (a.k.a. Claws) *** USA 2015 Dir: Brett Piper. 80 mins


    A likeable low-budget homage to 50’s monster movies complete with a title accompanied by an exclamation mark and wildly ambitious DVD cover art that the film itself gamely attempts to live up to. Michelle Miller’s childhood crab friend “Pee Wee” grows to mammoth proportions, leaving livestock dead, the Sheriff bemused and a state wildlife commissioner on hand to deliver Crab Facts. Even worse, Miller’s former school friend shows up to talk about her B movie career (LESBIAN VAMPIRES FROM MARS!) and do some female bonding (“You have adorable boobs!”).
    Pleasantly meandering in the vein of old-school drive-in fare like THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION, this builds to hugely enjoyable crab action winningly styled in the fashion of a typical A-bomb-era sci-fi creature feature. The stop-motion giant crab looks particularly good in long shots, and there’s a fine second half in which the crab rips the least sympathetic characters in half, gets threatened with a military bombing and even enjoys a ride from our heroine as she does whatever she can to protect her monstrous buddy. More sympathetic to the monster than the gun-happy townsfolk, it’s a fun romp from monster movie veteran Brett Piper.

    Review by Steven West


     

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    20 Comments

    1. Diana S on 19th August 2016 8:50 PM

      Godzilla!

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    2. Andrea A on 19th August 2016 8:29 PM

      Jaws

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    3. Kim Styles on 19th August 2016 7:39 PM

      The classic King Kong- ridiculously screaming girl ! hilarious film
      ing, but thats where horror films started isnt it -we have to respect the amazing technological breakthroughs that were being made in the old black and white films at that time

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    4. Kelly Jones on 19th August 2016 7:05 PM

      I love the Sharknado films 🙂

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    5. Jo Hutchinson on 18th August 2016 11:06 PM

      My favourite creature feature is The Thing, 1982.

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    6. Richard Tyler on 18th August 2016 10:56 PM

      Creeper from Jeepers Creepers

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    7. neilberg on 15th August 2016 1:59 PM

      I like zombeavers

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    8. Allan on 15th August 2016 7:59 AM

      Can't beat the Creeper from Jeepers Creepers.

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    9. sheridarby on 12th August 2016 7:24 PM

      Has to be Godzilla

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