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      Curtis formed a production
            company and made a few very low budget films, including The Killer
            Shrews (1959) and The Giant Gila
          Monster (1959). The horror films were made in Texas and intended to be
          released as a drive-in double feature. The production costs were only
          a little over $100,000 per film and the box office take was over a million. 
           
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