For some reason, this film has found it's way unto DVD about times. The version reviewed here is from Diamond Entertainment, a company who obviously finds joy in my misery. The film is presented (hardly) in standard full frame as it was to all the sorry saps that watched it in theaters all those years ago. The print used here is just laughable. Not only will you see writing (on the print itself) suddenly flash by a few times, but you'll also see the VCR trying to track itself. Yeah, this is a DVD, transferred from a VHS tape. The compression here is just flat-out awful, with chunks of pixels marring every scene. It gets so bad, there is no way to make out the actors faces in a few scenes. Most of the movie is also so dark, you won't be able to see what's going on. (No stars)

Sound quality is slightly better than the video presentation. At least you can understand the actors. The films soundtrack (which sounds completely out of place) strains the disc and comes through as a muddled mess. At few points, the sound is out of sync with the video as well. (**)

Extras? Ha! Oh wait, there are extras. In fact, you get an entire movie. "The Killer Shrews" is another Ray Kellog delight, marginally better (almost tolerable) than the "Gila" disaster. The print and sound are also just a notch above the previous film, but not by much. The films did debut together, so keeping it that way is a nice touch. Anyway, the only other extras are four chapter stops between the 2 movies and some text facts about both. (***)

If by some chance you actually like this film, Drive-In Movies put out a double movie DVD set with this and Roger Corman's equally absurd "Wasp Women." Both of the films in that set are shown in 1.85:1 widescreen, which means "The Gila Monster", was cropped. Not that it really matters since you won't be missing much, but it is an odd choice. Of course, if you actively search out this film, professional help should be sought out immediately.