It was set in the United States and shot in New Zealand, and stars Pamela Gidley as a woman who moves to her old childhood cabin in the woods, only to discover that it is overrun by a pack of murderous lizards.

Meanwhile, a woman named Amy Harding (Pamela Gidley) moves into her old cabin in the woods of Langdon, where she spent her family holidays as a child, along with her cat, Frankie, a large sum of money, and all of the personal belongings.

While attempting to make the cabin habitable, Amy realises that a moist substance has spoiled a piece of cake she is about to eat and fears she may have mice.

She goes to the general store owned by Mrs. Miller (Helen Moulder), and asks her for some mouse traps, but she says that they are out of stock and instead tries some insect repellent.

They finally kill one of the lizard-like creatures, which Marshall reveals to be a mutant gecko that can spit blinding venom to paralyze its prey.

He takes a cigar she had lit and throws it into the gas tank, blowing up the car while simultaneously killing the lizards.

He manages to locate a flare gun, but before he can finish loading it, the lizard attacks him and begins to scratch and bite him.

[1] Jessica Mellor at the News of the World has said the film is "absolutely excellent entertainment...a startling and scary cheeky treat".

Samhain has said "size doesn't matter...these lizards are lethal", and Starburst has said there is "gore galore in this intriguing creature-feature".

The DVD has been released in other countries such as Japan on 22 December 2000, by Adoba Pictures, with both English and Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo tracks and an aspect ratio of 4:3.

The DVD also made its release in Germany on 15 May 2012, titled as "Echsenjagd", with both English and German Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo tracks.