Kingdom of the Spiders

1977

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 37% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 37% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 6956 7K

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Plot summary

Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hordes of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of townsfolk in a remote hotel.

Director

John 'Bud' Cardos Photo
John 'Bud' Cardos

Top cast

Lieux Dressler Photo
Lieux Dressler as Emma Washburn
Adele Malis-Morey Photo
Adele Malis-Morey as Betty Johnson
Natasha Ryan Photo
Natasha Ryan as Linda Hansen
David McLean Photo
David McLean as Gene Smith
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769.91 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
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1.48 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mluinstra 6 / 10

Great B movie!

Greetings from the other side. This is an awesome 70's B movie.I first seen this movie when I was around 10 years old, and I thought it was freaky back then. You also get to watch William Shatner battle millions of spiders! Price of admission right there.There was basically no budget, but they did very well with what they had. It is still very intertaining. Considering the lack of money your never bored for very long. It's becomes scene after scene of the spiders invading.Chick making supper, and in come the spiders. Dude in a crop duster spraying poison on them, and in come the spiders!I just finished watching it again, after around 40 years and it's not as freaky as when I was 10, but I still found it very watchable. Remember, it's a B movie, done with no money, and it's still better than almost everything coming out of Hollywood these days.
Reviewed by Coventry 7 / 10

I LOOOOOOOOVE this junk!

Even the most avid fans of 70's kitsch-cinema will have difficulties defending this "Kingdom of the Spiders", as it basically is rubbish from start to finish! Immensely entertaining rubbish, though, with lousy but unscrupulous plotting and over-the-top action sequences that'll keep you amused unconditionally! Charismatic actor and professional cool dude William Shatner stars as the veterinarian of a little Arizona town that developed a BIG spider problem on short notice! Tarantulas have suddenly altered all their natural instincts and they're turning against the yummy cattle and – of course – the unknowing inhabitants of the little town. The female scientist Diane Ashley explains that this is due to the destroying of their normal food sources with pesticides etc, but it's too late... The extremely venomous spiders eat their way the town and really nothing can extinguish them! "Kingdom of the Spiders" actually is so damn entertaining because of its ineptness! The screenplay doesn't even bother to drag in theories about genetic mutation or military experiments gone wrong, like it usually is the case in this type of creature-features. The spiders are just furious at humans and eat them...period! Although very low-budgeted, some sequences are well-mounted and quite suspenseful. Especially the obligatory mass-hysteria scene in which the poor villagers get overrun by millions and millions of tarantulas is a fine example of trash-cinema. Director John "Bud" Cardos, previously an actor is dreadful drive-in horror movies himself, clearly had great fun making this good old-fashioned "Don't-mess-with-Mother-Nature" flick, so why shouldn't you! His enthusiasm even was so big he threw in a hilariously inappropriate country & western soundtrack! That's fabulous!!
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