Kingdom Of The Spiders
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Movie Reviews of Kingdom Of The Spiders
Movie Review: Shatner vs Spiders
Summary: 3 Stars
Captain Kirk takes on the Arachnid Empire in this horribly great 70s horror flick. If you can ignore the bad acting, the cheesy effects, and last but not least, the fact that tarantulas don't spin webs, it's worth a look. William Shatner gives a much better performance than he did in most of his classic series, and watching spiders crawl over corpses is always creepy. Low budget classic is well worth a look.Movie Review: low budget fun flick.
Summary: 3 Stars
this movie is a fun flick with decent acting done on a low budget, the spiders seem to be mutants as tarantulas don't spin webs but it's still a fun flick that remains worth watching for fans of low budget 70's horror. The film doesn't offer the typical man overcomes all ending either which is to be applauded. The dvd looks pretty good and that better than some releases.Movie Review: Scared my Poor Wife to Death
Summary: 3 Stars
My poor wife, who was sitting spellbound by my side, had a massive coronary during this film! I shall never forget her lovely smile, her tender ways, and her utter horror for spiders.... he he he...Movie Review: Chemical toilets ain't got nothin' on these tarantulas.
Summary: 2 Stars
Kingdom of the Spiders (John "Bud" Cardos, 1977)
I remember first seeing this movie on television (it must have been its TV premiere, as it was no more than a year after its theatrical release) back in the late seventies and being terrified of it. Well, twenty-five years later, someone decided to release a twenty-fifth anniversary DVD. Mutant tarantulas and Bill Shatner-- how could I resist?
There is a difference between good bad films (Dark Star, for example) and bad bad films (The Beast Within, for example). The best way to delineate it is to call it the Cheese Factor. The higher the cheese factor, the better the movie, pure and simple. (What defines the cheese factor is a matter of discussion. Many people think Attack of the Killer Tomatoes has one of the highest cheese factors on the planet. I am not one of them.) Kingdom of the Spiders has Cheez Whiz coming out its ears. Shatner and his then-wife, Marcy Lafferty (Star Trek: The Motion Picture), seem to be in a race to prove once and for all which of them can out-bad-act the other one. Spaghetti-western staple Woody Strode turns in a performance that would be great if his part weren't so horribly written. Playboy centerfold Tiffany Bolling, as the female lead, turns in the kind of performance one would expect of a Playboy centerfold. The spiders are roughly as terrifying as fruit bats. Even the cows look like they'd rather be in another movie. This, folks, is classic cheese.
It all starts when a rancher (Strode)'s prize calf gets sick. He calls in the local vet, Rack Hansen (Shatner), who's never seen anything like it. He sends some samples up to Flagstaff, who send them back with an entomologist (Bolling) who brings dire warning-- the calf was killed by spider venom. Everyone's concerned that the farm will be quarantined except the mayor (veteran character actor Roy Engel), who's concerned that such a quarantine will ruin the 1977 Verde Valley County Fair, thus setting the scene as so many mayors have done in so many monster movies. You know what's coming next if you've seen any two of them.
Kingdom of the Spiders features absolutely awful special effects (check out the very last scene, especially), truly terrible acting, and a horrid script. About the only good thing one can say about it is that it's perfectly-paced. There's never a moment where the film drags, though it does threaten to a few times at the beginning. Despite all of the above, however, if you're looking for a really good bad movie, pick this up. **
Movie Review: Formula for a Bad movie
Summary: 2 Stars
Let's be honest, if someone told you there was a horror movie called "Kingdom of the spiders" starring William Shatner you instantly know it's going to be bad. It just seems like the perfect formula for bad movie. Small, isolated town + William Shatner + invasion of deadly spiders = bad movie.
But you really have to know that going into it and so if you're dissapointed by this film then lord I have no clue what more you were expecting to see. It's a simple plot (most horror plots usually are) and it's pretty straightforward. If you're creeped out by spiders than this is a movie you either need to avoid or need to see depending on if you like creeping yourself out.
The picture on the cover really says it all. Shockingly this film is relatively enjoyable but I think you have to be a fan of the genre to say that. It's certainly not the greatest B movie of all time but believe it or not it's not the worst either. The ending scene is also pretty cool. For a better spider movie stick with Arachnaphobia or Eight-Legged Freaks if you like campy, silly horror flicks.
Watch with caution. You have been warned.