Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

Directed by

John Cardos

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, monster film, animal horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 137 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rural Arizona town is threatened by a massive swarm of tarantulas that have become aggressive after pesticides destroyed their food supply. The locals, including a veterinarian, must fight to survive as the spiders attack.

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What happens

Kingdom of the Spiders is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed by John "Bud" Cardos and produced by Igo Kantor and Jeffrey M. Sneller. The screenplay is credited to Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou, from an original story by Sneller and Stephen Lodge. Part of the eco-horror subgenre, Kingdom of the Spiders centers on a rural town in Camp Verde, Arizona which lies in the migration path of a horde of tarantulas turned aggressive due to pesticides having depleted their normal food sources. The film was released by Dimension Pictures (not to be confused with the distributor Dimension Films). It stars William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Lieux Dressler, and Altovise Davis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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