Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

TheExpatriate700 Kingdom of the Spiders is an undistinguished creature feature mainly notable for some good special effects. William Shatner plays a veterinarian who stumbles upon a series of mysterious cattle deaths in a Western town. Could it have something to do with the mounds of tarantulas that have been popping up nearby?Although I'm a fan of the killer critter genre, this film fails on a number of levels. It telegraphs many of its scares well in advance, eliminating any suspense factor. Furthermore, there are several scenes that leave you screaming, "Just brush the lousy tarantula off!" In the most idiotic bit, a woman shoots a tarantula off her own arm with predictably bad results. To make matters worse, the film does not end so much as it stops. It leaves the audience on a cliffhanger regarding the main characters with no sign of resolution. There is no true climax or payoff to the film.The one redeeming feature of Kingdom of the Spiders is its impressive scenes featuring hordes of tarantulas. The spider wranglers succeeded in organizing their tarantulas to create impressive scenes where they actually appear to be attacking the town. If only the rest of the film had lived up to this standard.

tnrcooper One of the "man vs. nature" movies of the '70s and quite well-done. Real spiders were used in the making of the film and this adds to the creepiness of the film. Reportedly 10% of the $500,000 budget went on the cost of the spiders. I'm not convinced animals WEREN'T hurt in the making of the film since we see people spraying them, walking through town on them, and in other places. The film is about a sudden infestation of spiders in a sleepy Arizona town where a calf has been bitten. The owner of the calf, Walter Colby (Woody Strode) doesn't know how the calf died but upon an examination by the local vet Rack Hansen (William Shatner) and a sample of the animal's fluids being sent out to big-city entomologist Diane Ashley (Tiffany Bolling), we learn that a potentially very dangerous spider is responsible for the bite. Soon more mysterious deaths occur and the experts identify a potentially more serious problem.There are many genuine scares here - as I said, in part because the spiders were real but also because director John 'Bud' Carlos paces the movie nicely and allows the tension to ratchet up. We see many close calls and increasingly serious situations. Carlos allows the tension to build up slowly and that ensures that the tension release is greater. Many of the scares come from the inevitability of the spider horrors-that is to say poor decisions lead to the multiplication of spiders. A lot of the dialogue isn't particularly natural-sounding and Rack's roguishness veers into chauvinism when he drives Ashley's car in spite of her protestations. That said, the movie is genuinely scary at times. The failure of the townspeople to identify the spiders at times before they become even more predatory ensures that we will learn that the spiders will become more predatory. It's not brain surgery but it is very enjoyable and would I'm sure be really scary for people with a natural fear of spiders. This one has a slower-creeping ennui than Arachnophobia does but the spiders are more persistent and prevalent and the price they extract is higher.

cshep That itsy bitsy Spiders(Tarantulas) are on the crawl and they are upset ! TV films are generally dismissed as trite and shallow, but somehow "Kingdom of the Spiders" rises to a slightly higher level. Rick Hanson(William Shatner) local Veterinarian is perplexed by the deaths of several farm animals. Little does he know that the Spiders are revolting against the excesses of pesticides and turnabout is fair play. While the suspense and action don't always peak at the same time, the film does hold your interest as to how the director intends to showcase the next attack of the tarantulas. I didn't see a disclaimer that "no animals were harmed during filming", as if pickup trucks rolling over exploding tarantulas kinda gave it away. But the film develops nicely, even with a few contrived scenes.BTW, tarantulas are basically docile creatures, so they really had to ramp up the attacks to make them look effective. So give it a view, I gave the film 9 out of 10 rating, because for a goofy film, it does deliver.

kai ringler at first when i started watching this , i thought to myself oh no not another cheesy horror flick with no point,, well after about 20-30 mins i realized that this thankfully was not one of those. William Shatner plays the character "Rack" a veternarian dr. he discovers that something is killing of animals on a local farm in the small community. Once he makes that determination he gets the help of a professional who just happens to be female and cute. together the two of them try to figure out a way to stop the impending doom that faces the town. it is discovered that the use of DDT,, a common agent used in the 70's to kill numerous insects rodents and what not has wiped out the spider's local food supply,, so now the spiders must adapt to it's ever changing habitat, no more food, who do they turn to.. well you guessed it humans,, we are the main dish,, and now we have to fight to survive,, who better to lead us than T.J. Hooker.