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What makes it different from others?
Konterr
Brilliant and touching
Yash Wade
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Jemima
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
GL84
Following up on a story, a reporter and her crew accidentally uncover a secret government project that turned a spider into a towering giant and must stop its rampage through the city.Overall this one turned out to be quite the decent creature feature. One of the biggest factors to this one is the rather cheesy atmosphere here, as there's quite a large amount of time here not only with the incredibly goofy nature of the human-sized spider running around as well as all of the silly special effects which accounts for a really fun, cheese-filled time. The action furthers the cheese here as the concept of scenes such as the attack in the morgue, the assault on the guards in the basement or the rather cheesy and deliciously corny finale in which the monster-sized spider runs amok throughout the city after escaping from the local college which are just as incredibly cheesy yet ultimately rather fun part of what makes this one so entertaining. This one really seems to revel in the cheesy tones and outlandish scenarios within these scenes since it not only manages to get quite entertaining throughout these on a silly level but also manages to keep the film filled with action so it never lags or becomes boring. This is also a chance to show off the impressive amount of practical effects for both the spider and the gore which is really nice and sticks out against the really obvious CGI that's featured here. The CGI is among the few flaws as there's a lot of scenes that are quite badly ruined by the CGI for either the scene or the effect looks distracting and obvious here. The shuttle crash and the transformation are set-up to be important parts to the film but the horrible CGI in these scenes does manage to look really bad. This does play into the film's other big flaw which is the cheesy feeling and atmosphere throughout this. It's pretty hard to take this one seriously with all the actions, plot-points and special effects all being quite goofy which really undermines this. It manages to hurt this a little but not enough to really hinter this one much.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.
Bezenby
This is a Nu-Image film so you know what to expect right? You put the film on, keep your head down, and hope that you're not going to be too bored by the end. However, Spiders manages to rise head and shoulders above the rest as an honest b-movie full of little quirks and plenty of gore, stupidity, and geeks firing rocket launchers from helicopters at rampaging giant spiders.Our heroine Marci is a reporter for some college paper who believes in UFOs and Aliens and keeps dragging her two colleagues to news stories that never pan out. After getting a tip off from an 'alien' that a certain place is controlled by a secret government agency, she heads out their with her mates just in time to see a space shuttle crash right in front of her! Inside the shuttle, they witness the aftermath of some horrific event and get to talk to a swollen up pilot, but not before some G-men turn up and whisk him away to an underground bunker. What are the government trying to cover up?Well, the title might give you a clue. If you try and analyse this film on any level, then a) you'll be disappointed and b) why are you trying to apply intellect to something like this? Spiders is just an excuse for daftness, gore, giant spiders flipping over cars, with loads of little references thrown in for giggles. Apparently this facility has JFK and Jim Morrison's body in storage (keep an eye out for them). I liked this one. No pretensions. No dull spots. Nice bladder effects and the corpses of the astronauts reminded me of Luigi Cozzi's Contamination. Also, there was a spider bursting out of a guy's body with such force the guy just exploded - How can you hate a film that has that in it?
tabor-ukhodit-v-nebo
I think most people who have commented on this movie have watched it with the wrong attitude. Get real; What do you expect from a flick blatantly named "Spiders", apparently featuring some generic monstrous arachnid creatures wreaking havoc on people? Unless you're an easily amused teenager with poor judgment, you instinctively steer clear from these kinds of pictures when looking for chills and thrills. There are quality films that offer just that.I thought I was about to watch a really bad movie, with unintentionally comedic elements and worthless cast, storyline and directing. I was wrong. This movie quickly reveals it's true nature for the perceptive. Taking for granted that the movie was "bad" on purpose, I could actually appreciate the cheesy dialog and all the self-irony that it displays. The characters make illogical decisions, use stupid reasoning and don't try to take themselves seriously. The way in which the plot unfolds and how the main characters figure it out is an obvious parody of the genre, and there are so many details which contribute to that feeling in the dialog and some of the scenes; a guy holding the spider's teeth like bull's horns, making DNA-enhanced mutant spiders from hell seem like a an ordinary casual case of lively struggle, quotes like "This is so creepy. Its like a bad sci-fi movie." and "I mean what the hell is this place?" -"I don't care what this place is, what the f-ck are *we* doing here?" etc. made me at least chuckle at times, because they often raise valid points regarding the absurd setting of the film, and do it with subtlety.The CGI was decent at times, yet laughable in some parts (especially when the spider was running around walls etc). The spider looks gory enough in close shots. The physical webs are composed of thin rope and you can see the knots tying together the intersections, which to me was a funny detail (c'mon, they could have easily avoided that, would they had cared for realism).The pacing is fine; There is enough action to keep the viewer at least semi-entertained, assuming they can appreciate other aspects of the film also (I'm not a big fan of "irrational abominable creature vs. bunch of dumb people" films).All in all, this is definitely not a serious movie, so you should not watch it as one. If you are in a humourless mood looking for some horror, then this movie will probably only make you angry. As a compensation for all the bad ratings this movie has received on IMDb, I have to give it 8/10. I'd dare to say it is more self-aware and intelligent than most people realize.
hmckiel
SPIDERS could have been another No-Flash, Even Less Bang DTV horror flick. But about halfway through, the writers got smart and made the final fifteen minutes something that monster movies fanatics the world over would of cheered in an immaculate chorus if they saw it in a movie theater for. Problem is, no one would've had the patience to stay up until then.The plot is simple: The government injects a spider with alien DNA, it lays an egg in someone before it dies, the offspring hatches in a decent gross-out scene, and crap happens. It takes a while to get going, and even once it does nothing cool ever happens until the finale, which involves yet another spider, this one bigger than a large sports car, getting loose in Los Angles. It really is quite the spectacle, one that I thought saved the film from being a total snoozefest.Everything else is average or below-average, except the puppetry effects used for the spiders (there's only three in the entire film). There is one part where the creature is obviously just a prop on the end of a stick, but other than that the practical effects are outstanding for this kind of film. Now about the CG, well, its terrible for the most part.Overall, SPIDERS makes for an okay weekend rental. Don't expect much, and you shouldn't be too disappointed.