Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

Poor William Shatner, how he must have longed for the deck of the Enterprise instead of the hot desert on earth surrounded by a few thousand tarantulas. Shatner is a veterinarian who has discovered that one of Woody Strode's calves was killed and the lab results which entomologist Tiffany Bolling brings in shows it was an incredible amount of spider venom.In van she's one of the scientist who has warned against the overuse of DDT which has killed the spider's natural food supply. Now the spiders have developed new feeding habits and they've gotten organized against humankind.The human players look like they would rather be anywhere than in this Thanksgiving special of a movie. Especially Shatner whom he fired his agent after this would have been justified.I will say this though, the ending was quite bizarre, almost but not quite made up for the rest of this film.Unless you love arachnids, pass it up.

Why did this get 5.9 I do not know. It is just awful. It is not scary. It has an awful ending. The story line is awful. There are good actor in this movie. They wasted there talent. Do not wast time. And do not wast money. Do not see this awful movie. This about kill spiders. I could have liked this movie if the story line was not so awful. The ending really stinks. I give it 1 out of 10. This movie is a big pile of pooh pooh. Do not watch this movie. If you want see a scary movie. See Jaws or Jaws 2 of Jaws 3 of Jaws the revenge. Do not see this pooh pooh. I need more line and I am running out of things to say. Bad movie bad movie bad movie. I can not believe that the same man who wrote Piranha which is a great movie wrote this crap.

William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling and Marcy Lafferty star in this 1977 sci-fi/horror film. This takes place in the small town of Verde Valley located in Arizona. Shatner (Star Trek) plays Rack Hansen, a veterinarian who discovers that deadly spiders are roaming about due to insecticides wiping out their natural food supply. Soon, Rack meets entomologist, Diane Ashley (Bolling) and together they help stop the spiders from terrorizing the town. Lafferty plays Terry, Rack's sister-in-law and she was actually Shatner's wife at the time. This is pretty good and I remember when it used to be on TV years ago. Shatner is great in it and I also like Dorsey Burnette's "Peaceful Verde Valley" song at the beginning and end. I recommend this.

In a remote Arizona town animals are dying mysteriously or disappearing all together. The town doctor (William Shatner) and an entomologist (Tiffany Bolling) discover spiders are attacking and killing animals...and people might be next. But why and how? The answer is pretty silly but i won't give it away.This has been WAY overpraised by some horror fans. I hate spiders myself but this film didn't really work on me till the last half hour. The first hour has only one attack and is mostly talk and character development. What saves it from being very dull is that the dialogue isn't half bad, the characters ARE interesting and the acting is very good (Shatner and Bolling are excellent). The attacks kick in during the last half hour--THEN the movie works. They are quick and scary and these spiders appear everywhere! The sequence where the town is attacked is improbable (HOW did all those spiders get on people?) but has some really disturbing sequences of spiders crawling over dead people and spinning webs. The ending is chilling at first...but when you apply logic to any of this it falls apart.OK--the spiders are attacking and are very aggressive but they also seem to be super intelligent and figure out where humans will be. They also appear in places that it would be impossible for them to be and seriously--think about that ending. Do YOU believe it? If you're terrified of spiders this will work but this is nothing more than a well-done B film. I give it a 7.