Had Roger Corman's name been attached to this picture, I wouldn't have been surprised. It's like "Swamp Women" times two set in a more idyllic tropical locale, whose creatures of the title make only an intermittent appearance just to remind us it's supposed to be their story. But it never is, the very few times anything resembling a spider shows up it's heralded by goofy metallic outer space sci-fi music, and then.... nothing!
The central plot involving an agent, his girlfriend and seven would be dancers winds up with a Clipper 247 crashing into the ocean on the way to Singapore. From there the film makes it's way into soft porn territory as one by one, the girls shed their clothes and cavort on their island paradise, unfazed by the occasional dead body among them that under normal circumstances might raise an eyebrow or two. The film is a mess, and couldn't have done worse if each player was given carte blanch to make up their own story as they went along. Come to think of it, maybe they were.
Hard to believe that as late as 1960, films were still being made where story continuity took place seamlessly with scenes alternating between day and night. It's the only movie I've ever seen where two guys go inside to have a fight, with the expected result of cracking up over how ridiculous that was. In the end, you'll shout, you'll scream, you'll wonder how you ever made it to the end. Fortunately, there was still room in my Top Ten list of all time worst movies for this bomb, if only Spider Island can stay afloat.
The central plot involving an agent, his girlfriend and seven would be dancers winds up with a Clipper 247 crashing into the ocean on the way to Singapore. From there the film makes it's way into soft porn territory as one by one, the girls shed their clothes and cavort on their island paradise, unfazed by the occasional dead body among them that under normal circumstances might raise an eyebrow or two. The film is a mess, and couldn't have done worse if each player was given carte blanch to make up their own story as they went along. Come to think of it, maybe they were.
Hard to believe that as late as 1960, films were still being made where story continuity took place seamlessly with scenes alternating between day and night. It's the only movie I've ever seen where two guys go inside to have a fight, with the expected result of cracking up over how ridiculous that was. In the end, you'll shout, you'll scream, you'll wonder how you ever made it to the end. Fortunately, there was still room in my Top Ten list of all time worst movies for this bomb, if only Spider Island can stay afloat.