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October 1975 (USA)
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Creeping!...Crawling!...Crushing! more
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Giant spiders from another dimension invade Wisconsin. full summary | add synopsis
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A multi-faceted gem of 70's B-Horror!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Steve Brodie | ... | Dr. Vance |
| Barbara Hale | ... | Dr. Jenny Langer |
 | Robert Easton | ... | Kester |
| Leslie Parrish | ... | Ev |
| Alan Hale Jr. | ... | Sheriff (as Alan Hale) |
| Bill Williams | ... | Dutch |
| Kevin Brodie | ... | Perkins |
| Diane Lee Hart | ... | Terry |
| Tain Bodkin | ... | Preacher |
| Paul Bentzen | ... | Billy |
| J. Stewart Taylor | ... | Deputy |
| Christiane Schmidtmer | ... | Helga (as Christiana Schmidtmer) |
| William W. Gillett Jr. | ... | Rider |
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| David B. Hoff | ... | Helicopter Pilot (voice) |
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Also Known As:
Invasion of the Giant Spiders
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84 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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David Hoff, who provides the radio voice of the helicopter pilot, was an actual pilot for the Wisconsin Air Guard.
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Continuity: As Mr. Kester drives home from Helga's on the night of the revival, one shot shows daylight.
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Dr. J.R. Vance:
Hi!
Dr. Jenny Langer: Hello.
Dr. J.R. Vance: Hi, I'm Dr. J.R. Vance from N.A.S.A.
Dr. Jenny Langer: Oh, I'm so glad you're here, Doctor. I'm Jenny Langer.
Dr. J.R. Vance: Nice to meet you. I have an appointment with your father.
Dr. Jenny Langer: Oh, no no. He passed away in 1962
Dr. J.R. Vance: Oh, I'm so sorry, then the appointment must be with your husband.
Dr. Jenny Langer: I'm not married.
Dr. J.R. Vance: I'm NOT sorry. Then it's probably with your brother.
Dr. Jenny Langer: No, my brother's an interior decorator in Oshkosh. You see, Doctor... Vance. I'm afraid your appointment is with me. I'm DOCTOR Jenny Langer.
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Dr. Jenny Langer: Hello.
Dr. J.R. Vance: Hi, I'm Dr. J.R. Vance from N.A.S.A.
Dr. Jenny Langer: Oh, I'm so glad you're here, Doctor. I'm Jenny Langer.
Dr. J.R. Vance: Nice to meet you. I have an appointment with your father.
Dr. Jenny Langer: Oh, no no. He passed away in 1962
Dr. J.R. Vance: Oh, I'm so sorry, then the appointment must be with your husband.
Dr. Jenny Langer: I'm not married.
Dr. J.R. Vance: I'm NOT sorry. Then it's probably with your brother.
Dr. Jenny Langer: No, my brother's an interior decorator in Oshkosh. You see, Doctor... Vance. I'm afraid your appointment is with me. I'm DOCTOR Jenny Langer.
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Featured in The Making of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' (1997) (TV)
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The Giant Spider Invasion is a superb piece of 1970's B-Horror. Of course, by today's synthetic, digitally enhanced, multi-billion dollar, pseudo-artistic, technologically dependent standards it is a poor film, but remember that 'Spider Invasion' only cost $250,000 to produce.
It is full of small, creepy spiders, developing into mega-bohemoth spiders and laying waste to anything that gets in their way!
Oh sure you can label it cheesy! You can label it hokey! Label it sub-par! B ut isn't that why people watch B-horror? And is not 70's B-horror the true pinnacle of the genre? And did not Mystery Science Theater think it a worthy piece to cover on their show? Me thinks in the affirmative on both questions!
This movie is a worthy effort...dealing with such diverse topics as Alien Invasion, to greed & evil in the social context...to even what Camus referred to as the Existential Dilemma (or something like that)...oh you can find almost anything in any piece of art, but my point is that this is a good movie! It's cheesy, but good; and when I saw it at the age of 6, I thought it was very horrifying!
I still...to this day...cannot drink tomato juice...Thank-you Giant Spider Invasion!