Spider Woman (2007) User Reviews

Subdued scares

[Leofwine_draca · 3/10 · 4 July 2017]

SPIDER WOMAN is a low budget Thai horror film based on local legends. It's a derivative piece of work, with lots of villagers wandering around and interacting and very little horror content, aside from an old witch spouting curses. There is some atmosphere built up along the way, but the scares are subdued and the attempts at horror are distinctly half-hearted. This is a far cry from the kind of full-blooded horror that South East Asia used to make in the 1970s and '80s.

Spiders!

[BandSAboutMovies · 3/10 · 31 October 2021]

I've added a lot of YouTube subscriptions and one keeps posting weird off brand slashers with covers that have nothing to do with the actual films and they get me every time, so let me share my pleasure and pain with you.

IMDB tells me that director C. Rattapol made this one and only movie. I guess that's probably a good thing, as this looks like the end period Mattei shot on video movies with none of the lunatic zeal or willingness to outright steal scenes from big budget movies.

I've seen this also called Spider Woman: Death Web. Anyways, it's all about a witch who gets burned on the stake, but then she gets possessed by a giant spider just in time for the torch carrying villagers to destroy her and then we go into modern times and a bunch of teens on vacation come up against Thailand CGI circa 2007, so just imagine.

I really need to get out of my basement.

Low budget high output

[paul-ayres-60784 · 7/10 · 4 September 2019]

Despite the low budget and inferior special effects this movie is very well made. The acting is much better than you would expect, the camerawork and lighting superb, the story and script strong. The suspense was enough to keep me engrossed. Plenty of sexy eye candy helped my enjoyment of this excellent offering from Thailand.