Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Claude Akins | ... | Bert Springer | |
Charles Frank | ... | Joe Harmon | |
Deborah Winters | ... | Cindy Beck | |
Bert Remsen | ... | Mayor Douglas | |
Sandy McPeak | ... | Chief Beasley | |
Pat Hingle | ... | Doc Hodgins | |
Tom Atkins | ... | Buddy | |
Howard Hesseman | ... | Fred | |
John Harkins | ... | Sylvan | |
Charles Siebert | ... | Rich Finley | |
Penelope Windust | ... | Gloria Beasley | |
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Edwin Owens | ... | Frank |
Alex Colon | ... | Hector | |
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Lanny Horn | ... | Harry Weed |
Jerome Guardino | ... | H.L. Williams |
An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees. Written by Kevin McCorry <mmccorry@nb.sympatico.ca>
I have to admit, I was surprised by this movie. I bought it as part of a 2 DVD set with "Ants" for $5. Needless to say, I was expecting a "so bad it's good" movie along the lines of "Rockula". Instead, I found an interesting, if unspectacular... thriller? Horror movie? I really don't know what this is. It's not terribly scary, and the only really tense moments come at opposite ends of the film. Nevertheless, this is a good movie. It has a solid script, fairly god acting, (usually) and great music from Mundell Lowe. That's not to say it doesn't have it's flaws. The "cute kid" of the movie is less than competent, and I'm being nice. It also feels like the director doesn't use his full potential during the entire movie. During the climax, we see that he is a genuinely good director, capable of injecting tension into a scene, but just seems to be coasting through most of the movie. Hopefully, his other movies draw on that potential.