The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)

Director:

Bill Rebane

Writers:

Richard L. Huff (screenplay) &
Robert Easton (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

October 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Creeping!...Crawling!...Crushing!

Plot:

Giant spiders from another dimension invade Wisconsin.

Plot Keywords:

Spider | Black Hole | Giant Spider | Observatory | Reverse Footage

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David B. Hoff	...	Helicopter Pilot (voice)

Also Known As:

Invasion of the Giant Spiders

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-14 | UK:A | Australia:PG | USA:PG | UK:15 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Gleason, Wisconsin, USA

Company:

Cinema Group 75

Trivia:

Director Bill Rebane once referred to the film as The Giant Spider Disaster in an interview, due to how problematic the production was.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Terry uses a steam iron to kill a tarantula, she is shown wearing a sleeveless yellow tank top. However, in the close up of the spider being killed, someone else is obviously wielding the iron. The arm shown is much longer than Terry's, the shirt is a different color than the one she was shown wearing, and it has a sleeve which has been rolled up. After the spider is killed, Terry is once again shown wearing a sleeveless yellow tank top.

Quotes:

Dan Kester: You're so dumb you wouldn't know rabbit turds from Rice Krispies.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "TCM Underground: Monster a Go-Go/The Giant Spider Invasion (#1.50)" (2008)

"This movie hates us, doesn't it?"

I saw The Giant Spider Invasion on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, like most of the users on this IMDb page. You know the funny thing about this movie is that as weird and stupid as it was, it actually told the story. So at least it had that going for it, but the problem is that the story really doesn't get itself across to where everyone could understand it, but mostly I would say that it was the lousy shooting of the movie, not to mention that the acting was just horrible. But I don't know about think it was totally bad for what it was, I mean it was just a typical low budget horror, despite how ridicules that giant spider looked.

Basically in Wisconsin, WOO, GO PACKERS, WOO!, there is a crash from an asteroid. The asteroid contains little rocks that have little spiders in them. The two residents that live right next to where it landed, Ev and Dan, take advantage and try to take the diamonds that are also in the rocks, but it may not be to their liking when the spiders take over the house and the whole town! But don't worry, Dr. Jenny and Dr. J.R. are on the case and are going to save Wisconsin from the giant spider that is attacking young girls in their underwear.

The Giant Spider Invasion is your typical low budget horror that reminds you more of those old 50's movies with the sci-fi action. While this is a bad movie, it's a fun like drive in type of film and has a few silly laughs here and there. Not to mention that it did make for a funny episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I loved how Jenny's line of screaming the doctor's name at the end turned out and the whole scene of the giant spider attacking the young girl in her undies in her house, that was just classic how fake the puppet was. But please watch the MSTK3 episode, I guarantee you'll have a lot of fun.

2/10