Earth vs. the Spider

Keeping in mind that this is not a 20 million special effects block- buster but rather a TV movie, or to be precise, a straight to Showtime movie, I would like to say that this movie is not bad at all. A young security guard, obsessed with comic books and super heroes and the like, secretly injects himself with a top secret (and highly unstable) new drug, hoping that it will give him the incredible powers of a spider and thus make him into a loved superhero. Well he does garner the powers he craves, super strength and super agility, but at a ghastly price. He develops grotesque deformities, kinda like Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly" (1986), and also a terrible hunger that can only be sated by a particular dish, one that struggles. This movie, like earlier stated compares easily to "The Fly", the tragic young man loses his love due to becoming a monster, and he also was a lonely, mousy kinda guy, like Jeff Goldblum was. But, unlike "The Fly", this movie was not shown in theatres nationwide, nor did it have a booming budget. You can tell, however, than Dan Ackroyd is having a blast hamming it up as a nervous cop in a bad marriage, who hunts the monster as it kills and kills. Let's be honest, folks, Ackroyd doesn't need the money. This movie has a 50's camp feel to it and as a matter of fact, it's a remake of a 50's movie by the same name. So hey, if you are lucky enough to have Showtime on your cable, check this flick out. Final judgement....it's a remake of a 50's camp classic, modernized with gory special effects. You'll love it. You have my word.

There are many sides to a script, what you appreciated was just I wasn't admired for. I vote this film for 6,even 7, cause in my opinion, I assumed that this movie tended to transform the topic to humanity. When the comic-addicted person injected some unknown blood-cell, you know it was illegal, but he wanted to be like spider-man, saved those people who were needy. It's normal to have these feelings. But the effects of the injection was getting more and more weird, he lost his sensibility and humanity. When his beloved woman recognized that this huge human-like monster was Queen, she shed a tear, to my delight, the monster didn't bite her or hurt her, because "he" could tell that he was still a human being, she was standing nearby, still. The plots might be a little bit cliché these days, but personally, I think that it's also a good film which is worth browsing around.

I should say i caught this little piece of gem the other day on tv and this tv movie was quite impressive.To begin with we have this kid who loses his job as a security officer at a research lab as he screws up a bust up by a bunch of crooks .To top it the kid injects himself with some potion say xxx which has something to do with spiders .So this kid will he become a super hero or some thing very sinister? thats for u to watch mucho. And well we have Dan akroyd as the investigating officer,and he gives a good performance.The movie builds upon the premise which we all dreamt when we were kids "to be a super hero with that special powers in order to save the world, save the girl and save the day". Quite a little neat movie i give it 4 otta 5.Have a good day.

I had to outbid several bidders on e-bay to get the VHS of this, as it seems to be getting a cult following or something. So it came and I watched, and it was completely interesting and never had a boring moment. It's kind of a low-rent SPIDERMAN, without the generally positive outlook of Spidey, kind of what might happen should the spider abilities include a hideous transformation and thirst for live prey. There are some suspicious coincidences between the 2 flicks. This one's dated 2001, and Spiderman is 2002, but who knows what the buzz was around Hollywood prior to the releases. So in this one, remake of the 50's version in title only, we have a hero/villain combination with pathos, and Dan Ackroyd in a good bit as a character actor, something he's been doing well since Driving Miss Daisy, as he's gotten too heavy to be a leading man any longer. If you like B-flicks, this is worth the time and you won't be disappointed. It's typical B-flick build and has the slow reveal of the hideous man/spider monster, which is well worth the wait, in the usual grand Stan Winston fashion (or his assistants perhaps). If you cannot stand B-flicks of this genre, then don't bother, you'll hate it and be mad at yourself for spending the time.

What is the fetish with movies like this? Is gaining a super-power always a pre-cursor to becoming evil? Maybe that's why I liked Darkman so much. With the abilities that Peyton got, he used them for good, even if it was in a vigilante way. I really wanted to enjoy this movie, and was encouraged by the fact that initially, Quentin used his powers for good.

Of course, it took all of 45 minutes for him to go bad and go on a killing spree. Did somebody think that was original? Aside from the fact that it was a blatant knock off of Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly" remake, though much less gory.

The acting was of the "not bad" variety, but Dan Aykroyd is wasted in a role that tries to have depth, but fails (chalk it up to comic book writing? I dunno).

I did get a huge kick out of the store owner using the Hasbro "Darth Maul Lightsaber" (of which I have on right next to me here) as his last line of defense. A total hoot! Classic!

I would be remiss if I didn't say the movie does a decent make-up. Pretty creepy.

Sadly, the ending falls flat and comes way to abruptly, and is also cliche, and confusing to boot. Did he want to kill her, or not? I leave that for you to decide.

** out of four.