L'Horrible Invasion

Original title: Kingdom of the Spiders

1977
12
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

6.5K

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William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, and Woody Strode in L'Horrible Invasion (1977)

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Horror Sci-Fi

In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive ... Read allIn rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

6.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations total

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Kingdom of the Spiders

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Trivia
Tiffany Bolling was cast as the female lead because she was the only actress who auditioned for the film who had no problem working with spiders.

Goofs
The stunt driver who hits Mayor Conner misjudged his speed and hit the brakes just as he made contact. Instead of the car taking out the Mayor and then careening into the water tower, you can see it stop briefly and then accelerate again to get enough speed to take out the water tower.

Quotes
Birch Colby: Are you crazy, lady? This is our home, and no damn spiders are gonna run us out!

Connections
Edited from La quatrième dimension: To Serve Man (1962)

Soundtracks
Peaceful Verde Valley
Written and Sung by Dorsey Burnette
Available on Calliope Records and Tapes

User reviews124

Featured review

8/10

One of the first horror movies I've seen and still one of the best

I have no idea how old I was when I first saw this movie, maybe 9 or 10 and yes, I'm happy that we don't have any biting, poisonous spiders here in Germany. The plot is better than most of this genre, it's good structured and it lacks a stupid showdown with a giant monster breeding millions of smaller beings. Instead, it's an open end an an appeal against the abuse of pesticides. Big bonus. And the tarantulas are soooooo yucky. I even think this movie is the cause for my brothers aracnophobia. One thing that upsets me in almost every of this kind of movies is that the "hero" (in this case Captain Kirk) saves a child. I like "Smilla's sense of snow" because this annoying inuit boy is thrown off the roof. Kill more kids in movies!!! Same rights for everyone!!!!