Review of Horrors of Spider Island (1960) by Byron B — 12 Sep 2017

As the new MST3K Netflix original was being promoted I decided to expose myself to some of the old episodes available for streaming on Hulu and Netflix (there is a different random selection on each platform).

Whether it is Joel or Mike watching these awful movies with the bots I do not envy the torture they are put through. Their snarky comments add some entertainment value, but my ratings are based on the movie's quality itself and not the extra material broadcast from the satellite of love.

This one approaches the so bad it's good category for me. It brought some fun and laughs with its cheesy writing and effects. This German film filmed in Yogolavia is also known as Body in the Web.

A manager and his troupe of sexy dancing girls being trapped on an island is nothing new. The scale of the spider puppet is confusing (and are there supposed to be many around the island?). Its bite turns him into some kind of beast (without eight legs), but when the spider or the man-spider bites the women they simply die.

A low-budget horror that does not deliver on its tagline "Blood-Curdling! Hair-Raising! Spine-Chilling!".