Review of Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) by Paul A — 05 May 2010

Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) -- [6.0] -- Lethal tarantulas take over an Arizona town in this remarkably well-paced, well-put-together little B-movie. And William Shatner is the star! How frickin' cool is that? He actually delivers a decent performance.

And Shatner fans will be happy to know that old Shat ain't afraid of no spiders -- to juice up the climax of the movie, it was his own idea to glue a tarantula to his face! The man just got cooler in my book.

PETA and Humane Society members beware: during the big spider invasion toward the end, the spiders exploding under car tires are REAL. Eeeew! Squishy nastiness!