Review of Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977) by Ennis Brokeback L — 20 Nov 2012
"Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo" is a critter feature that offers no scares and little thrills. While the acting and sets are good, the story moves too slowly and the spiders aren't used in any creative or inventive way.
We always see the tarantulas simply crawling on the ground, which isn't frightening. Spiders are frightening because they can crawl on walls, hide inside little objects and appear at any moment; by using mostly static tarantulas (which are spiders that are easily recognizable and commonly known to be harmless) the scares simply don't happen.
A long portion of the introduction is wasted on the setup where we meet characters that are simply killed off a few minutes later; precious time that could have been used to develop our main characters and make us care about them.
Overall the film is dull and audiences won't be scared or excited to watch it and although there are a few jokes at its expense that can be made, even as a "so bad it's good" kind of film it's not terribly entertaining.
(Dvd, November 16, 2012).
This review of Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977) was written by Ennis Brokeback L on 20 Nov 2012.
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo has generally received negative reviews.
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