The Giant Spider Invasion

 


The Plot: A giant spider invasion

I love how this movie is called THE giant spider invasion. Probably to distinguish itself from the lesser, more obscure giant spider invasions that people have long forgotten about. Due to a black hole in our solar system, a giant spider emerges from another dimension and arrives on Earth in what looks like a rural Georgia town that just so happens to have Alan Hale Jr. (yes, The Skipper from Gilligan's Island) as the sheriff. I like to think this movie is in the Gilligan's Island universe and after being rescued after many years on that island, the Skipper decides to live a quiet life as a small town sheriff only to have his calm interrupted by a giant interdimensional spider. And he has to do it alone without his little buddy. Not that Gilligan would much much help. Heck even the Professor making coconut weaponry would be no match for an interdimensional giant spider. Seems like the Skipper is left to his own wits.

Sheriff Skipper at your service, little buddy

The giant spider also brings along a bunch of smaller tarantula sized spiders that live ins ide of rocks. I am assuming these are not actual earth tarantulas due to their arriving from another dimension. These critters are more of an annoyance than anything else.  The real threat is THE giant spider, which actually looks like its made out of the world's largest pipe cleaners. It does kill some of the local lecherous hicks which I thought was actually a benefit to the town. Sheriff Skipper didn't see it that way. 

Got a pest problem in your house? Have you tried taking care of it with a flare gun?

Sheriff Skipper does no fighting the spider of his own. He sends his deputy to do that. Who promptly gets eaten by the spider. Although, due to poor special effects it more looks like he climbs inside the spider's mouth on purpose. He probably was willing to do anything to get out of this movie. Sheriff Skipper does call Nasa scientists to help, even though all the townsfolk refer to Nasa as "Nassau" Oh those wacky uneducated hillbillys! In the end the Nasa scientists say some mumbo jumbo technobabble and somehow kill the spider and send it back to its own dimension with a flare gun. Don't ask. 

Your firearm is useless!

The Giant Spider Invasion does everything a movie should not do. It has terrible dialogue and acting, special effects that barely try to hide the strings, scenes filmed in almost total darkness, gaping continuity errors, but somehow all of that just means it transcends its own awfulness, turns the corner and becomes awesome! It certainly is an unforgettable movie and isn't that what we really want in our entertainment? I give The Giant Spider Invasion 7 giant interdimensional spiders who can be killed with flare guns. 


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