Smith arrives at Camp Verde and finds the town under siege by the spiders. Hansen, Ashley and Linda take refuge in the Washburn Lodge. Something you should know: Contains scenes of graphic tarantula violence. Ashley is notified by her colleagues that a sample of venom from one of the spiders is five times more toxic than normal. Colby is attacked by a group of tarantulas while driving his truck the next day, sending the truck over the side of a hill and killing him. Kingdom of the Spiders is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed by John "Bud" Cardos and produced by Igo Kantor and Jeffrey M. Sneller. Finally, Kingdom of the Spiders starts out slow, real slow, tipped off by No. It stars William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Lieux Dressler, and Altovise Davis. Tap to unmute. They consult with the sheriff, who tells them the spiders are everywhere and Camp Verde is cut off. It drags a bit at the beginning but once the spiders organise into an army...this thing really takes off baby. About Kingdom of the Spiders Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hoards of migrating tarantulas. A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. [8], Shout! Watch later. He takes Hansen and Ashley to the hill, which is covered with tarantulas. Colby's body is found encased in spider webs. In order to survive, the spiders, normally cannibalistic to each other, are combining to attack and eat larger animals. The spiders begin assaulting local residents, killing Birch and Hansen's sister-in-law, Terri. Diane Ashley, an arachnologist, arrives looking for Hansen, Ashley tells Hansen that the calf was killed by a massive dose of spider venom, which Hansen greets with skepticism and disbelief. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught. Moments after they arrive, Colby's wife, Birch, discovers their dog is dead, Ashley tests the dog's carcass and concludes that it also died from a massive injection of spider venom, Hansen is incredulous, until Colby states that he recently found a massive "spider hill" on a back section of his farmland. The studies carried out by scientist James ... See full summary ». [6], Kantor hinted in his Fangoria interview that Arachnophobia, which Spielberg produced, bears several similarities to Kingdom of the Spiders. I hate spiders and this particular film, take it from me, is an arachnophobes nightmare. Rumors have occasionally surfaced that a sequel to Kingdom of the Spiders was in production; however, no such film has yet been made. In the small town of Verde Valley, Arizona, veterinarian Dr. Robert “Rack” Hansen (William Shatner) is summoned back to his office when farmer Walter Colby’s (Woody Strode) prized calf suddenly turns ill. When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal. 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The worst injury most of the actors suffered was troublesome itching caused by the spiders shedding their bristles (Tarantula urticating bristles has been used to make itching powder sold in joke and novelty stores). KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS is all you could hope for in a B-movie starring everyone's favourite thesp, William Shatner, and a cast of B-movie hopefuls. -Defending the Hotel. Hansen and Ashley return to the Colby farm to burn the spider hill. Rack hooks up the earnest hottie in a remote lodge run by his friend Emma Washburn (Lieux Dressler). Was this review helpful to you? Summary: In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The screenplay is credited to Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou, from an original story by Sneller and Stephen Lodge. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? It stars William Shatner, and what we have to remember when were watching this, is that K.O.T.S was made in 1977. 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