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Kiss of the Tarantula

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An undertaker's (Herman Wallner) teenage daughter (Suzanne Ling) uses pet spiders to punish her uncle (Eric Mason) and practical jokers.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/06/2017
C+
Tawdry drive-in horror flick that was made on the cheap for $60,000. Go to Full Review
Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com 11/20/2006
2/5
A starchy little combination between Carrie and any ol' "spiders run wild!" critter flick. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/21/2005
2/5
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Brad P 03/02/2023 If you don't take Kiss of the Tarantula too seriously, you're going to have a lot of fun. See more 06/05/2016 This was an interesting movie. It wasn't what I expected. The isolated teen, who lived lonely with her spiders was a really good idea - especially revolving around a morbid psychological fixation on death. Can it get anymore creepier than her and hundreds of pet spiders living in a family mortuary? I found myself feeling sorry for the girl, and even her furry friends. So, the plot was convincing and she was a good actress. There were some unexpected surprises thrown in. If you have a fear of spiders, or have claustrophobia then stay away from this movie. The fear ideally involves people stuck in tight area's with creepy crawlies climbing on them, while they have no place to go. See more 03/07/2015 Kiss of the Tarantula is one of the more infuriating movies that I've seen recently. Not only does it have a needless and leisurely pace, but it also doesn't have anything resembling an actual horror movie. This barely qualifies as a movie that's so bad that it's good, and even so, I don't think I could recommend it to anyone for that purpose. It just drags on most of the time and makes you want to shut it off. None of the characters are appealing, the deaths are laughable, and the movie just looks terrible, in general. This is probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and not in an enjoyable fashion. I was glad when it was over, that's for sure. I can't say I'd recommend it to anyone, but if you just have to see it, then I recommend watching the Rifftrax version of it instead. See more 05/13/2014 It's good definitely worth watching if you're creeped out by spiders. See more 05/13/2014 Tråkigt, lamt, oinspirerat, förutsägbart. See more 09/20/2013 This appeared as the flip-side of a double feature with the movie Ruby, and I have to say that it definitely wins out as far as being a more fun film, just because it's much more ridiculous and over the top than the Ruby film was, with a bunch of 20 and 30-somethings posing as high schoolers who torment the 'weird girl', who then unleashes her spider friends on them for revenge. It's silly as hell, but still amusing. Rental. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An undertaker's (Herman Wallner) teenage daughter (Suzanne Ling) uses pet spiders to punish her uncle (Eric Mason) and practical jokers.
Director
Chris Munger
Production Co
Cinema-Vu
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 25, 2018
Runtime
1h 25m