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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 Tawdry drive-in horror flick that was made on the cheap for $60,000. Rated: C+ Jul 6, 2017 Full Review Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com A starchy little combination between Carrie and any ol' "spiders run wild!" critter flick. Rated: 2/5 Nov 20, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 21, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Brad P If you don't take Kiss of the Tarantula too seriously, you're going to have a lot of fun. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/02/23 Full Review christopher c. m First, the orange kneed tarantula a desert species of spider. They wouldn't be hiding in the basement of a house in a forest area. Also, the spiders kill exactly 0.00 People in the movie. The people are morons who needless panic and end up either killing themselves. Or killing themselves trying to get out of VW bug. One guy breaks his neck as the car door slams against his throat. EXCEPT, there would not enough force to break his neck with the distance it closed on him and if he was supposed to have strangled, considering he was already out side and the spider was inside, that's his stupidity. Another girl gets her head slammed through a window, cutting her throat. EXCEPT, this was obviously a 1960 to 1970s VW Bug. Which means it would have safety glass which was standard safety since the 1920s. Plus who the hell is so scared of harmless spiders enough to have a heart attack? Plus why is it so sick to like spiders? This is just a bad attempt as the teen with power getting revenge on tormentors. Like "Carrie" mixed with "Willard", badly. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member It's good definitely worth watching if you're creeped out by spiders. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Tråkigt, lamt, oinspirerat, förutsägbart. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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