Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Arachnophobia

Mike and the Bots have their work cut out for them in MST3K: The Giant Spider Invasion (ep 810). It seems that a meteorite has brought an invasion of spiders (mostly random tarantulas) to Northern Wisconsin. It's up to dopey sheriff Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper!) and an unattractive mating pair of middle-aged scientists to save the world. There's also a tent revival, a sleazy lowlife farmer in a union suit and truss, some half-eaten cows, and finally, some giant spiders. Apparently, real car-sized spider models were used, instead of blue-screened tiny ones.

The MST3k crew do there best, and get some good lines in, but this movie is really bad. Probably worse than Earth vs. the Spider. Watch it at your own risk.

On the other hand, if you like spiders, there are a few real ones here, including cute Mexican redknee. So there's that...

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