In the annals of bizarre 70's made-for-T.V. movies this one sits pretty high up. The basic idea is that Patty Duke(who starred in that silly show in the 60's where she played identical cousins) gets bitten by spiders when she was an infant and instead of getting super powers like SPIDER-MAN she ends up turning into a murdering giant spider-lady monster whenever the moon is full. The monster looks like it might have been made out of paper-mache but it roars just like RODAN so that's sorta cool. Our hero who's investigating these suspicious spider murders is Anthony Franciosa who would go on to star in Dario Argento's great TENEBRE. It also features a bunch of other familiar television faces including the mom from LOST IN SPACE, Pinky Tuscadero from HAPPY DAYS, that guy from BARNEY MILLER, that lady from KNOTS LANDING and probably a few others that I didn't recognize. This was directed by Dan Curtis who also did that DARK SHADOWS show that all the goth types love. While this is not a particularly good film on any level it does work as a silly B-movie and reminded me of a 60's Roger Corman monster flick a whole lot and is goofy fun.
No comments:
Post a Comment