This giant spider eats folks in a small town. They probably coulda called this "a small hick town vs. the spider" but that's not nearly exploitative enough. The spider is just a super-imposed tarantula and doesn't have the cool skull head promised on some of the cooler movie posters. This one is a about as basic as these giant bug movies come. Not too much is really explained, all the high-school students look way too old as usual from this era and we learn that rock n roll music helps spiders come back to life. Also they make silly screaming noises as they attack random people. It's obviously cashing in on the earlier and better TARANTULA but it's still an OK stupid watch in it's own right. The good thing about these 50's monster flicks is that most of them are only around an hour long or so and you don't really have time to get very bored before they figure out some way to blow the creature up. AKA THE SPIDER
This was remade in 2001 by Showtime for cable TV but I'm sure that doesn't have any of the campy appeal of the original.
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