grngrl711 I watched this movie for one reason and one reason only: Lana flawless Parrilla. Obviously my expectations were very low because I knew it was going to be crap, which it was. Lana herself has called the movie "embarrassing." And, let's be honest, she's come a LONG way acting-wise since then (she has the ALMA Award, a hit show, and hundreds of thousands of Evil Regals to prove it). I mean, I still can't wrap my brain around the fact that the dorky, spunky kid with glasses is now the Evil Queen. Anyway, I digress...Overall, NOT a film you should get into if you're looking for something thought-provoking and deeply emotional with award-winning performances that leave you breathless. If you are, you're going to be disappointed very quickly. However, it's quite enjoyable if you're looking for something mindless and cheesy to laugh at. This movie wasn't really even meant to be taken seriously, which makes it even better. So, a great flick if you wanna kill time and have a little fun. Although, I'm laughing so hard at the person in an old review who said, "Lana who? Don't worry, nobody knows who she is!" That's both hilarious and ironic.

Bezenby This is a Nu-Image film so you know what to expect right? You put the film on, keep your head down, and hope that you're not going to be too bored by the end. However, Spiders manages to rise head and shoulders above the rest as an honest b-movie full of little quirks and plenty of gore, stupidity, and geeks firing rocket launchers from helicopters at rampaging giant spiders.Our heroine Marci is a reporter for some college paper who believes in UFOs and Aliens and keeps dragging her two colleagues to news stories that never pan out. After getting a tip off from an 'alien' that a certain place is controlled by a secret government agency, she heads out their with her mates just in time to see a space shuttle crash right in front of her! Inside the shuttle, they witness the aftermath of some horrific event and get to talk to a swollen up pilot, but not before some G-men turn up and whisk him away to an underground bunker. What are the government trying to cover up?Well, the title might give you a clue. If you try and analyse this film on any level, then a) you'll be disappointed and b) why are you trying to apply intellect to something like this? Spiders is just an excuse for daftness, gore, giant spiders flipping over cars, with loads of little references thrown in for giggles. Apparently this facility has JFK and Jim Morrison's body in storage (keep an eye out for them). I liked this one. No pretensions. No dull spots. Nice bladder effects and the corpses of the astronauts reminded me of Luigi Cozzi's Contamination. Also, there was a spider bursting out of a guy's body with such force the guy just exploded - How can you hate a film that has that in it?

stephen_quinn_3991 I am a huge fan of movies and TV programmes. This like many other DVD's i buy went straight back to the shop. I haven't seen the film in a while (that is a good thing) but can remember the basic outline of the plot and story. A top secret DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider goes horrifically wrong as a freak meteor shower engulfs a NASA shuttle on a deep space mission. Tragedy hits the doomed space-craft as it is re-directed to a secret location in the heart of the California desert. The only survivor has been inpregnated with the venom of a rogue killer spider (sounds exciting to say the least) In the depths of a secret underground base another killer spider hatches from the body of the space shuttle survivor (WOW). An X-Files-style conspiracy creates and unleashes murderous mutant spiders feeding on their victims and growing in size after each kill. Mayhem ensues as a giant killer spider stomps through the streets of LA (as always)! Ridiculous from the start and very boring overall. The cheesiest part is where the two last friends are caught in a giant web in a elevator shaft and a spider comes running down the wall, if you see the sequel, this shot is used again. The boy lets his friend survive by making the spider in some way go for him. In LA the spider gets bigger and the special effects literally bomb. It looks as if they have followed a spider round with a video camera and got some dud idiot to blow it up. They eventually kill it by shooting it in the mouth. BORING the film went straight back to the shop. Hated it from the opening titles through to the dismal end. The plot, effects and seriously bad acting are'nt even laughable i would give this film a 0/10 if possible, don't waste time buying this film because you WILL take it backthank you, stephenquinn

junk-monkey The plot:(such as it is)Plucky girl reporter and her two chums witness the crash landing of a space shuttle. Unaware the MIBs have been doing experiments onboard with nasty spiders and one of them is loose, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys nip inside the wreck. The army and evil government people arrive. Drew and the boys hide in the back of a truck. The truck goes to a MYSTERIOUS (and unpopulated) secret underground military installation. Nancy and the boys wander around and are lucky enough to see a GIANT SPIDER bursting out of the only survivor from the shuttle. It starts killing people. Everyone runs around for hours getting killed off one by one, until only feisty girl reporter and, not quite as evil as we thought, cardboard-cutout Man In Black, (wearing identical sweaty white vests), are alive. They squash the variably sized spider monster by dropping a lift on it. They rush to the student newspaper office to write up the story (a process that may take some time, given the way plucky girl reporter moves her lips when reading) BUT! The really evil MIB has survived and is waiting for them in the editor's blood splattered office. After a (mercifully short) evil guy exposition he explodes and turns into a HUGE spider monster. Which runs around campus eating people. Hero and heroine get into the exploded evil guy's helicopter (I guess he must have left the keys in) and fly off after it to the city. With their last remaining round, and a punctured fuel tank, they blow up the spider-monster. The End (I guess the envelope the script was written on wasn't big enough for any more.) The dialogue in this movie is truly awful. Okay, it's a Nu Image movie so I'm not expecting Pinter or Ibsen here but the writing on this thing was just plain sh!t. I lost count of the number of times characters said "Let's get out of here". Half of the movie is taken up with people wandering around the usual empty chemical factory basement telling each other: "Let's get the hell out of here", or "Let's get the fvck out of here", "Come on let's go", "Come on we got to check this out", C'mon let's go!" "What the hell was that?" "c'mon lets go, Let's getthe hell outofhere Let's go blahblahgohangonthisway.... after a while you just want to scream SHUT UP! Stand still and Die! All of you! Now! At one point towards the end our plucky girl reporter falls out of a helicopter while holding a loaded antitank weapon. "Hang on!" cries our hero who is flying the copter. Several times. Duh! I mean did people get paid to write this?