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Lana Parrilla, Josh Greene, David Carpenter

What has eight legs, a big appetite, and brings terror to a desert community in this sci-fi thriller? A group of astronauts are performing scientific experiments with a spider aboard a space shuttle w... read more read more...hen the craft is struck by a solar flare. This brings about an unexpected reaction in the spider -- the bug begins to grow, and it attacks and kills the crew on board. Marci (Lana Parrilla) is a student journalist with a more-than-academic interest in conspiracy theories and UFOs; she's digging around in the desert looking for evidence of alien aircraft landings when the shuttle crashes to Earth -- and a monstrous spider crawls out. Marci and her friends try to convince the citizens of the nearby town that they're in grave danger, but given Marci's habit of reporting strange stories of dubious credibility, most people are loath to believe her until it's too late. Spiders also stars Josh Greene, and Oliver Macready. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Gary Jones

Release Date: January 1, 2000

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DVD Release Date: October 9, 2001

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  • matseb2611
    March 22, 2009
    matseb2611
    This is one of those highly low-budget films that are so bad that they are good. The plot is mediocre, some of the special effects are laughable and the dialogue is extremelly cheesy.
    Recommended for those who like to sit down and watch this movie for the pure sake of having a ... read morelaugh.
  • EVERYTHINGISBIGGERINTEXAS
    September 20, 2008
    EVERYTHINGISBIGGERINTEXAS
    Not as bad as the usual briskly made Sci-Fi horror flick. This movie is fairly enjoyable, though only for quick entertainment.
  • capkronos
    October 4, 2007
    capkronos
    Marci (Lana Parrilla), a college student working for a student newspaper about extraterrestrials and other supernatural phenomena, plus two male co-workers (Nick Swarts and Mark Phelan), head out into the California wilderness following a report of alien sightings. There they wit... read moreness a spaceship crash, see a scientist being shot by a corrupt military man, stow away on a truck that's loaded down with corpses (from the ship), and end up trapped in Majestic 12 headquarters; a military bunker/lab way underground (you need to take an elevator to get down there) where unorthodox experiments have been taking place. Some scientists have injected a tarantula with some alien DNA, said spider laid an egg inside one of the astronauts and said egg has hatched; resulting in a large, web-shooting spider monster with cell-regenerative properties that sinks its fangs into most of the supporting cast. The monster also grows bigger and bigger from one generation to the next, so at the finale we get a house-sized giant spider going on GODZILLA rampage on a college campus and through the city. It's up to Marci and a buff military dude (Josh Green), both in their matching white tank tops, to stop the monster. Not to spoil the ending, but our heroine ends up hanging out of a helicopter on a rope trying to shoot a missile out of a bazooka (that looks like it was made by Nerf) right into the monster's mouth. As one character says early on, "It's like a bad sci-fi movie!" Well, I've seen a little worse. The story and stock characters have been worn clichés for at least 40 years, the dialog is laughable ("We need bug repellent, not guns!"), the acting is bad to fair and the special effects are highly uneven (there's a pretty good animatronic-model spider by KNB and some lame, but scantly-used, computer fx at the end). There's also a sequel.
  • SaginTheWolf
    August 14, 2007
    SaginTheWolf
    I had high hopes for this movie, but it fell short in story and bringing any good effects or scares.

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James O'Ehley
April 2, 2004
James O'Ehley, Movie Gurus

There's just something about panicking crowds fleeing a several storey tall giant mutant spider that makes me chuckle appreciatively . . . Full Review

Jonathan Foreman
February 28, 2003
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post

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Emanuel Levy
October 8, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Jake Euker
March 18, 2004
Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)

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Scott Weinberg
September 8, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

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Ryan Cracknell
February 13, 2001
Ryan Cracknell, Apollo Guide

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June 24, 2006
Time Out

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October 14, 2002
AV Club

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