KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977) – Episode 197 – Decades Of Horror 1970s
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Release Date: 09/13/2023
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“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.” – Nada, They Live (1988). Aren’t we all? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they have a bit of fun creating their own top tens from this radical, gory, influential, and gruesome decade. Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 300 – Grue Crew Favorites by Year (1980-1989) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror...
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“Why did you have to rent those rooms?” Money, money, money, money! Money! Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in a film with a pretty decent cast, yet it wasn’t one they’d heard of. We’re talking about (1979). Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 256 – The Silent Scream (1979) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror 1970s is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL,...
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‘You see sin and the devil! But the lord has told us what to do about it. Said Matthew in Chapter Five, “If thine eye offends thee . . . pluck it out! . . . Pluck it out! . . . Pluck it out!”’ All toothy critters gotta teethe. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Doc Rotten, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in a bit of a turning point for Roger Corman with (1963). Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 218 – X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel!...
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“The autopsy categorically excludes an extraterrestrial being. His molecular structure includes him in the human race.” Wait! Does that mean… atomic vampires are human? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss Umberto Lenzi’s atomic vampire flick (1980, Incubo sulla città contaminata). … or is it a zombie flick? Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 299 – Nightmare City (1980, Incubo sulla città contaminata) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! Click the...
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“Daddy! Daddy! Daddy, Daddy!” “Audrey Rose! Audrey Rose! Audrey Rose!! Good. Now, repeat… Ad infinitum. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in yet another 70s horror flick about a family with a teenage girl troubled by supernatural events. Maybe not so obviously, we’re talking about (1977), directed by Robert Wise and starring Marsha Mason and Anthony Hopkins. Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 255 – Audrey Rose (1977) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And...
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“How are you farin’, my fine, strapping babes? A-teethin’, are ya? Well, you’re very sweet and quiet, babes, not to be shriekin’ about it.” All toothy critters gotta teethe. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Doc Rotten, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in another dose of stop-motion animation with (1960). Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 217 – Dinosaurus! (1960) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! ANNOUNCEMENT...
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“Yeah. I killed my mama. One night – it was my 14th birthday – she was drunk, and we had an argument. She hit me with a whiskey bottle. I shot her. I shot her dead.” “I thought you said you stabbed her.” “Oh yeah. That’s right. I stabbed her.” Sheesh. Keep your stories straight. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss John McNaughton’s landmark film (1986). Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 298 – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine...
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“A wolf remains a wolf, even if it has not eaten your sheep.” Hmm. What if it has not eaten a cow? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they take to space via Disney’s (1979). Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 254 – The Black Hole (1979) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror 1970s is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL...
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“Did you know that there are ways to raise the dead?” Of course. Don’t you watch horror movies? Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Doc Rotten, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they take a stroll through the (1967). Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 216 – Torture Garden (1967) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR...
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“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” Wait a minute. Is that what it means when your thumbs are pricking? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they visit Dark’s Pandemonium Carnival in Green Town, Illinois, via Disney’s (1983) from Ray Bradbury’s novel and screenplay. Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 297 – Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! Click the alert to get notified of new content! ...
info_outline“If you don’t stop pestering me, one of these mornings I’m gonna show up and start milking that cow.” Who doesn’t like milk? Don’t answer that! Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out Capt. Kirk/T.J. Hooker/Denny Crane while he attempts to wage war on attacking arachnids establishing their own Kingdom of the Spiders (1977).
Decades of Horror 1970s
Episode 197 – Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
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In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town’s veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.
- Director: John ‘Bud’ Cardos
- Writers: Richard Robinson & Alan Caillou (screenplay); Jeffrey M. Sneller & Stephen Lodge (original story)
- Produced by: Igo Kantor and Jeffrey M. Sneller
- Makeup Department:
- Kathy Agron (makeup artist)
- Ve Neill (makeup artist)
- Selected Cast:
- William Shatner as Dr. Robert ‘Rack’ Hansen
- Tiffany Bolling as Diane Ashley
- Woody Strode as Walter Colby
- Lieux Dressler as Emma Washburn
- David McLean as Gene Smith
- Natasha Ryan as Linda Hansen
- Altovise Davis as Birch Colby
- Joe Ross as Vern Johnson
- Marcy Lafferty as Terry Hansen
- Adele Malis-Morey as Betty Johnson (as Adele Malis)
- Roy Engel as Mayor Connors
- Hoke Howell as Earl Forbes
- Bill Coontz as Clyde (as Bill Foster)
- Whitey Hughes as The Baron
- Jay Lawrence as Deputy
- Bettie Bolling as Mildred
- Anita Merritt as Waitress (as Juanita Merritt)
- Nadia Caillou as Screaming Woman
- Valla Rae McDade as Screaming Woman
- Jon-Jon as Injured Boy
Are you ready for thousands of live spiders vs. William Shatner in John “Bud” Cardos’ Kingdom of the Spiders? “A living, crawling, hell on Earth,” indeed! Yeah, perhaps this creature feature is a bit silly and asks for a lot of reality to be suspended but the results are effective and often well shot. Of course, the more the eight-legged beasties give you the creeps, the more this film will get your skin crawling. Join the Grue Crew as they revisit Santos Ellin Jr.’s favorite horror film for 1977, examining the SFX, the wonderful cast of character actors, and the Shatner himself. Oh, yeah, and props for the downbeat Seventies ending! Enjoy!
At the time of this writing, Kingdom of the Spiders is available to stream from Tubi.
Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Jeff, will be David Cronenberg’s Shivers (1975). No, Nick, we haven’t done that one yet.
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