Group 1 international distribution organization ltd. The movie itself is a great 1970s b movie for lovers of giant monsters,b movies and spider fansin a nutshell a meteor of sorts lands on earth unleashing a huge spider along with a few dozen standard size hairy spiders. A meteorite crashes in merrill, wisconsin, leaving behind an. The giant spider invasion 1975 directed by bill rebane. The giant spider invasion 1975 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. As everybody knows, the main giant spider was a vw bug decked out with fur and long, hairy legs that never really reached the ground. This movie was made in 1975, when the subgenre of ecohorror was making its comeback.
The giant spider invasion is a 1975 science fiction horror film directed by bill rebane. The kesters robert easton and leslie parrish and young lovers davey and terry kevin brodie and diane lee hart are mystified by the big special effects sequence in the giant spider invasion, 1975. The giant spider invasion 1975 bill rebane synopsis. The best horror movie with a giant spider from another planet. This is the guy who made a slasher movie starring tiny tim. Wisconsonbased regional filmmaker bill rebanes nobudget wonder the giant spider invasion was a hilariously cheesy 1975 throwback to the giantmonster flicks of the 50s, a trend then enjoying a revival with films like empire of the ants and food of the gods. The giant spider invasion the grindhouse cinema database. Its amazing to learn that he spent most of his career not performing, but as a dialect. Gleason, merrill, nicolet college, and uw stevens point one of the few movies to be completely filmed in wisconsin, this low budget horror film was featured on mystery science theater 3000. Released in 1975, the giant spider invasion is a film barely held together by its extraordinarily thin plot. The original trailer in high definition of the giant spider invasion directed by bill rebane and starring steve brodie, barbara hale, robert easton, leslie parrish and alan hale jr. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh.
The giant spider invasion 1975 stream and watch online. Ive always enjoyed a good enormous insect devouring the earth film, with some of my favorites being them. The neutron device is deployed and the giant spider melts into a pile of goo. Giant spider, in dungeons and dragons role playing game. Top 5 weird ww2 german prototypes that actually flew duration. In a small wisconsin town, a meteor crashes to the ground, releasing thousands of spiders. The giant spider invasion invasion of the giant spiders 1975 odds are you have absolutely no idea who bill rebane is. There is also a very brief snippet of nudity, completely gratuitous and not especially. The spider attacks the mob while they are still in town.
This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. After a black hole strikes, it opens up another dimension in a rural wisconsin town, and soon there is an invasion of gigantic arachnids who crave. The giant spider sat on a volkswagon chassis with a human at the wheel, and another eight men were inside to control each leg. Giant spider invasion the aka invasion of the giant spiders bluray 1975 giant spiders from another dimension invade wisconsin. The giant spider invasion 1975 turner classic movies. If you look carefully, in some scenes you can see tire tracks in the grass behind. The giant spider invasion was never meant to be a comedy. Giant spider invasion, the movie clip what was that. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an. The giant spider invasion was filmed in wisconsin and directed by bill rebane. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for.
Giant spider invasion the aka invasion of the giant. Ev evidently subsists entirely upon liquor and bitterness. The giant spider invasion 1975 original trailer hd. Director bill rebane once dubbed the film the giant spider disaster referring to how problematic the production was, and though the end result is probably less than he desired i must say he certainly brought joy to many people across the country.
A black hole hits north wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Sure, the film is delightfully cheesy and totally farfetched, but when your arachnophobia is almost completely unmanageable, even this sort of. His epic the giant spider invasion is the pinnacle of 70s schlockbelieve you me. The film is about giant spiders that terrorize the town of merrill, wisconsin. Released 1975, the giant spider invasion stars barbara hale, steve brodie, leslie parrish, robert easton the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 24 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Aragog from the book harry potter and the chamber of secrets, further developed in the film adaption. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. An ode to monster movies of the 1950s, it has become legendary as the best worst movie ever made. The giant spider invasion spins its web on bluray this summer.
I also knew that this film warranted every bit of its cult classic status. The giant spider invasion spins its web on bluray this. Hale plays the sheriff of a small wisconsin town where this was entirely shot that has some. The giant spider returns to the impact site, where langer and vance direct the dropping of the neutron device. The true star of the film is the titular giant spider. An outrageous story, nonexistent acting, horrid special effects, along with a bizarre whitetrash cast of characters combine to produce an awful movie.
The giant spider invasion 1975 the movie database tmdb. Life in an ordinary midwestern small town is shattered by the freak appearance of enormous, maneating spiders. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A 1975 film from director bill rebane that dares to show that yes, there are rednecks living well. Giant spiders from an intergalactic dimension invade wisconsin and wreak havoc on the. The giant spider invasion has a special place in the hearts of bad movie lovers all over the. As the townsfolk struggle to survive in the face of monstrous predators, a pair of heroic scientists try to find an.
The giant spider invasion bluray vci entertainment dvd drivein. Tsuchigumo, aka ogumo, giant spider, a derogatory term and race of yokai in japanese folkore. Born in 1930 as robert burke, busy character actor robert easton usually played dumb hicks, because his accent was so good. As bodies begin to pile up, and the townsfolk attempt to come to terms with what is happening, its discovered that the meteor is the site of a link to another universe from which a. An outrageous mix of 1950s giant monster motifs and backwoods 1970s sleaze, the giant spider invasion has a special place in the hearts of bad movie lovers all over the world, and it now makes its bluray debut courtesy of vci entertainment. The giant spider invasion 1975 horror, scifi full length film. I read an interesting interview with a guy who lived in the town where one of the scenes featuring the giant spider was filmed. Drunken sam robert easton and ev leslie parrish kester notice the diamonds but not the spiders inside the weird rocks that fell into their field in. The giant spider invasion 1975 cast and crew moviefone.
Even something as inherently silly as bill rebanes 1975 cult flick the giant spider invasion will scare the. There is also a very brief snippet of nudity, completely gratuitous and not. The picture is a bit sharper than other versions ive seen, but the transfer is horrible, making the picture jumpy, almost like watching an old filmstrip. Cinema group 75 transcentury productions as transcentury pictures distribution co. There is also a very brief snippet of nudity, completely gratuitous and not especially interesting. The giant spider invasion is still a fairly entertaining film. The titular giant spider invasion makes it easy to miss how deeply weird this is, a kind of hothouse melodrama that keeps things a lot more entertaining than your average monster movie when the monsters arent onscreen. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. In the opening moments of the film, a meteor crashlands into a field in the middle of wisconsin. Drunken sam robert easton and ev leslie parrish kester notice the diamonds but not the spiders inside the weird rocks that fell into their field in the giant spider invasion, 1975 view the tcmdb entry for the giant spider invasion 1975. A description of tropes appearing in giant spider invasion. The original trailer in high definition of the giant spider invasion directed by bill rebane and starring steve brodie, barbara hale, robert. A 1975 film from director bill rebane that dares to show that yes, there are rednecks living well north of the masondixon line, and no, covering a volkswagen with fake fur and sticking legs on it does not make a convincing giant spider.
402 1221 1259 288 779 338 1 48 1025 945 183 795 418 1330 1441 1236 211 551 1060 345 548 1439 789 1285 422 742 1243 538 788 1072 248