{"id":3278,"date":"2011-07-08T04:44:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T09:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=3278"},"modified":"2022-02-14T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:14:40","slug":"dawn-of-the-home-video-revolution-kingdom-of-the-spiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/07\/08\/dawn-of-the-home-video-revolution-kingdom-of-the-spiders\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn of the Home Video Revolution…Kingdom of the Spiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This one is for frequent visitor and commenter JT<\/strong> who mentioned this cinematic marvel in the comments section of my last Dawn of the Home Video Revolution post.<\/a> As luck would have it, Kingdom of the Spiders<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is one of movies featured in the VCI video brochure from the early days of home video. JT,<\/strong> you said it, you get it!<\/em><\/p>\n

Kingdom of the Spiders<\/strong><\/em> is one of those horror films from the Nature Goes Wild<\/em> subgenre that mostly came out in the 1970s. It’s also another starring vehicle for William Shatne<\/strong>r who was in a lot of TV and a lot of these turkeys at the time between playing a starship captain on the little and big screens.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>JT said:<\/p>\n

I DID see a movie called “Kingdom of the Spiders”\u009d with William Shatner, however.
\nIn my opinion, you could sift and troll in your local sewer plant and any porta-potties you could find for many,many moons and be hard pressed to find a bigger turd.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obviously, he has never seen The Giant Spider Invasion<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (1975) which makes Kingdom of the Spiders<\/strong><\/em> seem like Citizen Kane<\/strong><\/em> in comparison. Giant Spider<\/em> also featured another captain in a starring role – Alan Hale, Jr, as a sheriff dealing with the threat of GIANT SPIDERS!<\/strong> The giant spider was a couple of furry legs that prop men crashed through set walls and, in its climactic scene, it’s sort of like a Thanksgiving parade float mounted to the top of a VW Bug which chases after the scurrying town folk.<\/p>\n