"Up there - or should we say down there - in the pantheon of bad movies we love to watch is The Giant Spider Invasion, a 1975 horror/sci-fi indie directed, produced, and scored by maverick filmmaker Bill Rebane. A Latvian-Estonian immigrant, Rebane went on to run for governor of Wisconsin and open the state's first film studio, but is best known for this monster cheesefest, which was shot for a rather impressive $300K and featured faded stars like Gilligan's Island skipper Alan Hale."
"A Mystery Science Theater 3000 favorite, The Giant Spider Invasion is the nadir of a string of '70s " nature gone amok" movies, which makes it kind of a perverse must-see. Released 50 years ago today, the twist here is that the title spiders actually come from another universe, the result of a meteor crash near a small town that opens up a miniature black hole."
The Giant Spider Invasion is a 1975 low-budget horror/sci-fi film by Bill Rebane, filmed in small Wisconsin towns and shot for about $300,000. The plot centers on a meteor crash that opens a miniature black hole, releasing geodes that contain diamonds and spiders which grow to monstrous size. The cast includes Leslie Parrish, Dianne Lee Hart, Kevin Brodie, Robert Easton, Christiane Schmidtmer, Steve Brodie, and Barbara Hale. The film emphasizes camp, sexual frustration among town characters, and slow pacing in its early scenes. The film became a cult favorite and a Mystery Science Theater 3000 staple.
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