The 1970's were rife with killer animal films. Jaws, Grizzly, Willard, Ben Stanley, and this lame, borefest of a film. Many, many films have used tarantulas as villains, but the truth is; they're slow, have tiny fangs (unless one is a bug) and have about the same toxicity of a bee. They're actually quite pretty. In this movie, a strange girl has an affinity for the hairy fiends and uses them to kill anyone she considers an enemy. The looks on peoples faces as they get bit is hysterical, as is the car full of teens who are 'attacked'. One guy kicks out a window and a girl slashes her throat on it, getting killed. Everything about this movie is quite silly, right up to the end when her incestuous uncle is hidden in a coffin beneath the corpse a woman to be buried. Really, really dull. I regret that I watched it. Really.
Review of Kiss of the Tarantula
