Customer Reviews
I hate spiders 
2008-08-25
No, really, I absolutely hate spiders, all species, and think they should all be killed immediately with flamethrowers.
Based on that, you'd wonder why I sat up late one night and watched this film. I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess. The film stars William Shatner and Tiffany Bolling as well as approximately 5,000 assorted spiders including tarantulas, wolf spiders, bola spiders, and a few others I won't bother to look up on Wikipedia.
The plot is essentially a ripoff of "Jaws" with some science fiction thrown in for good measure: a town is threatened with mutant spiders who've somehow developed higher than usual levels of toxicity due to illegal waste dumping near their desert homes. The spiders, somehow realizing that humans are to blame, attack the town, its residents, and all of the town's livestock and pets.
The acting is passable and the special effects aren't totally bad. It's the sight of hundreds of spiders everywhere that will make you sleep with the lights on.
Fairly decent B-grade horror flick--with some flaws (of course) 
2007-10-25
Can you think of any movies of this type that don't have at least a few flaws? This one does, but it still manages to keep you entertained.
By far, the best actors in this nature-run-amok film are the tarantulas themselves. They were obviously trained for the picture; I remember reading somewhere (maybe it was in an encyclopedia) that tarantulas are the most intelligent members of the arachnid world and this movie really proves it!
A tarantula's bite is rarely fatal but I have to wonder if any of the human actors and actresses in this flick were bitten during the course of filming. Hmm...
Kingdom fo the Spiders - DVD 2007-09-25
I saw this movie years ago and was happy to find it on DVD. It was corny but fun. The quality of the DVD was excellent. William Shatner was actually pretty hot!
this should have been a comdey 2007-09-25
this was the most laughable movie about spiders that i have ever seen.it took me two days to watch and then i wound up giving it to a friend to take to a pawn shop because he needed money. this movie was a joke!!
Surprisingly fun, campy flick! 2007-06-24
I bought this movie on DVD for a "corney horror movie marathon" that my wife and I have every summer. We watched old late 60's to 70's horror flicks and laugh at the camp and corn. This movie was cheesy but it did have some scary moments as far as my wife was concerned!? She jumped and screamed three or four times and even I was in suspense a couple of times. Shatner is his usual self....over-the-top and grandiose, what can we say...Shatner being Shatner! Tiffany Bolling is really a cornball! She takes herself too seriously in this. It was interesting to see Marcy Rafferty, Shatner's wife at the time, in this movie, playing his sister-in-law. The end of the movie, phhhewww! Shocking! LOL...
Honestly, my wife and I had FUN watching this movie. It wasn't AS corney as I thought it would be. It was entertaining and definitely worth the cheap price of the DVD. But it for Halloween! Classic...
CULT CLASSIC 2006-11-07
THIS IS REALLY CREEPY B-MOVIE.............W/GREAT MUSIC THROUGHT-OUT FROM THE LEGENDARY DORSEY BUIRNETTE........SHATNER IS AT HIS BEST, OR WORST DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO LOOOK AT IT!!!!
A great 70's cult classic starring William Shatner!!! 
2006-09-14
"Kingdom of the Spiders" is a great 70's cult classic starring William Shatner!!! While not a perfect print of the film,it's fine just the same,actually very good for a Goodtimes Entertainment release!!! I was very happy finally to find it on DVD!!! Two thumbs up!!! Five stars!!! A+
Fogotten Little AWESOME HORROR FLICK 2006-08-15
Kingdom of the Spiders out does Arachnaphobia in every way possible. Its Creepier, meaner, and its down right more horrifying. While Watching it in the back of my head I was thinking in this "Nature vs Mankind" flick where Nature Rebels and fights back against the human race, This is at all very possible to happen...Enjoy! Not reccomended for anyone with Extreme cases of Arachnaphobia...
"This whole country's swarming with those damn things." 
2006-07-18
Note to self: if I'm ever trapped in a house covered by millions of tarantulas and I hear a strange sound coming from an overhead air vent DO NOT stand directly beneath the vent and open it.
Local vet William Shatner is dumbfounded when he finds his small sleepy desert town under attack by a tidal wave of icky spiders. The invasion starts out slow enough but instead of doing anything productive ol' Shat prefers to mack on the females and drink a little cold beer. The reality of the eight legged onslaught comes soon enough but by that time it's too late and everybody just runs around screaming a lot.
Shatner vs Spiders 2006-06-21
Captain Kirk takes on the Arachnid Empire in this horribly great 70s horror flick. If you can ignore the bad acting, the cheesy effects, and last but not least, the fact that tarantulas don't spin webs, it's worth a look. William Shatner gives a much better performance than he did in most of his classic series, and watching spiders crawl over corpses is always creepy. Low budget classic is well worth a look.
