That plane was so close I thought it would take out a TV antenna or something. Kudos to the pilot and film crew. #Monsterdon

I wonder if it was typecasting or if Shatner himself always came on stronger than Axe™️ Body Spray with the ladies

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I'll be damned, we have a Bechdel pass! :O

Pretty impressive for a late 70's horror flick that also contains Shatner.

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@strangefour It is in my heart. #monsterdon

You can tell she's a sophisticated city lady because her car has no roof and she's wearing lipstick. #Monsterdon

if we get names then we have a strong bechdel pass #monsterdon

Bechdel PASS #monsterdon

@srol which music? the twang, or the Scooby-Doo soundtrack?

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@catzilla I don't think so? Someone mentioned a little earlier that they are diggers

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Is this a surprise Bechdel pass?

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Are those driving gloves of hers historically accurate? #monsterdon

Wait. Is this a meet cute between a big city girl and a country gal? Hmmm.
#Monsterdon #KingdomoftheSpiders

holy shit it's a bechdel pass

#monsterdon #KingdomeOfTheSpiders

She saw Shat, then she shat. #monsterdon

This soundtrack really is all over the place, huh #Monsterdon

If I'm driving a convertible and this music is playing, I'm reconsidering my destination #Monsterdon

Shatner's shirt is great; I want it

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#Monsterdon Sedona! I've been past this spot!

I'm just gonna assume that almost everyone in this movie is immediately spider food

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At what point do we give in and just start calling this "Spider Trek"

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#monsterdon is there a tvtropes term for every movie of a certain era thinking they were gonna be artsy by putting a crop duster in their movie after "North by NorthWest" came out?

You can see shatner is really enjoying himself
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Hold up, the men's room is NEXT to the ladies' room? Get out of town! #Monsterdon

"Take that you ugly shit!" 😆 #monsterdon

Did the lady running the telephone exchange seriously lower her glasses to gaze at the bombshell in the convertible?

In a 1970s movie?

#Monsterdon

Even at 2x, Shatner is really something.

If only the man were not such a magnificent turd

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Shatner, you are being a creep #monsterdon

Either the sound is way out of sync on this copy from Internet Archive, or these folks are terrible at voiceovers. Think I'm gonna switch to Tubi, this is disorienting when I look at the screen. #Monsterdon

No, not the puppy. Please not the puppy. Wincing over here.
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Both the score and the diegetic music in this one are genuinely fantastic.

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🦖#Monsterdon

Shatner trying to speak American while talking to woman in car.

#KingdomOfTheSpiders 🕷️

The cow in the car just reminded me of this viral classic (from, of course, Brazil):

https://old.reddit.com/r/ItHadToBeBrazil/comments/nbsgys/car_hits_stationary_truck_plus_a_cow_in_a_trunks/

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@Taweret If it's got eight legs, hit da bricks #Monsterdon

He picks up the radiator cap, puts it to his mouth, and says, "computer?"

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well, movie, if you were trying to make us feel bad for Cletus when he dies, you failed. #monsterdon

Spider: Oh, like you're so good looking yourself... #monsterdon

#Monsterdon spider defeated by door! Excellent statement about the valuie of technology over arachnology.

careful!

(feeling empathy for the spider getting slammed in the door)

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Oh this spider is a vengeful thing it would seem

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Not nearly enough spiders so far #monsterdon #KingdomOfTheSpiders

Aww poor spider getting smacked in the face by a door

#Monsterdon #TeamSpider

No. Don't send pooch outside. 😬
#Monsterdon
#kingdomofthespiders

Late start for me, but I'm still early enough to watch at 2x and catch up with y'all by the 30 minute mark.

First kill was really something, bless the camerawork for trying to make that cow look scared

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TWIGGY!?!? #Monsterdon

Yeah Spidey, get a revenge
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okay, I hope the gas station guy gets it next. Spider-hating jerk...

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If only "spitting a big wad of chaw on a spider" was on the bingo card

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oh that's right. you can just walk away from spiders

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Spider denied! #Monsterdon

@CactuarJoe like a puppy! #monsterdon

@wohali That's what I thought! Score one for vague rememberances of things I thought I heard one time :D #Monsterdon

I’m currently on Team Black Rancher Representation #monsterdon

C'MON MAN GIMMIE A CHANCE I JUST WANNA GET OUT OF THIS DIRTBALL TOWN

- tarantula, presumably

#monsterdon #KingdomeOfTheSpiders

Love the music in this film! 😃
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it's cute! it just wants to be friends! #monsterdon

That tire has zero tread left on it. #Monsterdon

Aaaw, the tarantula's following him home! #Monsterdon

lol, big old fucking spider there!

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That’s a pretty bold shirt there Mr. Shatner

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Oh shit. The rednecks fired first.
"You spit on me? The spider king shall hear of this affront to our honor sir!"
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spiders resilient to chaw spit confirmed #monsterdon

I'm rooting for the spiders?

#Monsterdon #KingdomOfTheSpiders

You can tell if the characters are lower-class because they wear dirty clothes

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First actual spider!

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"I was in Star Trek, ya'know."

"Star wha?"

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...Do tarantulas actually weave webs? I thought they were diggers and ambush predators. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Spiders in the tire shed!!

#monsterdon Every long drive through the southwest on a lonely old dusty highway should have 70's car-chase music as the soundtrack

Checkov's Airplane? #monsterdon

TOO LATE #monsterdon #kingdomOfTheSpiders

Okay, looking like #TeamSpider is taking the lead right now
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Hey, it's Wasteland Radio!

#monsterdon #KingdomeOfTheSpiders

@wohali Hmm but the cows can speak

Just sayin'

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Are we afraid of tarantulas now or is this supposed to be some other spider? #Monsterdon

I am hoping that will be Chekov's airplane and we will see it again. Or Pavel Chekov anyway #monsterdon

Webs!

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@amyfou not unlike today

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I really wasn't expecting Kingdom of the Spiders to take such an unflinching look at the realities of rural poverty. #Monsterdon

The gas pump has a notice that it contains lead(!)

#Monsterdon #KingdomOfTheSpiders

@swelljoe

I guess you've never called out the wrong name during a passionate lasso session, or you'd understand better. :p

#Monsterdon #KingdomOfTheSpiders

#monsterdon that's animal abuse, they way those chickens are transported.

it's five o clock charlie! #monsterdon

Now that is how you make a ute.

#Monsterdon #KingdomOfTheSpiders

I really need to know why this farmer is transporting farm animals in what looks like a sedan with the truck open
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Y'know, I don't think he actually said "gosh darnit"

Just sayin' #Monsterdon

It’s Clyde’s Mobil Petting Zoo. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Pretty sure the new tire will not be rated to carry that steer either.

NM: Dorsey Burnette: Green Side of the Mountain

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So they put out a casting call for midwestern rednecks and gave them all jobs. They was all just too red to turn down.
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#Monsterdon two pipe-smokers. Is that some kind of Americana thing?

"I know, I know, you got five dollars and you can't speak because you're a 'featured extra'..."

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So far we're 0 for 2 on healthy relationship vibes

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Look at her darning a sock on a light bulb just like my mama used to do.

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Just a guy with a cow in his car nbd. #Monsterdon

"A thousand bucks of prize money shot to hell."

It's dangerous to plan on getting prize money. #monsterdon

Yes dog! Run! Escape the movie!

#monsterdon

Does anyone know what this song is playing at the mechanic's. It's good.

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@davesdogmaggie Real life was 40% more awkwardly silent in the 70's

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Oh no gas station hicks

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A cow in the backseat? #monsterdon