lol, idiot woman is next then....

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#monsterdon This movie is funny more than scary

Ah, found a couple of blog posts! Unfortunately, the details are not pretty:

> This movie was made before the SPCA cracked down on animal use in films. I know a lot of people will have the attitude of “Who cares? They’re just spiders!” but the fact of the matter is they are living creatures that are EXTREMELY beneficial to the environment. They can feel pain and even be killed quite easily if mishandled.
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> According to the spider handler, Jim Brockett, everyone made every effort possible for the animals’ safety. He goes on to say that anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 tarantulas were used and they paid $5-10 each to the people who collected them. The main species used was the Mexican red-knee (Brachypelma smithi) and that with so many tarantulas on hand, there were bound to be casualties. He then mentions that their biggest concern was the tarantulas falling…the reason for this is that there is no protective exoskeleton over their abdomen so if they fall their abdomen will split open like a paper bag full of jelly, killing the animal.
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> With that being said, there are many instances where little care was taken to assure that they didn’t fall and hurt themselves…

https://terrordaves.com/2011/03/13/kingdom-of-the-spiders-a-70s-classic/

> Reportedly, the production budget allotted $50,000 to the acquisition of live spiders, which were bought at $10 each. In addition to these actual spiders, optical illusions were used to give the impression of there being even more of them on screen during some sequences, including the crew painting spiders directly onto walls of local buildings.
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> The spiders themselves proved to be huge problems for the production: not only did they not cooperate easily on screen (preferring to run and hide from the actors than feign attacks), but it took significant maintenance just to keep the animals alive throughout filming. Unfortunately, many of the spiders didn’t survive, due to the fluctuating environmental conditions of the filming location. More controversially, however, is that a number of sequences that made it into the final cut of the movie included the outright killing the animals, as opposed to the use of mock-ups.

https://misantropey.com/2015/12/30/kingdom-of-the-spiders/

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Let me open this air vent. There's no way there are thousands of spiders inside. #Monsterdon

Bet that vent is full of spiders. #monsterdon

Yall need flamethrowers. Thats the answer in like 98% of horror movies #Monsterdon

That whole scene in the town with the watertower falling over really needed Yakety Sax playing over it #Monsterdon

XD XD XD XD Sheriff died like a Looney Tunes cartoon this is spectacular :D #Monsterdon

@swelljoe I can only assume this is the county fair we were promised

With spiders

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This escalated quickly. #monsterdon

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William Shatner wrote later in his autobiography how he was distressed over the number of tarantulas killed during filming.

He recalled the sound of them being crunched under car tires.

One Pinto exploding would certainly reduce the spider population. That's all I'm saying. #monsterdon #KingdomOfTheSpiders

like in zombie movies where you're like 'they're slow. just walk away from them'

this is like that but if the zombies were one inch tall

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Now it's Tokusatsu

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Flame throwers needed. Did they learn nothing from The Day of the Triffids??

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17 minutes left in film and county fair is looking less and less likely and for that i will never forgive them #monsterdon

they could literally walk out of the house and away

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I'm super not ok with the spider abuse in this one. Seriously.

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Oh ... so this is the sequel to The Birds!

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Wow they're just throwing around that little girl like a ragdoll

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What these people need is maser tanks #monsterdon

Did Shat really pick the girl up from the bed covered in spiders just to throw her on the floor covered in spiders? #Monsterdon

@athena_rising GenX kids were tough like that. If I was eaten by spiders, my parents would have expected me to just walk it off. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon, this person with the bangs and the overalls was the inspiration for "Chucky" right?

@plaidtron3000 logarithms are too high math for spiders? #monsterdon

"Get me a hammer, nails anything......a lathe, ...anything!"

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I really like the shot where Shatner tried to pick up a hot pot bare handed.

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"Hardly any animals were harmed in the making of this film." >_> #Monsterdon

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oh no, our favorite hotel-owning lesbian! #monsterdon

at this point you should probably stop getting into vehicles. they're aways filled with spiders

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i guess death by spider makes the lady from the inn totally horny. blondie cockblocking with that spiel about chemical warfare.

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Another animal vengeance movie from the 70s:
Frogs (1972)
multiple species involved.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068615/

I gotta admit, William Shatner doing a weird dance-y run past the spiders to avoid stepping on them is highly entertaining

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The spiders cut the damn phone lines! #monsterdon

I'm probably desensitised with my 21st Century brain but these shocks are not shocking me

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where the hell is the little girl?!?! they already ate old Fred in the shed.

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the spiders are at once an insurmountable enemy that kills you by mere proximity but also easily defeated by a drafty cabin, brushing them off, and walking sorta weird over them #monsterdon

“It’s probably one of those traditions” amazing. #monsterdon

Meanwhile back at the spider hills. #Monsterdon

I wanna get the fuck out of Arizona

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"...keep the Johnsons in the lodge!"
"is that code?"
"what?"

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THE SPIDERS CUT THE PHONE LINES!
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Spider Union Strong

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"The tarantulas have organized themselves into an aggressive army."

Someone left Mao's Little Red Book in the pet store and look what happened! #Monsterdon

Organizing? Hell yeah, spider solidarity forever. #Monsterdon

Spiders are super deadly, unless you use the advanced technique of brushing them away

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#Monsterdon That little girl is amazingly calm for having just been terrorized by spiders and losing her mom.

I feel like one of those actually bit him? #monsterdon

Oh yea sorry about that, haha just throw those in the back

Whomst among us has not been in this vehicle

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I will acknowledge that they gave this film the proper number of spiders.

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lol, at the spiders on the doll.....breath-taking art

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"Run to the house as fast as you ca—

okay wait not that fast I do still have some dialogue to get out"

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"OH MY BAAAAAAYBEEE" bleugh #Monsterdon

Tear comes to my eye and "Proud to be an American" starts playing loudly in the background as they start shooting at the spiders. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon she's so dumb she shot her own hand.

conventional weapons are not effective against nature how many times do we gotta tell you this #Monsterdon

a real 'how it started' v 'how it's going' kinda death

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Remember when that plane was loaded with poison? And then it crashed in the middle of town?

Isn't that a problem?

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"It's no use, he's dead. It's all over."

Ok but the gas station is still on fire

The place where you keep gasoline

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Now we're talking.
He'll be fine.
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lol, of course he crashed straight at them, of course......beautiful!

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Please get away from the burning gas station, people

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Can't wait to read the NTSB report (Contributing factor: Spiders)
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#Monsterdon best scream!

Spider! Spider in the estuary!

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(spider drawing a second human in their hive for their kill)
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Well, we finally got a girly scream.

Good, that's a #monsterdon staple.

I would kill to see a red baron spider shoot this man down.
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"Plenty of airplane shots, we paid a lot of money for that thing....."

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Is that supposed to be a spider? WTF? #Monsterdon

I'm hoping a spider is behind him with a garrotte. #Monsterdon

TOLDYA!!!!

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#Monsterdon Spider on the dusty runway so spiders in the plane???

<spider voice>"...noooooo! I want to go with you!!!"

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Ok, first, that's not how you draw a spider.

Second, notching up a kill before you've even made your flight? Wow, you're not coming home tonight.

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@blogdiva ...and there's Checkov's Airplane

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The female lead, Tiffany Bolling, was cast because she was the only actress who auditioned for the film who had no problem working with spiders.

Is that supposed to be a spider? Sir, have you ever seen a spider? #monsterdon

Call in a napalm strike! #Monsterdon

@Lazarou can confirm; raised in Southern California in the 80s. The only thing missing is a half full carton of smokes on the ground. #Monsterdon

RATS there ain't no rats in this town

well other than shatner

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if we don't get a spiders at the county fair scene, im gonna be real upset

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#monsterdon He denied science

This is a very anti DDT movie #monsterdon

Humans burn one hill, Spiders build 30 more.

Humanity cannot win with these odds.

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They should have listened to the scientist and closed the beaches for the July 4 weekend

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Shatner pants way too tight, I have seen too much of the Shat-cock, I am lesser now....

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TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD SIGHTING 👀

I can't recall if it's a #Monsterdon first, but it may be the first sighting of one in a color film.

Well I guess no problem then cause he’s already dead! #monsterdon

Did I not say she'd never see him again in human form?

And please, admire her RAAANNNNNGGGGGEEEE

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Wife: It will kill Colby if you do it...
Me: Good news, it won't. Bad news....
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Human wrapped in spider silk! (bingo square)

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And once again the black dude does not make it through the movie

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I like the framing of Shatner in the side-view mirror. I told you, some actual professionals in this film.

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Those horses look remarkably intelligent.

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@diazona this time they're really laying it on thick! #monsterdon

@Lazarou It's very fitting for #Monsterdon at least, considering how we always wind up rooting for the supposed "monster"

I was wondering how they got the horse to look all nervous like that, and then I remembered it's a horse. They're basically couches with anxiety.

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The strange expression of Women's Lib twister into 'get me a beer woman"

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