So did they just stop a Biblical plague of spiders? Whut? Movie you ended as you began, very dumbly.
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With seven minutes to go, I'm not feeling hopeful for this town.
@Lazarou IDK what that was. Except idiotic. #Monsterdon
What? How the fuck did a flare gun do that?
@jchaven Little known fact, the denouement was only invented in 1986. #Monsterdon
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Director Bill Rebane locked one of the writers in a cabin threatening not to feed him unless he produced 10-15 pages a day.
My expectations were low for this movie. But not low enough. Not low enough by half. #Monsterdon
@apLundell He was there for *ambiance*.
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@apLundell@octodon.social The preacher was effectively a narrator, or something. Which is weird given that he was literally a character. It really is Godmonster but with an actual threat.
Why is the spider covered in green and brown whipped cream? Is this... The End?
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We're at the theremin spider music crescendo I guess there's still like 4 mins to go!
Spiders could have killed more but haha they got the two big ones.
@moira unfortunately, none of them in the audience. #monsterdon
The preacher is still alive? BOO.
#Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion1975 *white jacket and pants with red shirt* yes girl yes
Having two women fall down for no reason in order to discover a bloody corpse is too many #monsterdon
Classic 'abrupt ending' though, can't fault that.
It is almost actually funny that he said the flying-saucer noise spider makes the shark in Jaws look like a goldfish.
World Wide Distribution? More like WORLD WIDE WEB Distribution.
Vinegar and baking soda containment breached by fancy science techniques
THE END
Poor Space Spiders didn't get to finish the job. Oh well it was fun watching them try!
Thanks for the creepiest #Monsterdon in awhile @Taweret ... Oh and the spiders were kinda scary too!
It's a cruel, cruel world where all the space spooders die and that fuckhead revival preacher lives
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It's as big as a house, and it's ABOUT TO SET SAIL! But seriously don't go to the Spider Love Shack
that certainly was one of the movies of all time, filmed on location in wisconsin
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Damb, makes you think
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nope π #monsterdon
TIL there are real giant spiders - Goliath Birdeater: The Biggest Spider In The World
https://allthatsinteresting.com/goliath-birdeater
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Steve Brodie and Barbara Hale are the only two even bothering to act.
And Tubi immediately goes into KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS. But I'm all spidered out #Monsterdon
Another sudden end. Another #monsterdon classic move!
#monsterdon #thegiantspiderinvasion I was like a few years old when this came out. But I recall seeing it in the VHS rental era in the 80's :-)
#Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion1975 i feel like all they had to do was stand on the roofs shooting it from up there
Man. old movies just loved to stop.
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oh, spider fondue
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so... is the preacher monologue trying to tell us that the plagues of Egypt came out of black holes? #monsterdon
Woof. You don't get to fuck off into ocean movie. Straight to the bin with you. #Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion
i don't actually know who survived and i don't care
Wow. They killed a giant spider and closed a portal and somehow made less smoke than when I cook some ribs. #monsterdon
#monsterdon This is some David Lynch stuff happening with the reverse mushroom cloud and the giant spider.
Wait. It just ended? #Monsterdon
the spider only ate like 5 people! that is not a very good invasion at all #monsterdon
Spider banished! I think... #Monsterdon
And so ends another #Monsterdon. Our thanks to @Taweret for hosting and to everyone who lurked or posted. And remember #Monsterdoners: ...a lot of strange things are happening around here.
THE HEAVENS OPENED UP AND DELUGED THE LAND
WITH THIS GROSS FUCKING MOVIE #Monsterdon
Make sure to vote in the annual elections to decide who we will feed to the giant spiders! Make your voice heard!
Wait what?!?
I know the slime foam is silly but in the 70s, this was A+ special effects at the time.
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and that's it????!?!?!
Well, at least we got to see the worst of them die from it.
Thanks @Taweret and everyone else for an absolutely bonkers #monsterdon !
Same bat-time, same bat-channel next week.
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And it bled warm Wisconsin cheddar goop
At least this movie is light on flashbacks #monsterdon
Eeewww gross
ew, goopy. #monsterdon
"we need a climactic ending for our spider's death"
"explosion?"
"no, no. too predictable, too conventional"
"explosion in reverse?"
"Ah! Now we're getting somewhere. But it's still a bit sterileβ¦"
"β¦explosion in reverse with goop?"
"perfect."
I don't know why they had to use a flare to signal the helicopter guy to trigger the bomb thing.
They were talking to him over the radio.
I have to say they got the fangs right on this giant tarantula. But spiders don't eat their food like that, they inject venom and enzymes and then suck up the juices. #monsterdon
The moms ARE getting together and they ARE getting out of hand.
Face eight legs of death sheriff!
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Reverse fireball, I'm sure that totally makes sense.
so they burned the
they uh
and now The Stuff?
Wow okay even for this movie this makes no fucking sense
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Apparently that last shot of the spider exploding put two crew members in the hospital. they packed the model full of gunpowder and tried to LIGHT IT WITH A MATCH. >_> #Monsterdon
When you see the black smoke, it means they've elected a new spider queen. #Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion
SICK! #monsterdon
interdimensional neutronic warfare something something
Seriously though. What the hell is supposed to be going on right now? #Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion
Dear spider, please eat the preacher #monsterdon
It's funny how it looks like the cop is trying to get inside the spider, not running from it.
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Haha the guy scientists character name is JR Vance.
I need someone to do a techno remix of her saying "Spiders came out of the briefcase." #monsterdon
Oh my God, they just used a sound effect that I associate with the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon.
The giant spider's legs obviously have nothing to do with its locomotion #monsterdon
I want so badly to see behind the scenes on this spider contraption it's amazing #monsterdon #thegiantspiderinvasion
They're coming from the chodes!
Did the helicopter just drop the neutron initiator?
HIT IT WITH YOUR GUN #monsterdon #TeamSpider
Giant Spiders have the ability to run film in reverse!
Shoutout to the guys inside the spider trying to heft that sheriff's deputy up into the body of the puppet. #Monsterdon
@neia yes! thank you! #monsterdon
damn the sheriff had more fight in him then i woulda imagined....musta really liked being called "good boy" by the NASA guy π₯΄ #monsterdon
That's kinda gross actually
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@Taweret well, there's 57 facets? then figure edges, then points? #iWasToldThefeDbeNoMath #Monsterdon
Maybe the idea of the movie is that there is horrible corruption just beneath the appearance of wholesome American lives and it inspired David Lynch to make Blue Velvet.
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Wow this movie was *after* Jaws? Good lord.
Got him
nom nom nom nom
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Eat the cops #Monsterdon
The little ones seem to have the same threat graph as actual tarantulas, in that you jump and go AHHH when you see one and injure yourself. #monsterdon
was he planning on punching the spider to death, or... i just don't understand his game plan here. #monsterdon
#monsterdon With this level of shitty aim, these sheriff officers are training to be Imperial Stormtroopers. Couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with a banjo.
I love all the random space noises the spider is making, very realistic.
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@amyfou OMG I've heard that audio of the screeching brakes and crash so often.
It's just a spider! Whack it with your hat!
Spider doesn't care about your puny belt.
Eat the sheriff! Please. #Monsterdon
The bullets come out on their own - you don't have to shove the gun at it. #Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion
In Soviet Wisconsin, spider stomps you #monsterdon
Hulk Hogan goes down to the spider.
...Good. #Monsterdon