@CactuarJoe I was wondering if those two were left alive. The two doctors are alive but are so shaken by the experience they decide to become hermits or something #monsterdon
@superball @floatybirb You do miss things, but I go back and read through the threads later. I find I miss more of the movie than anything. π
Here's that remix I promised you (do not listen to this, it is bad) #monsterdon
@unixjunk1e then bark at the moon
#monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion #α½ΒΊα½Θ βΏ Εα½ΒΊαΏ
If I was forced to buy this movie, I'd want it on Super-8.
Really? Honk at the spider?
@diazona @Brookside Maybe the forward-shot started with the injured crew running away from the spider so they'd've had to cut in late so they decided to run it backwards so everyone would pay attention to that instead of the missing start of the explosion?
#monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion #α½ΒΊα½Θ βΏ Εα½ΒΊαΏ
@Zerofactorial I mean, would you? #Monsterdon
I think that sheriff is on a 3 hour shift
@Cherizilla It started autoplaying for me!
i kind of felt like the revival preacher stuff was meant to be ironic? but the quality of the movie means it wasn't really clear
@jgamble heh, well... if the motivation was really there we definitely could have come up with the money. I dunno that anyone involved in #Monsterdon would really know what to do with film rights though
@floatybirb @jonny One spider to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them?
@RobynGoodfellow It was rescheduled for the following year, and after the invention of the six-legged accordion, giant spiders have dominated the polka charts every year
Kept hoping Dr. Langer would talk to one of the other women for a brief moment, but no #monsterdon #bechdeltest
@lytta His wig fell off, so he had them edit him out.
yall need to read the IMDB trivia on this shitfest. Amazing. People nearly died.
@bunnyhero @srol I guess there weren't many good movies in 1975, or maybe there were only 50 movies made that year.
Why does the creepy preacher get the last word? What did he have to do with anything?
In other news, it looks like the local tv intro was βSon of Ghoulβ from Akron, Ohio. Canβt find when that show played Giant Spider Invasion, so not sure about the date. #monsterdon
The moral of the story is you might think a movie with William Shatner vs. a bunch of invading spiders is a terrible idea, but that isn't anywhere near as bad as things can get #monsterdon
Out of curiosity, did anyone else watch The Mystery Science Theater version with me?
https://youtu.be/MMm0kLeogwQ?si=0dJpGHNG2eEu0uTH
I loved every single "GO PACKERS" post. That's just paying homage to our roots. #Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion
@jgamble We thought about it
It may be for the best that we didn't
Yeah, this ending didn't make a lick of sense #monsterdon
@paco should've featured a spider
definitely didn't beat that one godzilla movie with the giant spider. now THAT was a quality spider.
.....too bad that movie was son of godzilla.
@srol whaaaat #monsterdon
@lola I guess the spider could have refused to appear in this movie but otherwise yeah totally
Big thanks to @Taweret for the week's monster flick ... the Giant Spider (singular) did, indeed, invade.
Thanks to @Taweret for hosting and to #TeamSpider voting to make the dream/nightmare finally happen π·οΈ #monsterdon
@ricci Too bad the woman who invented Spider-ade didn't live to see her invention take off.
BUG BREACH #monsterdon #helldivers
I love how they took the trouble to paint the knees orange on the giant puppet Fire Leg spider.
aw man. I missed Eight Legged Freaks (1975)
Betty Boob gets the cover shot on Tubi
#monsterdon
@brooke You definitely want to use ranged weapons and keep it from getting any attacks of opportunity.
#Monsterdon π·οΈ πΈοΈ π·οΈ πΈοΈ π·οΈ πΈοΈ π·οΈ πΈοΈ π± #α½ΒΊα½Θ βΏ Εα½ΒΊαΏ
y'all were 100% correct that this movie stopped but it did not end but good news they threw in a little more preaching I guess.
Welp, thanks @Taweret for hosting, and @Cherizilla for bingo, and @JoeWynne for trivia and all you delightful #monsterdonians for making it super fun!
Spideys ftw!
Interesting the neither the NASA scientist or the astronomer PhD even considered trying to see where the portal lead to.
Seems like people in their profession would be at least a little curious. #monsterdon
Darn it, the collective power of #Monsterdon could have acquired this movie.
@ramsey well why would we? when life gives you spiders, make, uh, spider, uh, aide
Still behind, some lawman is whipping a big spider with his belt and holster, then WHAT IS HAPPENING ON SCREEN?, CAN NOT MAKE ANYTHING OUT.'
#monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion #α½ΒΊα½Θ βΏ Εα½ΒΊαΏ
For a while, #Monsterdon watched actual bangers, movies that were *good movies* in addition to being monster movies. And with good production values and innovative filmmaking!
Well, not this time. π That was absolute garbage.
#monsterdon
Bekenstein is spinning in his grave at this movie.
@jonny It is like Sodom and Gomorrah because they are diamond-fakers and creeps and must be destroyed instead of saved.
Did the spider have anything to do with Dutch's bloody death, directly? It looked as though he just fell down because of the mob frenzy? #monsterdon
π€ great fun, bye everyone, thanks @ryan for the smooth stream and @Taweret for hosting #Monsterdon
@jonny Forget NASA, just the power of a flare gun, apparently. Godβs will has a kill spot. #monsterdon
Thank god for Caltech though. Right? #Monsterdon
@ricci They didn't shower it with neutrons, nor did they choke it with mass.
#Monsterdon π·οΈ πΈοΈ π·οΈ πΈοΈ π·οΈ πΈοΈ π·οΈ πΈοΈ π± #α½ΒΊα½Θ βΏ Εα½ΒΊαΏ
That giant space spider corpse is sure oozing a lot of goo.
Go. Packers.
#Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion
@diazona @Taweret Right? #Monsterdon
Wait did he kill the Giant Spider with a flare gun? Thatβs it??? #Monsterdon
βIt will happen againβ OMG, donβt let it happen again. That was hideous π€£#Monsterdon
If you're reading this, you're at the tail end of a long stream of posts on the feed about #Monsterdon, a fediverse community movie-watching event. This week we watched THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION (1975). See the post at the top of this thread for more info:
@apLundell Yea, that is a head scratcher.
#Monsterdon
If you have a gun, maybe don't get in melee range with the dire spider??? #Monsterdon
@catzilla I think its a night scene filmed after dark, instead of night-for-day filters. #Monsterdon
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#monsterdon mother queen bee? Maam that is a spider
I've been waiting to watch #TheGiantSpiderInvasion for #Monsterdon for months! Thanks @Taweret for making it possible to see spiders and butts in the same movie!
The end of this movie was like when you're remodeling your home. At some stage the producers just got fed up and said βlet's call it a day and roll the creditsβ. And that was it.
#monsterdon
So did they just stop a Biblical plague of spiders? Whut? Movie you ended as you began, very dumbly.
#Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion
With seven minutes to go, I'm not feeling hopeful for this town.
What? How the fuck did a flare gun do that?
@jchaven Little known fact, the denouement was only invented in 1986. #Monsterdon
My expectations were low for this movie. But not low enough. Not low enough by half. #Monsterdon
@apLundell He was there for *ambiance*.
#monsterdon #α½ΒΊα½Θ βΏ Εα½ΒΊαΏ
Why is the spider covered in green and brown whipped cream? Is this... The End?
#Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion
#Monsterdon π·οΈ πΈοΈ π·οΈ πΈοΈ π·οΈ πΈοΈ π·οΈ πΈοΈ π± #α½ΒΊα½Θ βΏ Εα½ΒΊαΏ
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
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
#monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion #α½ΒΊα½Θ βΏ Εα½ΒΊαΏ
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
#Monsterdon #TheGiantSpiderInvasion
Damb, makes you think
Thanks @Taweret and @ryan πΈ #monsterdon
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.
Another sudden end. Another #monsterdon classic move!
And Tubi immediately goes into KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS. But I'm all spidered out #Monsterdon
#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
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