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Horrors of Spider Island

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3.4/10 • 73

1960-04-151h 29m

Horror

A bite from a giant spider turns a man into a creature that terrorizes a group of women who survived a plane crash.

Directors
Fritz Böttger
Writters
Eldon Howard, Albert G. Miller, Fritz Böttger
Editors
Eldon Howard, Heidi Genée

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  1. Alexander D'Arcy

    Alexander D'Arcy

    Gary Webster

  2. Barbara Valentin

    Barbara Valentin

    Babs

  3. Rainer Brandt

    Rainer Brandt

    Bobby

  4. Harald Maresch

    Harald Maresch

    Joe

  5. Elfie Wagner

    Elfie Wagner

    Linda

  6. Dorothee Parker

    Dorothee Parker

    Gladys

  7. Helga Franck

    Helga Franck

    Georgia

  8. Helga Neuner

    Helga Neuner

    Ann

  9. Gerry Sammer

    Gerry Sammer

    May

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Wuchak

Dec 25, 2020

5/10

Grade C lost-on-a-deserted-island flick entertains despite itself A plane transporting a female troupe of eight dancers from New York City crashes into the sea en route to Singapore, but several of them survive and make it to a deserted island where huge spiders dwell. Will they make it back alive? A West German production, “Horrors of Spider Island” (1960) is a black & white ‘B’ movie that’s basically an island adventure with some old-fashioned horror elements. I call it “Grade C” because there are some glaring flaws. For instance, the story starts in Hollywood, but when the plane departs for Asia it’s clearly New York City. Furthermore, when the plane crashes into the sea off camera, it is shown going straight down into the water. Needless to say, if this were actually to occur no one would’ve survived. If you can overlook these faults and the flat B&W photography, this is actually an entertaining B flick. All eight women are alluring one way or another, but voluptuous Babs (Barbara Valentin) is easily the most physically attractive. The director effectively displays their beauty without resorting to raunch. It’s also interesting going back in time to 1959, when the film was shot, and see one of the blueprints for all these sci-fi/horror adventures that have emerged since. The episode of Gilligan’s Island that featured the goofy giant spider must’ve been inspired by this movie, although the spider here is actually pretty creepy-looking for a B flick shot in 1959. Of course, the spider is strictly peripheral; the lovely ladies lost in the wilds are the showcase here. On that level, the picture delivers. The film is short ‘n sweet at about 1 hour, 17 minutes, and was shot in what is now Croatia on the Adriatic Sea (then Yugoslavia) with establishing shots of Los Angeles and New York City, plus other stock footage. GRADE: C

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Status
Released
Original Language
German
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Keywords
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