L'invasione dei ragni giganti

Titolo originale: The Giant Spider Invasion
Regia: Bill Rebane |
Anno: 1975
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror Fantascienza
Tag: small town | sheriff | wisconsin | spider | animal attack | giant spider | black hole | small town sheriff |
Cast: Steve Brodie | Barbara Hale | Robert Easton | Leslie Parrish | Alan Hale Jr. | Bill Williams | Kevin Brodie | Diane Lee Hart | Christiane Schmidtmer | Tain Bodkin | Paul Bentzen | Joel Thingvall | William W. Gillett Jr. |

Kester, un agricoltore del Wisconsin, raccoglie alcuni frammenti di un meteorite credendo che abbiano un inestimabile valore. In realtà si tratta di misteriose uova che una volta dischiuse generano mostruosi aracnidi di proporzioni gigantesche. L'intera regione rischia di essere messa a soqquadro dalla furia devastatrice dei ragni giganti...

Approfondimenti

Stars Steve Brodie and Barbara Hale pulled in family members to play supporting roles in the fi [...] D
The book Alan Hale Jr. is always reading in the sheriff's office is titled ""Flying Saucers Wan [...] D
According to Bill Rebane the two writers on the film each approached the story from different d [...] D
There was supposed to be a dramatic shot of the giant spider crushing the house by having the s [...] D
Butchered beef and real cow body parts were obtained from slaughter houses to be used as the "r [...] D
Cost about $300,000 to make. D
Dan and Ev have a conversation which includes the exchange: Ev: "I'm sorry I missed the sermon. [...] D
The giant spider of the title was achieved by covering a Volkswagen Beetle with fake black fur [...] D
Co-stars Bill Williams and Barbara Hale were real-life husband and wife. (Their son is actor Wi [...] D
In the opening, Alan Hale Jr. greets Kevin Brodie with the line, "Hi, little buddy!" This is an [...] D
Stephen King is a big fan of the film. D
The Kester's frame farmhouse was built for the film so that it could be leveled during the scen [...] D
In this movie, Robert Easton (Kester) carves a dollar sign in his kitchen window with a suspect [...] D
In May 2005 there was a Bill Rebane film festival in Madison, Wisconsin that featured this film [...] D
The framework for the VW Giant Spider was recently found in the woods and put on display in Gle [...] D
David B. Hoff, who provides the radio voice of the helicopter pilot, was an actual pilot for th [...] D
This film is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in John Wilson's book "Th [...] D
Originally, the spiders were going to be about 10 feet long. The producers insisted that if the [...] D
In a scene depicting the giant spiders attacking a little league baseball game, the spiders are [...] D
Shot during the summer of 1975, Bill Rebane recalled in later interviews that the extremely hot [...] D
The movie is part of the notorious german "SchleFaZ" series. Thus, the censored version was air [...] D
In an interview, director Bill Rebane said that shooting began before the script was even done. [...] D
A surprise box office success, it was one of the top 50 grossing movies of 1975. D
The DVD by Synergy Entertainment includes the Super-8mm version as a special feature. D
There was supposed to be a shot of a big spider in a tree bursting into flames. To achieve this [...] D
In 1997, the film was relentlessly pilloried in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), helping it [...] D
Nearly all of the night scenes were shot day-for-night and darkened in post production. Some of [...] D
Director Bill Rebane once referred to the film as The Giant Spider Disaster in an interview, du [...] D