Review – The Giant Spider Invasion

The picture opens with someone entering the office of the sheriff, played by Alan “The Skipper” Hale Jr. “Hey little buddy,” he says. That’s the level of entertainment you can expect from this picture. A meteor crashes in a field, and soon BFE is swarming with tarantulas. At least one of them grows up to become a spider-shaped parade float that’s actually cute enough to provide some entertainment value. It almost makes me miss the days when fake-looking giant spiders had to be built rather than computer animated in post-production. On the other hand, CGI might have helped them avoid awkwardness such as the scene in which the monster appears to “devour” a victim by cramming the guy up its butt (not enough room in the head, I guess). Though I admire low budget film-makers from the 1970s who actually had to work to make a bad movie, unfortunately this is still just a bad movie. See if desperate