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An earthquake triggers a brood of giant fire-breathing spiders to attack the city of New Orleans.An earthquake triggers a brood of giant fire-breathing spiders to attack the city of New Orleans.An earthquake triggers a brood of giant fire-breathing spiders to attack the city of New Orleans.
Gralen Bryant Banks
- Major Crandle
- (as Gralen Banks)
Tiara Ashleigh
- Tina
- (as Tiara Gathright)
Damien Moses
- Martin
- (as Damien Anthony Moses)
Sari Cummings
- Sexy lady
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film was shot in 17 days
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A hurried, jumbled mess
After surviving a viewing of this, my impression is that this is one of those movies that was filmed simultaneously as the script was still being written - you know, "Okay, we're done with Scene 10... hurry up and finish writing scene 11... we begin shooting it tomorrow." This explains why characters seem to drop into the story with no explanation or background, like when the National Guard just happens to be on the scene of a spider attack... did somebody call them or were they just driving through the area at the time?
There are too many "conveniences" in the plot. Tracey Gold's character just happens to be an expert on arachnology, the Guardsman's daughter just happens to be aboard the bus they are trying to rescue. Add to this the hammed-up acting and what you get is a cast of cardboard characters you have no empathy for.
And what is it with that background music? The generic "scenes of peril" film score runs at full volume throughout the majority of the movie!
Since the IMDb ratings system only allows whole numbers, I give this a "1." If it were possible I would award it an extra half point for (unintentional) comedic value for the scene of the final showdown with the giant cheap-CGI spider.
In short, this is another movie I highly recommend...
...that you avoid.
There are too many "conveniences" in the plot. Tracey Gold's character just happens to be an expert on arachnology, the Guardsman's daughter just happens to be aboard the bus they are trying to rescue. Add to this the hammed-up acting and what you get is a cast of cardboard characters you have no empathy for.
And what is it with that background music? The generic "scenes of peril" film score runs at full volume throughout the majority of the movie!
Since the IMDb ratings system only allows whole numbers, I give this a "1." If it were possible I would award it an extra half point for (unintentional) comedic value for the scene of the final showdown with the giant cheap-CGI spider.
In short, this is another movie I highly recommend...
...that you avoid.
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- jonathan_k80
- May 15, 2014
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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