Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hordes of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of townsfolk in a remote hotel.
- hotel
- small town
- spider
- animal attack
- siege
- corpse
- tarantula
- death
- spider bite
- eco-horror
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
William Shatner
Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen
Tiffany Bolling
Diane Ashley
Woody Strode
Walter Colby
Lieux Dressler
Emma Washburn
- David McLean — Sheriff Gene Smith
- Natasha Ryan — Linda Hansen
- Altovise Davis — Birch Colby
- Joe Ross — Vern Johnson
- Marcy Lafferty — Terry Hansen
- Hoke Howell — Earl Forbes
- Adele Malis-Morey — Betty Johnson
- Roy Engel — Mayor Connors
- Bill Coontz — Clyde
- Whitey Hughes — The Baron
- Jay Lawrence — Deputy
- Directed
- John "Bud" Cardos
- Written
- Richard Robinson, Alan Caillou
Production
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 · 140 ratings
- Studio
- Arachnid Productions Ltd.
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
