Movie Review: The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
Synopsis: When a meteorite crashes in rural Wisconsin, it opens a door to another dimension. Soon after, local residents are terrorized by giant, man-eating spiders. Their only hope is closing the dimensional door to prevent even more monsters from escaping. Who's in it? The movie stars Steve Brodie , Barbara Hale, Alan Hale, Jr ., Robert Easton, Diane Lee Hart and Kevin Brodie. Review: It had been a long while since I last watched The Giant Spider Invasion so, when I came across it on Amazon Prime and realized it too was celebrating its 50th birthday, I made sure to add it to my list. My wife and I watched it today and it was about as I remembered it. The special effects were about what you would expect to see from a movie in this genre made in the 1970s. While there were some very creepy moments involving the smaller spiders (and a few gross ones too), the giant ones were a bit on the ridiculous side. However, the movie's dialog, especially from the sheriff (Hale, Jr.) ma...