Local veterinarian William Shatner is dumbfounded when he discovers that his sleepy desert town is under attack by a tidal wave of icky spiders. The invasion starts out slow enough, but instead of doing anything productive, ol' Shat prefers to flirt with every attractive female in town and drink a little cold beer. The reality of the eight-legged onslaught comes soon enough, but instead of simply driving away, everybody resorts to running around screaming a lot.
As far as killer animals movies go, KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS is a fun trip. It almost comes off like a 1970's TV movie. Steady pace, zero nudity, mild action towards the end, ridiculous looking fake spiders along with thousands of nasty-looking real spiders, crew member hand onscreen (right before the truck wreck), a musical sound at 43:12 that sounds like the opening to "Centerfold" by the J. Geils Band, a woman shooting a spider off of her hand, the phrase "...wham bam thank you ma'am."
KOTS has plenty of spider action, but none of it is particularity gross. Which is nice for a pussy like me. I like killer insect stories, but I fucking hate it when they start crawling all over food and stuff like that. Yack!!!
