

- Numerous spider POV shots abound from the opening attack on a cow (that ends in a freeze frame of it’s startled eye) to the stalking of NATASHA at a picnic
- The attack at the fair is one of the most hilariously chaotic and jaw-droppingly bizarre things ever filmed. All of the extras deserve kudos for their nutso performances
- SHATNER must venture into the lodge basement to fix the fuse that the sneaky spiders sabotaged. His dramatic crawl back up the stairs covered with the eight-legged villains is a thing of beauty
Well, my head is assuredly effed up: I saw THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION in the theater when it came out in 1975 (I was 10) and to this day, until I read this review of KotS, I would’ve sworn to Jeebus Chribest that Bill Shatner was in the movie that I saw. I have no recollection of seeing KotS but I must have because the alternative is too horrible to even contemplate: that Bill Shatner has developed the ability to psychically project his career into other people’s heads and make them believe he starred in movies he had nothing to do with. Bill was in SPARTACUS and IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT? PLEASE SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!
I didn’t see the whole film for years, but I remember seeing a clip of the fair attack scene, as a nominee on some televised science fiction awards TV show (I also remember the psychedelic ending to The Manitou and a clip from some movie about dogs going wild somewhere, and people rushing into a store and closing the glass doors on the manic canines just in time; anyone remember what this might have been?)
Kahotep, that would be The Pack (1977) with Joe Don Baker, one of the best Nature Run Amok movies ever!