Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

gavin6942 A black hole hits northern Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15-meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh! Dr. Jenny Langer and Dr. Vance from "the NASA" try to save the world.First, I must confess it was a huge oversight on my part not to have seen this film sooner. As a fan of "bad movies" and a Wisconsin resident, I should have watched this many years ago. But, I just never did. Sorry, Bill Rebane, you cantankerous old coot.That being said, this is not a bad film. I mean, you know, it is far from a good film. But the acting is actually quite good, and it is immensely entertaining, which counts for a lot. Is the lighting atrocious? Yes. Are the giant spiders a bit cheesy? Certainly. And there are sound issues. But at its heart, this is a fun creature feature and one I could enjoy on repeat viewings, which is more than I can say for most turkeys.

dirk275 I think calling this my favorite Bill Rebane film is like saying I have a favorite way to be tortured but it's true,I love this movie. This one rises above the slag heap that is the Bill Rebane catalog.First the plot. It's a standard man vs nature type. Meteor strikes a north central Wisconsin town. Hollow rocks contain small spiders that start to grow. As with any movie like this, law enforcement or scientists team up to stop the threat and that's true in this film. Soon a scientist from NASA(Steve Brodie) comes to investigate and teams with local doctor(Barbara Hale) to try to solve the problem. The spiders get bigger until the climax of the movie, which is an invasion of the local town celebration. Ultimately, Dr Vance and Langer(Brodie and Hale) come up with a far-fetched solution and the day is saved. If you've seen some of the 50s movies like Giant Gila Monster or even the Blob then you won't see anything new here.Yes it's not groundbreaking but it seems to work out O.K. That however, is not what makes this film so appealing. It's not a masterpiece by any means but it is a cult classic that is worth the time to see. It has been panned on MST3K but try to see the non-mysted version if you can. It's still just as fun.It's my understanding that Rebane wanted this movie to be a serious one but Robert Easton, who is credited as a writer, realized that people wouldn't buy it so some comedy was written in. That is one of the reasons I like this movie so much. The characters are laughable. The sheriff, the farmer and his wife, and the NASA scientist are hilarious. The self-effacing humor really makes it worth seeing. Humorous subplots, such as the farmer collecting "diamonds" from the stones and the sheriff who never seems to leave his office are great. In addition, the role players are awesome. Cousin Billy, Dutch, Helga, and many others are fun to watch. I have to say that, as a Wisconsinite growing up in the 70's, I think Bill Rebane really nails the way people were at that time(no offense to people of Merril and Gleason). This movie really brings me back. Gleason days is just like any other small town carnival I went to when I was growing up.In short, I think fans of the genre will like this and I would recommend it. It doesn't take itself too seriously so you shouldn't either. Just sit back and enjoy.

Kristine I saw The Giant Spider Invasion on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, like most of the users on this IMDb page. You know the funny thing about this movie is that as weird and stupid as it was, it actually told the story. So at least it had that going for it, but the problem is that the story really doesn't get itself across to where everyone could understand it, but mostly I would say that it was the lousy shooting of the movie, not to mention that the acting was just horrible. But I don't know about think it was totally bad for what it was, I mean it was just a typical low budget horror, despite how ridicules that giant spider looked.Basically in Wisconsin, WOO, GO PACKERS, WOO!, there is a crash from an asteroid. The asteroid contains little rocks that have little spiders in them. The two residents that live right next to where it landed, Ev and Dan, take advantage and try to take the diamonds that are also in the rocks, but it may not be to their liking when the spiders take over the house and the whole town! But don't worry, Dr. Jenny and Dr. J.R. are on the case and are going to save Wisconsin from the giant spider that is attacking young girls in their underwear.The Giant Spider Invasion is your typical low budget horror that reminds you more of those old 50's movies with the sci-fi action. While this is a bad movie, it's a fun like drive in type of film and has a few silly laughs here and there. Not to mention that it did make for a funny episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I loved how Jenny's line of screaming the doctor's name at the end turned out and the whole scene of the giant spider attacking the young girl in her undies in her house, that was just classic how fake the puppet was. But please watch the MSTK3 episode, I guarantee you'll have a lot of fun.2/10

Cinema_Fan The Giant Spider Invasion is a 1975 sci-fi that does its best to parody itself from the good ol' days of the 1950's B-Movie genre, with great giant monster classics as THEM! (1954) and Tarantula (1955), The Giant Spider Invasion, directed by Bill Rebane, is, sadly none of the above. With a history of low, low budget and poor supervision of its script and extremely poor special effects, the chances of the giant spider becoming anything like its predecessors was nearer to being lost and irrelevant in the annals of time and credibility. Even to the point were its director has been quoted to recalling it "the giant spider disaster". With its five producers in tow and with the script changing from day to day The Giant Spider Invasion was soon to deflate into farce and webs of broken string rather than silk and fine cotton. This movie never stood a chance from the very beginning, with a relatively B-minor cast for its sins. The likes of Alan Hale Jr. (1921 - 1990) having played in Hang 'Em High (1968) with Clint Eastwood and his many, many TV bit parts throughout his career. Steve Brodie (1919 - 1992) who with James Stewart had stared in Winchester '73 (1950) and as with the headliners of this movie had played his part in TV land of American culture. Then there is Barbara Hale (no relation), also, and her numerous appearances on the American TV show circuit , for example, A Perry Mason Mystery…as Della Street; The Giant Spider Invasion was not to be their big break. With its premise for the B-Movie feel, it contains your typical meteorite that falls into the back and beyond of small town America, this being the unfortunate Wisconsin, then the added ingredient of radiation and scientist interest. Then there's the local populace from local Sheriff Jeff Jones to the dope-growing hillbillies that toward the end are drawn deeper and deeper in this web of sci-fi deceit and death. The story is just passable, giant spiders invading the earth, attacking the tiny humans, but what finally lets this movie down is the unmistakable mistake of its leading star; the giant spider. With only a $10,000 special effects budget, and don't forget this was 1975, it seemed that it just still wasn't enough to prevent this giant spider disaster becoming the arrow in the Achilles heel of this genre. Jack Willoughby acted as both cinematographer and producer here, and having done time in the camera and electrical department on movies such as Futureworld (1976), Rocky (1976), Sextette (1978) and Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke (1978) then why, when watching The Giant Spider Invasion is it more akin to watching "a black cat at night"? Could this be more to the giant spider hiding its face in the darkness of shame and embarrassment?The Giant Spider Invasion is one of the least well-made movies of this genre, and it really shows it no respect, even if the poorly made movies of yesteryear were bad, then fair game. But, this is 1975, and this movie holds nothing but contempt and ridicule and sets itself apart from the mould, and when a spider grows, the only true horror would be if this spider movie were to regenerate and invade our homes once more to try and frighten Miss Muffet away!