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Hair of the Spider A huge tarantula crawls into the blender, and the woman pointedly "happens NOT to" notice (it's hard to do, but she manages) as she makes hubby a Bloody Mary. Yum!
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| "Wanna Run That By Me Again?" | |
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...And 100% Jerk During an otherwise normal conversation, the scientist says, "My M.O. is half metaphysics and half-assed-tro physics." I think it was supposed to be a joke.
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| Stupidest-Looking Monster | |
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The Judges Say 2 out of 10 for Originality The "mother spider" resembles nothing more than a papier-mache construction, much like a giant Rose Bowl float, strapped to the top of a car. The monster's only ever witnessed just topping a rise or partially hidden behind a hill, so the vehicle it's connected to is never seen, but we know it's there.
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Dr. Science and Mrs. Wizard Explain Space Warps The two scientists speculate on the origins of the spider-comet, and eventually conclude it came from a "space warp." Timmy, the obligatory little boy in the lab, gets a lecture on exactly what a space warp is.
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The Spider Has Landed The comet comes down as life goes on. Lots of military Stock Footage at the front of this clip, as if the world is mobilizing for impact. Yet strangely, for the rest of the movie, nobody seems to know the comet has landed. Then there's lots of bad dialogue, including some kind of fire-and-brimstone revival. The comet lands in a shower of freak-a-delic special effects. People start calling the sheriff's station, which is manned by Alan Hale, Jr. doing his open-mouthed "little buddy" routine.
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| Director | Claim to Fame |
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 Bill Rebane |
Directed Monster A-Go-Go, Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake, and The Capture of Bigfoot, among other stinkers. Directed and composed the music for The Giant Spider Invasion, which he then exploited in his other films. |
| Actor | Character | Claim to Fame |
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 Steve Brodie |
<Not Yet in Database> | A Bad Movie baddie in nearly 150 films and TV episodes. Was Fisher in Out of the Past, Happy Lee in The Big Wheel, and Steve Randall in Desperate. |
| Barbara Hale |
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 Alan Hale, Jr. |
<Not Yet in Database> | "The Skipper" on "Gilligan's Island." |
| Robert Easton |
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| Paul Bentzen |
Billy | |
 Leslie Parrish |
Ev | Played Lt. Carolyn Palamas on that Adonis episode of the original "Star Trek;" was a henchgirl on "Batman," and played Daisy Mae Scragg in Li'l Abner. |
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