Spiders (2000)

just watch it!

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Following up on a story, a reporter and her crew accidentally uncover a secret government project that turned a spider into a towering giant and must stop its rampage through the city.Overall this one turned out to be quite the decent creature feature. One of the biggest factors to this one is the rather cheesy atmosphere here, as there's quite a large amount of time here not only with the incredibly goofy nature of the human-sized spider running around as well as all of the silly special effects which accounts for a really fun, cheese-filled time. The action furthers the cheese here as the concept of scenes such as the attack in the morgue, the assault on the guards in the basement or the rather cheesy and deliciously corny finale in which the monster-sized spider runs amok throughout the city after escaping from the local college which are just as incredibly cheesy yet ultimately rather fun part of what makes this one so entertaining. This one really seems to revel in the cheesy tones and outlandish scenarios within these scenes since it not only manages to get quite entertaining throughout these on a silly level but also manages to keep the film filled with action so it never lags or becomes boring. This is also a chance to show off the impressive amount of practical effects for both the spider and the gore which is really nice and sticks out against the really obvious CGI that's featured here. The CGI is among the few flaws as there's a lot of scenes that are quite badly ruined by the CGI for either the scene or the effect looks distracting and obvious here. The shuttle crash and the transformation are set-up to be important parts to the film but the horrible CGI in these scenes does manage to look really bad. This does play into the film's other big flaw which is the cheesy feeling and atmosphere throughout this. It's pretty hard to take this one seriously with all the actions, plot-points and special effects all being quite goofy which really undermines this. It manages to hurt this a little but not enough to really hinter this one much.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

In this sad day an age the creature feature is a much devalued beast. I don't know exactly when the crunch point came or which film marked it, but there was undoubtedly a turning point, terrible and seemingly hard to resist where directors realised they didn't need animatronics, any practical work or even imagination and could just rely on farming out a couple of pissant drawings to the cheapest available CGI animators and spunk the results on screen without a care for the quality. As a chump raised on vintage monster films it annoys the heck out of me, so I'm all the more pleased when I see a creature feature that doesn't suck donkey junk. In this way, Spiders gave me a good deal of pleasure. Taking a blessedly ludicrous turn of events as its set up, it contrives after a short build to have three college students out and about in a secret military facility when a deadly mutant spider gets loose. The execution is fairly solid, director Gary Jones knows his way around this kind of film he made near classic Mosquito in the 90's) and although the pacing has a few blips the action has verve. Acting is generic but entertaining, Lana Parilla is fun as the daft but spunky heroine while Oliver Macready and Jake Swarts hold up their end enthusiastically enough as her companions. Mark Phelan gets most credit though as he villain of the piece, he act up a storm and gives loopy good value. The neatest things about the film are its effects and writing though, the writing in particular. It was co-written by Adam Gierasch and Jace Anderson, a prolific partnership who love horror and come across as rather nice people but tend to be a bit rubbish when writing anything other than the most mindless of trash (key examples of their ineptitude being Mother of Tears and Mortuary) . Here they are in their element (as they were working on the great Crocodile 2: Death Roll), the writing in this one never takes itself too seriously and is frequently rather amusing, both intentionally and otherwise. No one really comes across as a realistic human being and the whole thing is hardly Faulkner as far as movie scripts go, but its constantly lively and good fun. The effects were done by the KNB team (the practical ones at least) and there isn't too much CGI, as a result there are some pretty cool scenes, a couple of nifty kills and some effectively nasty after the fact corpses. The spider is an effective antagonist as well, sweetly designed and popping out for jump scares to good effect. The film did need more gore and a bit of adjustment during some scenes, but wipes away most complaints with a hysterically crazy and hence near brilliant climax, pushing it comfortably into the realms of guilty pleasure humdingery. TC says check this sucker out...

Couldn't stop laughing the whole way through this movie, simply because they were trying to be serious. A horror sci-fi.... my ass it is.... pure comedy man. My favourite bit was where the spider that just hatched from the guys body, burst out of the college (bigger than a helicopter) and preceded to run over the grass.... and i mean over, as in about a foot above the grass. No but seriously the plastic spider being dangled in front of the camera was the height of the amazing special effects. Definitely worth the 50p i spent on it. Just don't be expecting good effects, storyline, acting, writing, sound effects, soundtrack, cast or pretty much anything if you try and take it seriously. Oh and there are some wet t-shirt moments. Enjoy.

Spiders (2000) Nearly everybody you come across will have seen a monster movie at some point in their lives. If you've met somebody who hasn't seen one, sue me. Spiders, i believe lives up to it's expectations. I mean with a two million dollar budget your not exactly going to get an Oscar winning performance. Your going to get something which isn't quite up to scratch as 'Them' and 'War of the Worlds' but your going to get something delightfully cheesy and gory, with a few nice twists thrown in. Spiders delivers exactly what a good B-movie should. The acting is o.k, although it can be a bit lackadaisical at times, its fine. The SFX are good for the budget and the animatronics work is fine. It's a fair direction as well. The only thing i would say is have a more good looking female character, it makes the men care more for the characters if you know what i mean.Overall, Spiders lives up to what a good B-Movie should be, with it's gruesome spiders, foaming at the mouth scientists, trigger happy soldiers and nail biting computer nerds it certainly delivers a Sunday night thrill! Whether your laughing or hiding behind a cushion, Spiders is for all Sci-fi/Monster movie lovers.I give Spiders 5/10. Good but lacking character.Spiders - Rated R/15 for sustained gore and violence. All rights reserved to owners of the film and it's sequel.