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| Kingdom of the Spiders | |
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| Directed by | John "Bud" Cardos |
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| Cinematography | John Arthur Morrill |
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| Music by | Dorsey Burnette |
Production company | Arachnid Productions Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Dimension Pictures |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million[2] |
| Box office | $17 million[3] |
Kingdom of the Spiders is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed by John "Bud" Cardos and produced by Igo Kantor and Jeffrey M. Sneller. The screenplay is credited to Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou, from an original story by Sneller and Stephen Lodge. Part of the eco-horror subgenre,[4] Kingdom of the Spiders centers on a rural town in Camp Verde, Arizona which lies in the migration path of a horde of tarantulas turned aggressive due to pesticides having depleted their normal food sources. The film was released by Dimension Pictures (not to be confused with the distributor Dimension Films). It stars William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Lieux Dressler, and Altovise Davis.[5]
- ^ "Kingdom of the Spiders". British Board of Film Classification.
- ^ Fred Olen Ray, The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors, McFarland, 1991, p. 157
- ^ "Kingdom of the Spiders, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ Kaye, Don (June 16, 2017). "Rediscover These 20 Obscure Horror Films from the 1970s". Syfy.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021.
- ^ "Kingdom of the Spiders -- The Best of William Shatner". DreadCentral. January 8, 2010.