Despite a sizable number of positive reviews, this only averaged around 5 stars? Not sure what that's about, but the most generous rating I can add is a 3-star (the spiders on set deserve at least that much, for the hassle they were subjected to.)
It's not too much worse than other movies of this genre.......along with average-quality special effects, they all feature characters who display little personality and astounding lapses of logic......... but "Kingdom of the Spiders" is made mostly for nature-gone-amuck-ers and hardcore fans of Shatner. His character is supposed to be a veterinarian, but he spends the movie's slow first half just being Shatner, trying to come on to the new lady vet......then he flips to low-budget action hero when things start picking up in the second half. (As was common in '70's flicks of this type, the hero goes through the entire thing without even rumpling his clothes, much less getting them ripped or dirty.)
There are a couple of scenes with at least some tension, so if you've nothing better going on, you may be entertained. But thanks to the screenwriters, some of these characters are so dumb, I was hard pressed not to feel sorry for the spiders.
Review of Kingdom of the Spiders
