What’s more scary, killer spiders or William Shatner’s acting? This Arizona-set creature feature camp classic offers plenty of both. It attempts to do for spiders what Jaws did for sharks (a funny title for this would’ve been Legs). It even has a small town mayor who’s trying to keep the spider infestation hush-hush for the upcoming county fair. There’s also the local yokel hero who’s out of his element and the scientist who’s an expert on all things creepy-crawly. The big difference here is that the hero happens to be a dedicated flirt (Shatner) and the scientist is a pretty blonde woman (Tiffany Bolling) who keeps refusing his offers for dinner.
It’s up to these two to figure what the hell is happening when tarantulas from out of town start burrowing up out of the dirt in droves to eat cows, dogs, farmers and Shatner’s forlorn ex-girlfriends.
These are some smart little things, too. They’re smarter than most of the people in the movie. William Shatner is the only person here who figures out that when spiders are crawling up your pant leg, just brush them off. And if they’re all over the floor, start doing a cha-cha dance and crush them suckers. Everybody else paralyzes with fear and becomes spider food. The spiders here can also disable electricity and break windows. I’m surprised they’re not knocking on doors and pretending to be delivery men so they can kill people.