Aww, good old-fashioned cheese.
This is what you expect and, for me anyway, desire when you go seeking low-budget vintage horror and science fiction. The Giant Spider Invasion delivers a little bit of everything–big fake monster spiders, real tarantulas, a ranting preacher, scientists that spout shit that makes no sense, a hapless sheriff (played by none other than The Skipper from Gilligan’s Island), a little sexuality and nudity, and some well-intentioned gore and special effects. Oh yeah, and every vehicle that ends up in a minor fender-bender explodes into flames.
We learn through the course of the movie that these big spiders that are attacking everyone originate from a black hole that crashed into the ground on a small farm in Wisconsin. Now, from what I’ve learned from Neil deGrasse Tyson over the years, I think a black hole coming anywhere close to earth would be an apocalyptic occurence. But this the movies, so I won’t argue. Anyway, this black hole apparently opens up to another dimension, and all these giant spiders are spilling into our dimension. Many of the spiders look ridiculous, including the really big ones that are pretty clearly dressed-up cars with eight legs. But since the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously, it kinda works. And some of the kill scenes really aren’t bad at all.
Very little of this production was done well. It’s a goofy cosmic horror flick, and it doesn’t hide from that. So if you want to switch off your brain for some cheesy fun, check it out on YouTube.