Kingdom of the Spiders

Don’t let the Promethean poster mislead. There’s nothing epic, otherworldly or sci fi about this one….what a tangled web we weave*. 1977’s Kingdom of the Spiders is actually a preachy creature feature. The legendary William Shatner is an Arizona veterinarian known as “Rack.” (Probably more apropos now since he sports moobs.) Rack** is called by a local, Mr. ColbyContinue reading “Kingdom of the Spiders”

The Seamstress

The Seamstress commits a cardinal sin off the bat: an entirely useless definition of the commonplace English word, “revenge,” when the film could’ve easily launched with a pithy quote. Or a dirty limerick. Or a factoid. Or lyrics by Tupac. Anything. An unnecessarily talky exposition fest, aided with bad newspaper visuals — the made up Baltimore DailyContinue reading “The Seamstress”