Directed by: Jay Andrews
Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Brian Krause
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Distributed by: Anchor Bay
DVD Release Date: March 27, 2012
Running Time: 84 minutes
Film: 3 out of 5 stars
Extras: N/A
With a tagline “They really get under your skin”, right off the bat this one sounds like a winner. To top it off it is from Executive Producer, the legendary Roger Corman. So we are off to a great start. Well the film is cheesy like expected about large killer camel spiders but it is very entertaining as well. Roger Corman has recently produced some really fun creatures like “Dinoshark”, “Shartopus” and “Mega Piranha”. This film does it job, it has fun and kicks some decent ass. What is even creepier is that camel spiders are real, unlike “Dinoshark” or “Sharktopus”.
The film starts off in the deserts of the Middle East, where a platoon of soldiers are being terrorized by giant arachnids called Camel Spiders. They accidentally transport these terrors to a small-town in the American southwest. It is up to an Army Captain (Brian Krause) and the local Sheriff (C. Thomas Howell) to help a group of locals and tourists survive and find a way to defeat these cratures. The director Jay Andrews is also known for recent creature feature “Dinocroc vs. Supergator”. He definitely has found his calling with these films and delivers two out of two.
I have learned that with these low budget creature features you just have to enjoy them for what they are. This packs some decent creature effects, obviously CG but still decent and also packs some decent kills. The video on the Blu-ray is decent boasting its sharp 1080p resolution. It also packs a decent Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio track. Unfortunately there are no special features included in this Blu-ray.
