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Kingdom of the Spiders
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
John "Bud" Cardos
Screenplay by
Alan Caillou
Richard Robinson
Story by
Stephen Lodge
Jeffrey M. Sneller
Produced by
Igo Kantor
Jeffrey M. Sneller
Starring
William Shatner
Tiffany Bolling
Woody Strode
Altovise Davis
Lieux Dressler
David McLean
Natasha Ryan
Marcy Lafferty
Cinematography
John Arthur Morrill
Edited by
Igo Kantor
Steven Zaillian
Music by
Dorsey Burnette
Production company
Arachnid Productions Ltd.
Distributed by
Dimension Pictures
Release date
November 23, 1977 (1977-11-23)
Running time
89 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1 million[2]
Box office
$17 million[3]
Kingdom of the Spiders is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed by John "Bud" Cardos and produced by Igo Kantor and Jeffrey M. Sneller. The screenplay is credited to Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou, from an original story by Sneller and Stephen Lodge. Part of the eco-horror subgenre,[4]Kingdom of the Spiders centers on a rural town in Camp Verde, Arizona which lies in the migration path of a horde of tarantulas turned aggressive due to pesticides having depleted their normal food sources. The film was released by Dimension Pictures (not to be confused with the distributor Dimension Films). It stars William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Lieux Dressler, and Altovise Davis.[5]
^"Kingdom of the Spiders". British Board of Film Classification.
^Fred Olen Ray, The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors, McFarland, 1991, p. 157
^"Kingdom of the Spiders, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
^Kaye, Don (June 16, 2017). "Rediscover These 20 Obscure Horror Films from the 1970s". Syfy.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021.
^"Kingdom of the Spiders -- The Best of William Shatner". DreadCentral. July 10, 2012.
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