History Film / HorrorsOfSpiderIsland

* LoveAtFirstSight: Minutes after her first meeting with Bob (which involved him grabbing her while she was skinning-dipping), Gladys begins to consider marrying him.

* {{Misogyny}}: Overt, condescending and smug about it.

A troupe of dancers is assembled in NewYorkCity for a special performance in Singapore. Unfortunately, their plane crashes and the survivors (the troupe plus their manager Gary and his assistant Georgia) become castaways on an island. A little exploration reveals that the island used to be the home of a scientist mining for uranium, before he was killed by spiders. One night Gary gets bitten by a spider and turns into a spider-monster, stalking his former friends and killing them.

* PlotArmor: The only way that only the females and the talent agent were able to survive the flaming, nose-down, off screen plane crash - with nary a scratch.

** The guys ''do'' bring food and supplies with them (they were resupplying the scientist who lived on the island), but forgetting about their missing friends is harder to justify.

* Bat Deduction: When the other women find the body of Linda, the stripper, they find marks on her neck that indicate she's been strangled and immediately come to the conclusion that "the spider" had done it. Despite the fact that spiders ''poison'' their prey, not ''strangle'' them.

** The Professor is the first victim in an OffscreenDeath.

!!''HorrorsOfSpiderIsland'' contains the following tropes:

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Joe and Anne. It starts with him saying he's glad her plane crashed (so he could meet her), and, well, if this movie were more competently written it ''would'' [[ItGotWorse get worse]], but the bit ends rather lamely.

* HotAmazon: Babs.

For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E11HorrorsOfSpiderIsland episode recap page]].

A troupe of dancers is assembled in New York City for a special performance in Singapore. Unfortunately, their plane crashes and the survivors (the troupe plus their manager Gary and his assistant Georgia) become castaways on an island. A little exploration reveals that the island used to be the home of a scientist mining for uranium, before he was killed by spiders. One night Gary gets bitten by a spider and turns into a spider-monster, stalking his former friends and killing them.

'''''(The) Horrors of Spider Island''''' is a 1961 exploitation film that was featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' in its last season.

For US residents, the ''[=MST3K=]'' verison is [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/154800/mystery-science-theater-3000-horrors-of-spider-island on Hulu]]. For everyone in general, the regular verison is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c34-m9gkDXU on YouTube]].

* DeusExMachina: The quicksand, which (at least in the MST3k version) is suddenly mentioned at the end to kill off Gary.
-->'''Joe:''' Stop! The quicksand starts here!
-->'''Crow:''' Oh, right! The QUICKSAND! ''REMEMBER?''

-->'''Servo:''' ...So, you wanna end your movie ''that'' way, huh? [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Okay, get bent. We're outta here.]]

-->'''Crow''': (in female voice)''I wasn't even being sexy til the dirty sax music started!''

* SmashToBlack: The ending (such as it is) in the print shown on ''[=MST3K=]''.
-->'''Servo:''' Oh, so ''that's'' how you're going to end, movie? Fine, get bent. We're outta here.

* TitleScream: In ''[=MST3K=]'''s print.

!!The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation contains these tropes:

* CallBack: When Mike and the bots are joking about the scientist being caught in a web "in the midst of a cheerleading routine," Crow mentions "[[TheGiantSpiderInvasion MRxL]]."
* [[ContinuitySnarl Continuity Goof]]: The host segment about finding Mike splayed over a giant web and the host segment about them crashing like the plane in the movie are out of order.
* FailedASpotCheck: The bots invoke this when Mike gets trapped in a giant spider web on the SOL bridge.
* HistoricalInJoke: When the girls try and fail to flag down a passing cruise ship, Mike remarks "Damn ''Californian'', never helps anyone!" The ''Californian'' was a ship that was in the vicinity of the ''Titanic'' when it sank but didn't render aid for reasons that remain vague. May also count as a GeniusBonus.
* IncrediblyLamePun:
-->'''Gary:''' There you are, Georgia.
-->'''Mike:''' Just north of Florida.
-->'''Servo:''' D'oh!
* IronicEcho: Mike and the bots tend to dramatically proclaim '''"THE HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND!"''' -shifting the emphasis between ''horrors'' and ''spider''- whenever the movie ratchets up the {{Fanservice}}.
** This is actually a CallBack (WAY back) to ManosTheHandsOfFate, where Joel and the Bots spent the first half of the movie doing the same dramatic title drops whenever nothing was happening onscreen (which, again, was pretty much the first half of the movie... and maybe a good deal of the second half, too).
* ShoutOut:
-->'''Servo:''' So, [[{{Spider-Man}} is he strong?]]
-->'''Crow (enraged):''' [[BraggingThemeTune LISTEN, BUD! HE'S GOT RADIOACTIVE BLOOD!]]
* TheTalk: Pearl gives one to Bobo after he discovers some condoms but mistakes them for balloons. She does this off-camera, telling Mike and the Bots they're too young for it. We can't hear what Pearl says, but Bobo makes {{Squick}} noises.

* TheTalk: Pearl gives one to Bobo after he discovers some condoms but mistakes them for balloons. She does this off-camera, telling Mike and the Bots they're too young for it.

* NoEnding: Well, sort of. There's a shot of the girls leaving the island on a boat, then the film just... [[TheSopranos stops.]]