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* GainaxEnding: The final shot shows the entire town covered in webs, but not a spider in sight. Make of it what you will.
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* GreenAesop: '''DON'T USE DDT!''' (The US DDT ban did happen in 1972, so it shows the Mayor is either stupid or corrupt or both.)
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* WholePlotReference: Aside from the ending, the film mimicks the plot to ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', complete with a Mayor who cares more about a local festival than the health of his constituents.
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* MomentKiller: An early moment between Rack and Terry is snuffed when Terry calls him "John" (the name of Rack's dead brother).
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* MomentKiller: An early moment between Rack and Terry is snuffed when [[MyNameIsNotDurwood Terry calls him "John" "John"]] (the name of Rack's dead brother).brother).
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Again, Rack doesn't like being called John.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Again, Rack doesn't like being called John.
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* MistakenForServant: When Diane and Rack first meet, she mistakes him for a gas station attendant.
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* MistakenForServant: When Diane and Rack first meet, she mistakes him for a gas station attendant. He encourages the deception though, since he enjoys being a {{Troll}}.
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* MomentKiller: An early moment between Rack and Terry is snuffed when Terry calls him "Mike" (the name of Rack's dead brother).
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* MomentKiller: An early moment between Rack and Terry is snuffed when Terry calls him "Mike" "John" (the name of Rack's dead brother).
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* StalkingIsLove: Apparently Rack's philosophy.
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A 1977 horror film starring WilliamShatner, Creator/WilliamShatner, in which hordes of tarantulas begin swarming and attacking the residents of a small Arizona town after their natural food supplies give out. Perhaps most remembered today for the gruesome spider-victim FX, and the [[spoiler:bizarre but not-exactly-a-twist]] ending. Shatner is also notable for one of those rare times when he actually makes an effort in the acting department, playing a flawed and even somewhat multifaceted character.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: Most of the music was borrowed from old ''TheTwilightZone'' episodes, mainly the work of a young JerryGoldsmith.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: Most of the music was borrowed from old ''TheTwilightZone'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episodes, mainly the work of a young JerryGoldsmith.
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* DangerousWindowsCobwebJungle: [[spoiler:The entire town is turned into one by the end]].
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* PeekABooCorpse
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* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Averted. ''So'' many tarantulas died in the making of this film. In the AttackOfTheTownFestival scene, for instance, a car is driven through a bunch of live tarantulas, and a few can be seen getting crushed under the wheels, not to mention the scene where Rack saves Linda from a bunch of tarantulas on her bed, and then flips the bedspread, ''throwing the live spiders across the room.''
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** [[spoiler:On the other hand, no spiders are visible, so if they get through the web (which shouldn't be that hard), the survivors should be able to get to a car.]]
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** The fact that she's using a pistol against perhaps a dozen tarantulas in the first place, instead of, you know, stepping on them.
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** And Shatner.
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* MistakenForServant: When Diane and Rack first meet, she mistakes him for a gas station attendant.
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T He actress that played Linda was born in 1970. She really was just older than she looked.
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* TheVietnamWar: Robert's brother died there. [[FridgeLogic Which would make Linda]] [[OlderThanTheyLook older than she looks]] or the film takes place a few years before its release date.makes
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** When the main characters barricade themselves inside a house, it is clearly established that spiders are everywhere. So naturally, everyone [[GenreBlindness checks out what's wrong]] with the air conditioning when it starts malfunctioning. Twice, with different vent covers. Lampshaded ''repeatedly'' by the WebVideo/RiffTrax crew.
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* MomentKiller: An early moment between Rack and Terry is snuffed when Terry calls him "Mike" (the name of Rack's dead brother).
* MomentKiller: An early moment between Rack and Terry is snuffed when Terry calls him "Mike" (the name of Rack's dead brother).
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KillItWithFire: Attempted with the spider hill on Colby's land. Not only were there more hills elsewhere, the spiders in that hill simply escaped out a back door.
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* TooDumbToLive: Birch is armed and there's a spider on her hand. She then shoots the spider ''and'' her hand. (In her defense, we don't know what happened immediately before that scene that terrified her into doing that.)
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A 1977 horror film starring WilliamShatner, in which hordes of tarantulas begin swarming and attacking the residents of a small Arizona town after their natural food supplies give out. Perhaps most remembered today for the gruesome spider-victim FX, and the [[spoiler: bizarre but not-exactly-a-twist]] ending. Shatner is also notable, this being one of those rare times when he actually makes an effort in the acting department, playing a flawed and even somewhat multifaceted character.
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A 1977 horror film starring WilliamShatner, in which hordes of tarantulas begin swarming and attacking the residents of a small Arizona town after their natural food supplies give out. Perhaps most remembered today for the gruesome spider-victim FX, and the [[spoiler: bizarre [[spoiler:bizarre but not-exactly-a-twist]] ending. Shatner is also notable, this being notable for one of those rare times when he actually makes an effort in the acting department, playing a flawed and even somewhat multifaceted character.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The cropduster pilot.
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* ScreamingWoman: Averted; ''Shatner'' does more screaming than lead leading lady Tiffany Bolling.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The cropdusterpilot.pilot does this.
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->''You could be the next victim!''
A 1977 horror film starring WilliamShatner, in which hordes of tarantulas begin swarming and attacking the residents of a small Arizona town after their natural food supplies give out. Perhaps most remembered today for the gruesome spider-victim FX, and the [[spoiler: bizarre but not-exactly-a-twist]] ending. Shatner is also notable, this being one of those rare times when he actually makes an effort in the acting department, playing a flawed and even somewhat multifaceted character.
!!This film contains examples of:
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever
* AttackOfTheTownFestival
* BigOMG
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Poor Colby.
* CobwebJungle
* CueTheSun
* DangerousWindows
* EmpathyDollShot: Used when Terry dies.
* HotScientist
* ImpendingDoomPOV
* InfantImmortality: Played straight and averted.
* [=~It's Quiet... Too Quiet~=]
* JumpScare
* KillItWithFire
* LoveTriangle
* PeekABooCorpse
* PsychoStrings: Used on the PeekABooCorpse scenes.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Most of the music was borrowed from old ''TheTwilightZone'' episodes, mainly the work of a young JerryGoldsmith.
* ScreamingWoman: Averted; ''Shatner'' does more screaming than lead Tiffany Bolling.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The cropduster pilot.
* TooDumbToLive: Birch is armed and there's a spider on her hand. She then shoots the spider ''and'' her hand.
** When the main characters board themselves inside a house it is clearly established that spiders are everywhere. So naturally everyone [[GenreBlindness checks out what's wrong]] with the air conditioning when it starts malfunctioning.
* TheVietnamWar: Robert's brother died there.
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->''You could be the next victim!''
A 1977 horror film starring WilliamShatner, in which hordes of tarantulas begin swarming and attacking the residents of a small Arizona town after their natural food supplies give out. Perhaps most remembered today for the gruesome spider-victim FX, and the [[spoiler: bizarre but not-exactly-a-twist]] ending. Shatner is also notable, this being one of those rare times when he actually makes an effort in the acting department, playing a flawed and even somewhat multifaceted character.
!!This film contains examples of:
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever
* AttackOfTheTownFestival
* BigOMG
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Poor Colby.
* CobwebJungle
* CueTheSun
* DangerousWindows
* EmpathyDollShot: Used when Terry dies.
* HotScientist
* ImpendingDoomPOV
* InfantImmortality: Played straight and averted.
* [=~It's Quiet... Too Quiet~=]
* JumpScare
* KillItWithFire
* LoveTriangle
* PeekABooCorpse
* PsychoStrings: Used on the PeekABooCorpse scenes.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Most of the music was borrowed from old ''TheTwilightZone'' episodes, mainly the work of a young JerryGoldsmith.
* ScreamingWoman: Averted; ''Shatner'' does more screaming than lead Tiffany Bolling.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The cropduster pilot.
* TooDumbToLive: Birch is armed and there's a spider on her hand. She then shoots the spider ''and'' her hand.
** When the main characters board themselves inside a house it is clearly established that spiders are everywhere. So naturally everyone [[GenreBlindness checks out what's wrong]] with the air conditioning when it starts malfunctioning.
* TheVietnamWar: Robert's brother died there.
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