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Summary: Schlock fans might enjoy.
Review: I was in a schlocky mood last night, so I decided to catch Arachnid, which had a premise that sounded like schlocky fun. Well, I was about right. The movie's never really suspenseful or exciting, but it has enough icky moments and man vs. spider action to make it a watchable timewaster.The story is about as silly as you'd expect, with a stealth fighter crashing into a spaceship, which crashlands on a small island. We actually get a brief glimpse at an alien that flickers in and out of transparency. Then it's killed by a giant spider. What the movie never makes clear is the spider's origin. Was it mutated by the spacecraft crash somehow, or was it on board the ship and was freed by the crash? Anyway, an expedition is formed to investigate a virus that came from that island. As a precaution, lots of guns are brought along, and you can sort of guess what happens from there. I've always had a soft spot for horror films set on desolated jungle islands (Zombie, anyone?), so it's natural my curiosity would get the best of me with this film eventually. Arachnid was about on par with my expectations; basically, the story, acting, and direction are mostly second-rate, but the movie is sometimes enjoyable if you're in the right B-movie mood. And to director Jack Sholder's credit, he does try to use the island setting to as much of his advantage as possible. The action scenes are pretty standard, which is a little surprising considering this is helmed by the man who gave us The Hidden, which had some fine action sequences. There's a lot of running around, getting stuck in webbing, and a few gun battles, but nothing spectacular by a long shot. The effects are surprisingly not bad for a straight-to-video release. The giant spider is somewhat convincing, even if it only makes basic movements. Most of the effects appear animatronic, and I don't really recall much in the way of the CGI, barring the opening, of course. The performances are nothing very notable, with Alex Reid coming off extremely annoying as the cocky pilot. Looking at the way she's dressed, it's obvious the filmmakers were aiming for some Tomb Raider parallels. Personally, I would have switched lead roles between her and Neus Asensi, who delivers a much better performance, and it doesn't hurt that she's hot, as well. Probably the only other actor worthy of note is Rasil Isyanov as a spider expert. Arachnid is pretty much by-the-book. You know what you're getting if you actually decide to watch it, so to be disappointed by anything less would be rather foolish. Hey, the movie turned out to be slightly better (or a better way to put it would be more enjoyable) than I thought it would be.
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Summary: its ok... U gotta love spider movies!!
Review: Its an ok movie. Its worth an rental. Its about an Island that has toxic spiders on it and when an Air Force plane flies accross the skies the jet plane electronic equipment mal-functions and goes down on an Island. The Pilot is now stranded and figures out that the island is infested with spider webs and hehe... Spiders.
-Now an group of people are on a search for that missing pilot so now when there flys accros the ocean skies... guess what happens... there plane crashes due to unexpected malfuncions also... they crash on the same Island... now there hunted. Will they survive??? hummmm... just rent it.. its an ok movie!!
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Summary: Hidden Trailers
Review: On the main menu keep going down until you highlight the Lions Gate Logo. Click on it and you will be shown 3 trailers : 1. Arachnid
2. Spiders
3. Risk
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Summary: COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
Review: Poor Jack Sholder. He directs one of the finest sci-fi films of recent years (THE HIDDEN) and now he goes straight to video in this laughably scary movie. You have to credit Chris Potter (Valentine) and Alex Reid (Mercer)--at least they spoke English. Sholder manages to stage the spider sequences effectively but everything else is derivative nonsense. For a movie of this kind, the special effects are passable, but there should have been more spider contact. And of course, the ending smells for a sequel? Didn't I read somewhere that there is an Arachnid 2? Oh, well, for a ninety minutes of frivolous popcorn fun, settle for this 50's B movie.
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Summary: COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
Review: Poor Jack Sholder. He directs one of the finest sci-fi films of recent years (THE HIDDEN) and now he goes straight to video in this laughably scary movie. You have to credit Chris Potter (Valentine) and Alex Reid (Mercer)--at least they spoke English. Sholder manages to stage the spider sequences effectively but everything else is derivative nonsense. For a movie of this kind, the special effects are passable, but there should have been more spider contact. And of course, the ending smells for a sequel? Didn't I read somewhere that there is an Arachnid 2? Oh, well, for a ninety minutes of frivolous popcorn fun, settle for this 50's B movie.
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Summary: arachnid? seen worse i suppose
Review: the beginning? guess some kind of alien creature brings a giant spider down with it when it crashes in the jungle, pretty cheesy beginning! hard to really listen close to what the actors were saying, accents were hard to understand. need to speak better english thats for sure. all in all pretty decent giant spider movie, was entertaining, will have to admit that. didn't care for the characters though, was hoping they'd all die out and that the spider would prevail but no such luck. just hope when Eight Legged Freaks comes out that it will be much better than this.
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Summary: arachnid? seen worse i suppose
Review: the beginning? guess some kind of alien creature brings a giant spider down with it when it crashes in the jungle, pretty cheesy beginning! hard to really listen close to what the actors were saying, accents were hard to understand. need to speak better english thats for sure. all in all pretty decent giant spider movie, was entertaining, will have to admit that. didn't care for the characters though, was hoping they'd all die out and that the spider would prevail but no such luck. just hope when Eight Legged Freaks comes out that it will be much better than this.
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Summary: Invasion of the Space Spiders
Review: This is a throwback to those 1950 creature movies with modern day gore effects. The opening is very promising-but the story quickly turns routine. The effects work is good and is fun to see Chris Potter ( Dr David in "Queer As Folk) as the hero. The DVD offers almost no extras-so I would recomend renting the VHS or wait until it plays on the Sci-Fi channel
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Summary: ALONG CAME A SPIDER...
Review: This is simply a bad movie. This creature feature genre of film has been better done by others. This one is almost painful to watch. Each minute of running time seems like hours. The premise is simple. Aliens from another planet land on a remote island. One manages to infect some of the insects on the island with its DNA, causing them to mutate in some unknown way. The island's native population starts to die off. Concerned doctors fly to the island, accompanied by some guerilla soldiers, to check up on the health of the natives, only to crash land on the island and find that they are too late to help its inhabitants. Moreover, an electro-magnetic field blankets the island, cutting off communication with the outside world. It then becomes a struggle for survival, as all become prey for the giant killer spiders, as well as other mutated insects, that dot the island. This is a film with the screenplay from hell. Poorly plotted with sub plots that defy logic, much of the film consists of the various disposable characters doing something stupid, which results in their getting killed in some noxious way. The cheesy, stilted dialogue is third rate, as is the acting and special effects. Quite frankly, I do not know whether the actors will survive the release of this film. They must now be in South America undergoing plastic surgery, so as to avoid affiliation with this film and get a fresh start. The director must be claiming demonic possession as the sole reason for having done this film. There can be no other explanation. If you want a creature feature with some pizazz, as well as laughs, see the low budget flick, "Empire of the Ants", starring Joan Collins.
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Summary: BAD BAD BAD
Review: What a bas movie! My God! This isn't scary at all!
My monsters toys look more real than that spiders! Come on!
How can you like this? Is so stupid, boring and lame!
The director may wants to kill himself!
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