Overview of kiss of the tarantula, 1976, directed by chris munger, with eric mason, suzanne ling, herman wallner, at turner classic movies. Kiss of the tarantula is a grindhouse film but without the blood and guts or sex that is usually in a grindhouse movie. As they complete a hasty evacuation of the town, an air force fighter jet. Le film kiss of the spider woman 1985 vostfr film complet. A teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against the ones that bother her. Kiss of the tarantula is not a direct sequel to tarantula. It was later adapted into a film in 1985 and a musical in 1993. An undertakers herman wallner teenage daughter suzanne ling uses pet spiders to punish her uncle eric mason and practical jokers. Fresco and martin berkeley was based on a story by arnold, which was in turn inspired by frescos teleplay for the 1955 science fiction theatre. John bradley operates and lives in a mortuary along with his wife, martha, and daughter, susan, who collects tarantula. Set in a banana republic, the story follows the imprisonment of luis molina william hurt in the film, a transexual who was caught corrupting a minor, and political prisoner valentin. There is an abrupt cut in the film at this point probably because of this.
Mommy and daddy operate and live in a mortuary with their daughter, susan, who collects tarantula spiders and has always been ostracized by her friends because well shes a little bit strange. Because in kiss of the tarantula 1976, thats about all they do. Halloween havoc kiss of the tarantula cinemavu 1976. Kiss of the tarantula also known as death kisses and released in the uk as shudder is a 1976 us horror film starring eric mason also known for scream blacula scream, suzanna ling, herman wallner, linda spatz, beverly eddins and patricia landon. Im guessing the reason this movie is called kiss of the tarantula, rather than bite or fangs of the tarantula, is because all the tarantulas this girl keeps are those gentle, nonpoisonous kind we see all over the southwestern united states. In some cases, these films can rise above the setbacks of low budgets and inexperience before and behind camera to give us a refreshingly novel approach. Chris mungers films include the dirtiest game, the xray film, kiss of the tarantula, and black starlet black gauntlet. The film stars eric mason, suzanna ling, herman wallner, linda spatz, beverly eddins and patricia landon. An ostracized teen suzanne ling gains revenge on her tormentors with the help of her murderous pet tarantulas. Instead, its a willard inspired movie with spiders in place of rats, a female protagonist, and a much lower budget. They dont actually bite or kill anyone in the movie. Watch kiss of the tarantula 1976 full movie free online. Kiss of the tarantula 1976 kiss of the tarantula 1976.
Some of the slowest murders in film history, a final sequence so drawn out that the first time we screened it we were in tears the laughing kind of tears, mostly, and middleaged teenagers galore. Kiss of the tarantula is one of the first videos i rented during the days of ma and pa rental shops, and it was the final feature of a marathon that lasted until 6 in the a. Kiss of the tarantula 1976 ganzer film deutsch hd filme. Kiss of the tarantula 1976 allmovie movies and films. When susan discovers that mommy dearest is plotting to have dear old dad killed by her secret lover, who is also dads brother, she places a tarantula in mommys bed while. Her mother never understood this and would punish her for it and kill them on sight. In true schlocky bmovie horror fashion, this is a real allamerican dysfunctional family. Kiss of the tarantula 1976 pg 0501 1976 us horror 1h 25m user score.
Susans favorite pets and friends were spiders since she was a young girl. Kiss of the tarantula is a film directed by chris munger with ernesto macias, suzanna ling, herman wallner, patricia landon, year. Suzanna ling, eric mason, rebecca eddins, susan eddins. So when susan discovers that mommy dearest is plotting to have dear old dad killed well this puts sweet. Not that i would touch even a gentle, nonpoisonous one. Morticians daughter susan bradley the slightly offbeat ling has an unusual connection with her kept tarantulas. Kiss of the tarantula 1976 chris munger, suzanna ling.
Tarantula was shot during a period in which films were competing heavily against television for audience attention, and a number of different aspect ratios were being explored beyond the usual squareshaped academy ratio. Id like to make the case that kiss of the tarantula is such a gem. Kiss of the tarantula is a 1975 notquite action horror film directed by chris munger from a screenplay by daniel cady. Kiss of the tarantula was a bit of a chore to sit through, as the movie crept along at a tarantulas pace.
In this horror film, the spiders were used as the weapons and they werent very menacing. Kiss of the tarantula 1976 web of the big damn spider. Kiss of the tarantula trailer 1975 video detective. Columbus state university will host tonight a free screening of kiss of the tarantula, filmed in columbus and released in 1976. A seemingly innocent woman, friends with tarantulas since childhood, sends them out to kill all of her enemies starting with her own mother. It was directed by chris munger the main character is susan bradley played as a teen by ling, a young, spiderobsessed girl with a habit of. Kiss of the tarantula 1972 cast and crew moviefone. Before kingdom of the spiders revolutionized the use of spiders as villains in horror films, there was kiss of the tarantula. In this horror film, the spiders were used as the weapons. Film poljub tarantele kiss of the tarantula 1976 torrent. Kiss of the tarantula also known as death kisses and released in the uk as shudder is a 1976 us horror film starring eric mason also known for scream. Made on a miniscule budget with a noname cast, kiss is easily one of the worst horror films of the 70s. John bradley operates and lives in a mortuary along with his wife, martha, and daughter, susan, who collects tarantula spiders and has always been ostracized by her friends because well shes a little bit strange.
Kiss of the tarantula 1972 an undertakers herman wallner teenage daughter suzanne ling uses pet spiders to punish her uncle eric mason and practical jokers. Fulci had the right idea when it came to a tarantula death when on film make it memorable. Widescreen processes like cinemascope and panavision were often trumpeted by studios, while nonanamorphic films were more. I wasnt too impressed then, and i aint too impressed now, but the film has that undeniable, unequaled late night tv quality that only certain low budget 1970s. Kiss of the spider woman was originally a 1976 novel by gay argentinian writer manuel puig. Kiss of the tarantula 1976 the movie database tmdb. As a teen, she becomes obsessed with the creatures, exacting revenge on her tormentors with the help of her furry friends. A disturbed teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against her enemies. Herman wallner in kiss of the tarantula 1976 suzanna ling in kiss of the tarantula. On the surface, the story is willard 1971 with red knee tarantulas.
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