Movie

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

1977 · 100 min

A cheesy creature-feature that mixes small-town panic with laughable spider attacks and earnest heroes.

Tagline: Terror has 8 legs.
Overview: When a cargo plane carrying coffee beans crashes near a small California citrus town, it releases a horde of deadly, highly aggressive South American tarantulas into the unsuspecting community. As mysterious deaths begin to pile up, local officials race against time to identify the venomous threat before it spreads. But with the spiders converging on the town's vital orange-processing factory, can the citizens find a way to stop the infestation before their entire town is overrun?
How it feels: Tense, campy, dark and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Survival, nature, greed, fate
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
nature
greed
fate
Places: small town
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none