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Plot

This wonderfully cheesy TV movie-of-the-week stars Tony Franciosa as a detective hot on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and predominantly male victims are found encased in silken cocoons. He eventually tracks the killer's path to Los Angeles, where he discovers her true identity -- a woman who was bitten by black widow spiders as a child, who has developed the ability to transform herself into a gigantic spider-monster (as portrayed by a not-too-convincing rubber puppet). An odd diversion for director Dan Curtis, with a 1950's monster-movie mentality incongruous with his earlier TV features. The cast -- comprised of many familiar TV faces -- try to play their roles straight, despite the overall impression that the whole thing is a silly put-on.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Horror,Thriller
Run Time:
100min.
Director(s):
Dan Curtis
Starring:
Donna Mills , Anthony Franciosa , Patty Duke
Themes:
Serial Killers,Mutants,Murder Investigations
Tone:
Creepy,Tense
Keywords:
crime-solving,curse,death,deduction [reasoning],detective,evidence,giant,investigation,murder,spider,supernatural,supernatural-forces,transformation,victim