Tag: Spiders

Kingdom of the Spiders Creeps and Crawls Above Most 70s Eco-Horror Movies

May 1, 2024.Reading time 8 minutes.

Amidst increasing environmental concerns in the late 1960s and 1970s, eco-horror flourished in the 70s as the horror genre hit new creative peaks. Of course, most of these eco-horror movies were unintentionally campy efforts. Yes, there were some serious – and good – eco-horror movies like Phase IV, Long Weekend, or Piranha. And then there […]

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Infested Crawls Onto Shudder With Creepy Results

April 27, 2024.Reading time 7 minutes.

Horror movies don’t always need supernatural monsters to make audiences jump from their seats. There’s plenty of things right in nature that make people squirm. Most of us have some rational – and irrational – fear of bugs. And spiders likely top that list for most people. Not surprisingly then, the eight-legged arachnids have headlined […]

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