Kingdom of the Spiders

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Kingdom of the Spiders
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John "Bud" Cardos
Screenplay by	Alan Caillou Richard Robinson
Story by	Stephen Lodge Jeffrey M. Sneller
Produced by	Igo Kantor Jeffrey M. Sneller
Starring	William Shatner Tiffany Bolling Woody Strode Altovise Davis Lieux Dressler David McLean Natasha Ryan Marcy Lafferty
Cinematography	John Arthur Morrill
Edited by	Igo Kantor Steven Zaillian
Music by	Dorsey Burnette
Production company	Arachnid Productions Ltd.
Distributed by	Dimension Pictures
Release date	November 23, 1977 (1977-11-23)
Running time	89 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million[2]
Box office	$17 million[3]

Kingdom of the Spiders is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed by John "Bud" Cardos and produced by Igo Kantor and Jeffrey M. Sneller. The screenplay is credited to Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou, from an original story by Sneller and Stephen Lodge. Part of the eco-horror subgenre,^[4] Kingdom of the Spiders centers on a rural town in Camp Verde, Arizona which lies in the migration path of a horde of tarantulas turned aggressive due to pesticides having depleted their normal food sources. The film was released by Dimension Pictures (not to be confused with the distributor Dimension Films). It stars William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Lieux Dressler, and Altovise Davis.^[5]