Curse of the Black Widow (1977)
Directed by Dan Curtis
Genres - Mystery, Horror, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Creature Film |
Run Time - 97 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion
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.
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giant, spider, crime-solving, death, deduction [reasoning], detective, evidence, investigation, murder, transformation, supernatural, supernatural-forces, victim, curse