With even cartoonish CGI somehow deemed preferable to traditional practical FX, it’s goldang refreshing to see someone such as Brett Piper willing to put in countless hours crafting stop-motion creature effects a la Harryhausen.
We all know the story by heart: meteorites rustle giant, man-munching spiders from their subterranean haunts to feast on unsuspecting bovines and a gaggle of college students stranded in a long-deserted farm house where the women folk, including the alluring Alexxus Young, are forced to turn to EACH OTHER for comfort.
Playing the reluctant hero, Rob Monkiewicz grabs a chainsaw and a fistful of dynamite to turn makeshift exterminator when the eight-legged freaks eventually crash said petting party, though the ensuing squishings become quite the fest themselves!