Dark Force Entertainment's Remastered Edition Of The Giant Spider Invasion Heads To Blu-ray On June 16

Dark Force Entertainment, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has a “Remastered Edition” (a new HD transfer from the original 35mm camera negative) of director Bill Rebane’s 1975 sci-fi thriller, The Giant Spider Invasion, ready for a Blu-ray release on June 16.

Filmed in and around Tomahawk, Wisconsin, a couple of seemingly unrelated events kick off the carnage … some hanky panky with the locals (serves to introduce characters), a meteor crashes on a remote farm, a motorcycle accident and worst of all, a B-52 bomber crashes.   It certainly is a busy night in rural Wisconsin, but it is about to get a whole lot busier.

There is a burst of gamma radiation, a light show and a sudden drop in barometric pressure, all of which prompts astronomer Dr. Jenny Langer (Barbara Hale — Emmy-winner for her portrayal of Della Street on the Perry Mason television series) to call NASA.   Very mysterious … so much so that Dr. Vance (Steve Brodie — The Caine Mutiny, The Far Country, Out of the Past, etc.) is immediately dispatched to investigate, especially since there appears to be a connection with the B-52 going down.

With everyone in place, let the invasion begin!   Dan (Robert Easton — Paint Your Wagon, Pete’s Dragon, Working Girl) and Ev Kester (Leslie Parrish — as Daisy Mae in Li’l Abner, plus such films as The Manchurian Candidate, Sex and the Single Girl, etc.) are at the center of the invasion — it was their farm where the meteor hit. 

But good old Dan tries to cover things up when he discovers geodes with diamonds inside, plus dead cows (he sells what remains to the local diner) and the eviscerated body of the motorcyclist (bury the evidence).   His wife doesn’t last long as she is eaten by a giant spider, but she won’t be the last victim in this remote Wisconsin town as the inter-dimensional (the good doctors team up to figure that out) eight-legged terror grows and grows and consumes all those unlucky enough to cross its path.

The Giant Spider Invasion may not be up to today’s sci-fi film standards (CGI and all), but it nevertheless remains a terrific creature feature that never disappoints.

Bonus features from Dark Force Entertainment include the featurette “Giant Spider Mishaps,” a video session with actor Robert Easton and music video.