This movie does not want to reinvent the wheel or something like that, but what it wants, it accomplishes without a single problem. It is old, but it looks fresh. The cinematography, the light and the color, all well done and the picture, in general, is very pleasant to look at. The spider scenes, in particular, were great. Live spiders were filmed, apparently. There may have been fake ones among the real ones. If so, they were so well done it is nearly impossible to tell the difference or even spot them. And no visual effects, all practical.
The plot is not about some mutation, alien invasion or an experiment gone terribly wrong. It is about real spiders in a realistic environment. Why they do what they do and how they can possibly do that much damage, is explained in the film. The characters are interesting to watch. They are living people, not disposable action figures.
Some would compare this "spider horror" to movies like "Arachnophobia", for the obvious reason. However, a more interesting comparison would be Hitchcock's "The Birds".
The plot is not about some mutation, alien invasion or an experiment gone terribly wrong. It is about real spiders in a realistic environment. Why they do what they do and how they can possibly do that much damage, is explained in the film. The characters are interesting to watch. They are living people, not disposable action figures.
Some would compare this "spider horror" to movies like "Arachnophobia", for the obvious reason. However, a more interesting comparison would be Hitchcock's "The Birds".