Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo1977
“Terror has 8 legs.”
Directed by Stuart Hagmann
🏆 Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 2 nominations total
The premise
An airplane carrying coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the venomous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the venomous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees
Horror Vault's take
When a cargo plane smuggling South American coffee beans crash-lands near a quiet California town, it unleashes something far worse than spoiled goods — a massive swarm of venomous tarantulas. The spiders spread rapidly through the community, killing residents before anyone grasps the true scale of the threat. Local officials and townsfolk must race against time to contain the infestation before it claims more lives, leading to a desperate, high-stakes standoff at the heart of the town's industry. This late-70s creature-feature TV movie delivers classic nature-run-amok thrills with a surprisingly capable ensemble cast.
Content: Spider Imagery Throughout, Depictions Of Spider Bites And Related Deaths, Mild Peril
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