The Giant Spider Invasion

The Giant Spider Invasion is a 1975 science fiction action horror film produced, composed and directed by Bill Rebane, and follows giant spiders that terrorize the town of Merrill, Wisconsin and its surrounding area. The film was theatrically released in 1975 by Group 1 Films and enjoyed a considerable run to become one of the 50 top-grossing films of that year. After a three-time ABC network run, The Giant Spider Invasion achieved further exposure many years later, when it was featured in a 1997 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Plot A comet or meteor is seen streaking across the night sky. Davey Perkins stops in to see Sheriff Jones. He works for his Dad's newspaper and is looking for a story. The Sheriff informs him that things are quiet. At a rundown farm outside of town, Dan Kester bids his wife Ev goodbye. He tells her he's going to a revival meeting. The preacher is giving a sermon to the faithful, but Dan isn't there. Davey stops by Kester's place to pick up his girlfriend, Terry and greets Ev on the porch. She is drinking and offers Davey one. Ev and Terry are sisters. Terry and Davey depart, and Ev continues to drink alone. Ev runs out of alcohol and calls Dutch, the café/bar owner and asks him for a delivery. Davey and Terry drive over to a local junkyard and start necking. Dan finishes up with his prostitute/waitress, Helga and leaves her place and drives home, listening to the revival on the radio. Just as Dan arrives home the meteor crashes somewhere on their property. In addition to a strong wind, electrical equipment starts to malfunction.