1011 - Horrors of Spider Island (Originally: Ein Toter hing im Netz(aka A Corpse Hangs in the Web(aka It's Hot in Paradise)))

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Season Ten: 1011 - Horrors of Spider Island (Originally: Ein Toter hing im Netz(aka A Corpse Hangs in the Web(aka It's Hot in Paradise)))
By Chris Lang on Monday, August 02, 1999 - 12:25 am:

Like many MSTed movies, this is a film which doesn't seem to know what it really wants to be about. Is it about a killer spider, or is it about a bunch of stranded women who entertain their male rescuers by dancing around scantily clad?

Is it just me, or are there a lot of 'man becomes monster' movies this season? 'Track of the Moon Beast', 'It Lives by Night', and now this one...


By David Hensley on Monday, August 02, 1999 - 10:11 am:

Why I love MST3K:

"There you are Georgia."
"Right north of Florida."

"He must have found an air molecule that respects women."


By Lea Frost on Friday, August 06, 1999 - 6:45 pm:

Chris -- I think it's option number two. :-)

This was a funny MSTing, but watching the movie really hurt. I agree wholeheartedly with Crow's line, "I'm past wondering if there's a point to this movie. I'm wondering if there's a point to ANYTHING."


By Josh M on Saturday, September 23, 2000 - 11:40 am:

I loved the part where Mike got stuck on the web. I thought that that was great.


By Kate Laws on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 - 11:08 am:

This movie was one of the worst things I have ever seen on MST3K. I mean, even Mike and The Bots couldn't save it!! I agree with Chris.. what in the heck is it about??


By Callie on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 11:05 am:

I know that Kerriem doesn’t post here any more, but I really hope she never got to see this film. If she objected to the sexist nature of Angels’ Revenge, she would throw a fit if she saw this one!

Great lines:

“Too bad we can’t grab this movie with a tissue and crumple it and flush it down the toilet.”

“We’ve been in the water for an hour. Will you stop chewing on my foot?”

Gary: “A hammer with a long handle.”
Crow (as Gary): “That’s me!”

Georgia: “A dead man in a huge web.”
Mike (as Gary): “Oh. I was looking at the wallpaper.”

Georgia: “I wonder where that peculiar hissing came from that he always heard?”
Tom: “The audience!”

Mae: “We found the professor’s trunk full of stuff. They’ll certainly be useful.”
Crow: “Boxer shorts and his truss!”

Gary: “Damned heat. I don’t know what I’m doing any more.”
Tom (as Gary): “Yes, I’ve been unfaithful, but it was like 87 degrees! You see, if it had been in the low 70s, I would never have jammed my tongue down her throat.”

(Thunder and lightning)
“Gary, thy Lord commandeth. Tug your pants down a pinch and put on a shirt.”

“I wasn’t even being sexy ‘til the dirty sax music started.”

“I usually have to go to a website to see this kind of thing; like nakedwrestlinggiantesses.com.”

Anne: “Twenty-eight days. Twenty-eight long days and nights.”
Mike: “That’s how late my videos are.”

Bob climbs a tree
“I can hear footsteps! Does the tree have wood flooring?!”

“He attacked me and now we’re engaged!”

“Well, she dances as well as Bruce Springsteen.”

The men dance with scantily-clad girls
Mike: “This is how I view the world. Everyone else is out doing this while I sit in my underwear eating a toasted cheese sandwich and drinking an iced beer.”
Tom: “Why can’t this be on every channel, like the State of the Union address?”

Bob: “Having a good time with the chicks?”
Mike (as Joe): “Naah, mine’s from Minnesota.”

“Are you attracted to my Jeff Conway hair?”

“So should we get our filthy raincoats on to watch this?”

“He’s gonna die of peroxide inhalation.”

Joe: “For a guy like you, the worst girl in the world is too good.”
Tom: “But I like Tonya Harding!”

Shadow of a palm tree on the side of the hut
“It’s Sideshow Bob!”

Gladys finds Bob dead
“Finally the hundreds of STDs take their toll.”

Joe to the girls: “You go get dressed and follow me.”
Tom: “No, undress! What was he thinking?!”

“I wonder if my lite days with wings will actually get me airborne?”

“What does this movie really feel about women, I wonder?”

“Now they’re gonna stop at Preying Mantis Island for supplies.”

The sailing boat sails away from the island
Tom: “Shrimp kebobs, shrimp gumbo, shrimp ice-cream, shrimp-skin coats, shrimp hubcaps, shrimp contact lenses, shrimp-based religion ...”


By Tim McCree (Tim_m) on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - 5:12 am:

Seen this one as well.

It's place here is well deserved.


By Gordon Lawyer (Glawyer) on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - 10:11 am:

Based on the concept of what Gilligan's Island would be like if all the characters were some variant of Ginger or Mary Ann.


By Tim McCree (Tim_m) on Thursday, July 28, 2022 - 5:38 am:

Please don't insult Gilligan's Island by associating it with this movie.


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