Camel Spiders
Camel Spiders
R | 04 March 2011 (USA)
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Based on actual creatures that for years have tormented our armed forces in the Middle East, these creatures have now invaded the southwestern deserts of the United States. The Camel Spiders now freely hunt for prey, unafraid of any predator - including man. No place is safe no one is beyond their paralyzing sting. In the end, a small band of hearty fighters are forced to make one last stand against the creatures.

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Ameriatch

One of the best films i have seen

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Bluebell Alcock

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

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Myron Clemons

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

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Taha Avalos

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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bababear

What were people who watched this looking for? Oh, a low budget horror movie from Roger Corman? Do you think it might give me some new insight into religion and/or the meaning of life? Not.While I watched CAMEL SPIDERS I munched on Peeps (leftover from Easter). For those unfamiliar with them, Peeps are candies made from marshmallows. No vitamins, no minerals, no health benefits, just empty calories from sugar. Just like this movie, and just as much harmless fun.For absolutely no reason whatsoever a bunch of spiders from the Middle East that have wound up in the American Southwest grow to enormous size. They then begin to snack on the locals.Let's see, what do we have here? Newlyweds. A couple on the brink of divorce and their daughter, who has no self preservation instincts. Soldiers. The nice guy local sheriff. The couple who runs the local diner. Two businessmen (they wear suits and ties throughout the entire film) who are looking to scam the people who own the diner; think Mr. Burns and Smithers without the sexual tension. Students on a field trip. Their professor who has no math skills (he insists that the spiders have six legs when anyone can see that they have eight) and when he sees a spider the size of a large collie decides that the best thing to do is walk over and get a closer look at it.Admittedly, there a few beloved clichés that the authors could have brought in. Think how the school bus full of blind orphans enhanced the final act of CHOPPER CHICKS IN ZOMBIE TOWN. An elderly character, possibly in a wheelchair, could have raised the stakes. But you can do only so much with ninety minutes.The special effects are decent but not spectacular, but points for the fact that most of the time the spiders cast shadows. The acting is competent for what they're given. The direction propels the action forward and keeps the actors from walking into each other.Best yet, there are strange aspects of the story that can intrigue the viewer. Why does the hero hotwire a truck when the keys are clearly in the ignition? Why are two important secondary characters left stranded in the a car that won't start with no hint of their fate? And, better yet, why is a passage in the basement of an abandoned factory lined with brightly glowing lanterns that look to have very fresh batteries in them? Above all, where can we buy guns that almost never run out of ammunition? They can be set on automatic, firing round after round per second, and seemingly keep running for hours if necessary without overheating?The ending sets up a sequel. Maybe someday these sweet mysteries of life will be revealed.

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mellowliving

Why, why why why do you people keep making these movies? Who is stupid enough to fund these movies? The Syfi or however they spell the name now is well known to have the worst of the worst movies. But this, this movie takes the whole cake. Every single one of the actors in this movie are just, it just leaves me completely speechless about how bad they are. I normally don't write scathing reviews but I was compelled to write this after watching just 15 minutes of this below Z grade movie.The concept that SF channel movies use are neither scary or intelligent or even entertaining. Camel spiders are the most venomous spiders in the world and that it will kill you almost instantly? Really? I mean really? Just how stupid was the person who came up with this story? Do you not know how to use the internet? Can you even read? Did your mom always tell you that you were special? That is all I'm gonna say on that matter.The acting. Oh god the acting... I can say with 110% confidence and actuality that this is the worst acting I have ever seen in my entire life here on this planet. Oh, and the dialog. Who came up with the dialog??? Embarrassing... I will point out that the one young blonde chick is the worst actress I have ever seen. I take that back, I just cannot in good faith even call her an actress. Girl, you need to re-think your career and make some DRASTIC changes. I would suggest pornography as you are hot but then again that requires at least SOME acting.I am a very nice person and rarely bash people in real life and in the internet. But watching just 15mins of this thing made me so freaking angry and filled me with hate that I just had to write this. I want to warn others that this movie will seriously anger you.

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GL84

When a soldier's body is shipped back to the US after being killed in the Middle East, a small town comes under siege of the vicious Camel Spiders hiding within his body and are forced to protect themselves from the ravenous creatures.This was an absolutely amazing Sci-Fi Channel entry that really has hardly anything wrong with it but a lot to enjoy. Like most of the Sci-Fi channel efforts, the main attraction with this one being the high amount of action depicted here, which has a lot to do with how fun this is. The opening gets this one started nicely in a furious military gunfight in the desert as the soldiers fight off the others at the desert outcrops that turns into a massive spider ambush which they take to mean is the enemy retreating instead gets this going incredibly well with a fine firefight, and the rest of the movie is incredibly fun. It's got a lot of rather fun and exciting action scenes as the numerous creatures attack and are dispatched throughout the movie in typical fashion here mixing from quick bursts to extended pieces, from the ambush taking out the couples out in the middle of the desert to the spider's chasing victims through the woods into a remote farmhouse and a later diner ambush that's quite a lot of fun being the best of the encounters. As is expected, the longer encounters here are what make this one really fun as they manage to get out most of the positives in the film with the survival group stowed away inside the house where they come under attack while hiding out and are forced to deal with them entering the house and escaping.Finally, there's the industrial complex attack that stands as the centerpiece of the main finale showing them getting trapped inside and the different escapes running into the creatures resulting in some really fun cheesy firefights found all throughout the building leading to the big charge to get out finding them completely overrun by the spiders leading to more firefights barricading themselves away and letting the big firefight to get away giving this some really big explosive action, the result of all of this action keeping the pacing up rather nicely. Along with the numerous attacks comes a lot of blood and gore, and while still CGI the amount of damage done to the high body-count is rather nice, and with the real-world implications of the creatures and a few tense moments during the shootouts thrown into the mix, it's got a lot going for it that definitely works here. There really isn't too many flaws here with this one. As per normal, it's hard to take the CGI in this as anything but a total joke here, as not only do the spiders look fake but there's too many CGI bases for scenes that don't need to which should be quite normal and really doesn't damage the movie too much. This makes it a bit too cheesy to take seriously, but it's the only real issue here as there's more positives here to make this one a lot of fun.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and scenes of children in danger.

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db3970

This actually makes Titanic 2 look like cinematic genius with Star Wars level special effects. Did not really get the last 1 minute of the movie, I actually thought the adverts had started rather then the film still playing. There are a few issues with aiming in the air to kill spiders on the floor. Also parts of the film are completely disregarded when the US Army come and save the day forgetting about the four other locations where the spiders are happily carrying on about their business. As an avid watcher of rubbish movies this is now my number one rubbish movie if I could have I would give it less then 1 I would. I cant believe that some of these actors had genuine careers prior to this movie or after it. I believe that I could direct the same quality of movie in my bathroom with a spider that comes up from the plughole.

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