Kingdom of the Spiders.

I had to force myself to include this one, because as much as I love the film, many spiders died — really died — to make it happen. But man, before I knew that, I was all about this movie.

Kingdom of the Spiders came out in 1973, long before I was born. I rented it in the early ’90s, probably not long after Arachnophobia came out. I love Arachnophobia, but this movie is way creeper.

Starring William Shatner, the film is about a small town overrun by killer tarantulas. (Yes.) I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised that so many tarantulas died during filming, because this movie is absolutely full of them.

I’ll leave this one up to you, and will totally understand if you take a pass. If you think you can stomach its worst offenses, good luck! There are a few shots in here that I still haven’t shook off. (And that ending! My God, that ending!)

Enjoy, but with an asterisk.