| In the Spider's Web | |
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| Directed by | Terry Winsor |
| Produced by | Charles Salmon |
| Written by | Gary Dauberman |
| Starring | Lance Henriksen Cian Barry Emma Catherwood |
| Music by | Mark Ryder |
| Editing by | Laurie McDowell Sawit Prasertphan |
| Studio | RHI Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Genius Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | August 26, 2007 |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
In the Spider's Web is 2007 American made-for-television natural horror film produced by RHI Entertainment and directed by Terry Winsor. It aired on various video on demand channels, before officially premiering in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel on August 26, 2007. It is the second film in the "Maneater" film series, a set of horror films produced in partnership with Sci Fi. In India, the backpacker American friends Gina, John, Stacy, Geraldine and Phil hike in the woods with their guide Brian. When Geraldine is bitten by a poisonous spider, the group decides to seek an American doctor that lives in the jungle in a tribe. Dr. Lecorpus treats the girl and while Gina, John and Phil return to the village in the civilization, Brian and Stacy stay with the native. They decide to visit a temple in the forest while waiting for the recovering of Stacey; however, they find a dark secret about Dr. Lecorpus.
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In October 2006, RHI Entertainment made a deal with the Sci Fi Channel to produce a series of ten made-for-television natural horror films to air on the network the following year.[1] Dubbed the "Maneater" series by RHI Entertainment, In the Spider's Web was the second film of the series to be released. Although the agreement called for the films to premiere on SciFi, the first six films in the series actually premiered in Canada on video on demand due to an existing pre-licensing agreement.[2][3]
In the Spider's Web premiered in Canada on the subscription-based video on demand channel Movie Central on Demand earlier in 2007 as well as other VOD channels before it aired on Syfy, then the Sci Fi Channel, on August 26, 2007.[2][4] It was released on DVD on November 6, 2007 by Genius Entertainment, with no extras. The film was re-released to DVD on July 22, 2008 as one of three films included on the first volume of the "Maneater Series Collection" film sets. The other two films were Blood Monkey and Maneater, the first and third films in the series, respectively.[5]
Jeff Swindol, of Monsters and Critics said that the film is crap and that you get the impression that one or the other used the same screenplay and one was with spiders and the other with monkeys since the supporting players are all archetypes.[6] Alex Hanson, of Chud.com, said that it was mistake that he watched the film, hoping to be at least a little entertained.[7] Scott Weinberg, of FEARnet, said that the film is amazingly, stunningly bad in every possible respect—and is therefore frequently hilarious, and possibly worthy of a look the next time it pops up on the Sci-Fi Channel.[8]
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