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(aka "Horrors of Spider Island" or "The Spider's Web" or "Body in the Web" or
"Girls of Spider Island" or "It's Hot in Paradise" or "A Corpse Hangs in the Web")
Directed by Fritz Böttger (as Jaime Nolan)
West Germany 1960
Produced in 1960 as BODY IN THE WEB, it became a notorious Adults Only feature throughout Europe (though banned in the UK). Three years later and sheared of its nudity, it was repackaged for American audiences as a brain- melting monster movie filled with stripper catfights, skimpy lingerie and radioactive arachnids. Alexander D’Arcy – whose Hollywood career ranged from Leo McCarey’s THE AWFUL TRUTH to Al Adamson’s BLOOD OF DRACULA’S CASTLE – and ‘The German Jayne Mansfield’ Barbara Valentin (BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ) star in “the ultimate exploitation movie” (- Psychotronic Review), produced by Wolf C. Hartwig of BLOODY MOON and SCHOOL GIRL REPORT infamy. Severin Films is proud to present both the complete uncensored version – scanned from the Düsseldorf dupe negative – as well as the alternate U.S. release – scanned from a pristine low con print – now together for the first time. *** A team of chorus girls finds themselves caught in a deadly web when they are shipwrecked on a remote South Seas island. The lush, tropical isle seems an ideal place to await their rescue, but hidden in the jungle are giant poisonous spiders. A venomous bite transforms the girls' escort into a disfigured beast, half-man and half-insect. Consumed with lust and craving blood, the monster hunts down the defenseless girls and slaughters them one by one. The ensuing panic drives the dancers to squabble and fight amongst themselves until they realize that their only hope for survival is to work together in a final stand against the monster... |
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Theatrical Release: April 16th, 1960
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Runtime | 1:24:07.917 | |
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1.66 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 49,125,976,523 bytesFeature: 25,668,286,464 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.50 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio English 1862 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1862 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
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Release Information: Studio: Severin
1.66 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 49,125,976,523 bytesFeature: 25,668,286,464 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.50 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Alternate US Release Version - IT'S HOT IN PARADISE (1:17:01)• The History of Spider Island - With Prof. Dr. Marcus Stiglegger (15:02) • Audio Interview with Actor Alexander D'Arcy by Horror Historian David Del Valle (2:36) • Alternate Clothed Scenes (8:06) • Trailer (1:48)
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Severin use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the, mostly, English language
with some German. The option of full German is included. With a few
warts it seems to replicate he film's audio effects - mostly augmented
in a dramatic score by Karl Bette and Willy Mattes (She Walks by
Night, Face of the Frog, The Head, The Kidnapping
of Miss Nylon, Naked in the Night.) Like the video it is
imperfect bur serviceable for an enjoyable viewing. Severin offer
optional English subtitles on their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Severin
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While I am, generally, not a fan of the cheap 80's and 90's horror
cinema - I just LOVE 60's stuff like this or
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory |
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