SCS Entertainment has released the official trailer forArachnado, an upcoming horror movie with a premise that’s as bizarre as it sounds. Coming to VOD and DVD next month, the movie is directed by Dustin Ferguson the filmmaker behind such other bizarre horror titles asLos Angeles Shark Attack,Angry Asian Murder Hornets, andEbola Rex. You would certainly expect forArachnadoto be just as insane with a title like that, and the trailer suggests that will certainly be the case. You can take a look at it below.
The cast ofArachnadoincludes Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’sGame of Death), Deborah Dutch (Hard to Die), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), and Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark). Othercast members include Sheri Davis(Angry Asian Murder Hornets), Jennifer Nangle (Malvolia: The Queen of Screams), Mike Ferguson (Death Squad), Cali June (Monster Force Zero), and Albie Robles (Stickman) as the voice of DJ Danny.
While full details about the plot haven’t been revealed, we can get the gist of the story from the trailer. It begins with warnings from a radio DJ that cyclone activity is expected, with sightings of the natural phenomenon heading straight for Los Angeles. If that weren’t bad enough, the cyclones have apparently brought millions of vicious spiders along with them, flinging the killer creatures all over the city. Survivors must band together to figure out a way to survive thespider onslaught, but as shown in the trailer, there will be many who aren’t going to make it.
Unless you are particularlyafraid of spiders, you probably shouldn’t expect to be horrified going into this one. The low budget really shows in the trailer when the spiders of different sizes begin attacking their victims. For fans of these kinds of movies, however, that low budget is just a part of the charm, even if it makes the movie more funny than scary. It doesn’t seem likelyArachnadowill be giving people nightmares the same wayArachnophobiahad so many years ago, but what is promised by the movie is that it will be a pretty good time watching it.
Of course, the premise of this movie is very similar toSharknado, the popular horror series developed at Syfy. In that series, Ian Ziering and Tara Reid starred as a married couple who are constantly finding themselves in the midst of “sharknadoes,” which are just as they sound — tornadoes filled with sharks. That movie series embraced its cheesy premise and the fans loved it, spawning a franchise that introduced a new installment every year between 2013 and 2018. The series concluded withThe Last Sharknado: It’s About Time, leaving a void in horror movies about deadly creatures traveling by way of cyclones.
Arachnadowill be released by SCS Entertainment on VOD and DVD this Thanksgiving. Maybe we’re not getting other anticipated horror releases likeA Quiet Place Part IIandHalloween Killsthis year, but a movie about spider-filled tornadoes might be the next best thing The official trailer comes to us fromSoCal Cinema on YouTube.
