Anthony Franciosa
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Curse of the Black Widow is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Tony Franciosa, Donna Mills, Patty Duke, Vic Morrow and June Allyson. It originally aired on ABC on September 16, 1977 and was re-released in 1979 as Love Trap.
- Crime Horror Mystery Sci-Fi
Sep 16, 1977 · Mark's assistant researches the Lockridge family and learns that their parents died in a plane crash and an old Indian found the sisters, but one of them almost died bitten by spiders. Further, in accordance with ancient legends, women affected by a curse turn into giant spiders during the full moon and under stress, killing their victims.
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- Crime, Horror, Mystery
- Dan Curtis
A private detective named Mark Higbie is on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and predominantly male victims are found encased in silken cocoons. He eventually tracks the killer's path to Los Angeles, where he discovers her true identity: a woman who was bitten by black widow spiders as a child. However, that's only the beginning of the ...
Nov 19, 2022 · New Castle After Dark presents Curse of the Black Widow. A chiller about the search for an elusive killer whose victims are found wrapped in a strange, spider-like web.
- 111 min
- 149.2K
- New Castle After Dark
Many films have been made associating femme fatales with the black widow spider, but this gives it a literal spin, thus linking it with the 'atomic monster' cycle of the 1950s where various insects caused widespread panic and terror after growing to enormous size.
A private detective named Mark Higbie is on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and predominantly male victims are found encased in silken cocoons. He eventually tracks the killer's path to Los Angeles, where he discovers her true identity: a woman who was bitten by black widow spiders as a child.
Oct 12, 2017 · Spider effects are okay for a TV movie with POV shots from the spider’s eight-eyed perspective and some quick views of the spider and legs before the big reveal at the end of the film. I’ve seen worse looking giant spiders. As a bonus, Franciosa even gets covered up in tarantulas in one scene!
