''Camel Spiders'' is a 2011 made-for-television horror

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film starring Brian Krause, C. Thomas Howell, and Jessica Cameron. It was directed by genre veteran

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and executive-produced by

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Summary

Creatures that for years have been rumoured to torment

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in the

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are inadvertently introduced to the southwestern

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s of the

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. The camel spiders now freely hunt for prey, unafraid of any predator—including man. No place is safe; no one is beyond their paralyzing bite. In the end, a number of hardy fighters band together to make one last stand against the creatures.

Cast

* Brian Krause as Captain Mike Sturges * C. Thomas Howell as Sheriff Ken Beaumont * Melissa Brasselle as Sergeant Shelly Underwood * Frankie Cullen as Schwalb * Jessica Cameron as Ashley * Hayley Sanchez as Hayley Mullins

Release

Home media

Camel Spiders was released on

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and

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on May 27, 2012.

Reception

Brett Gallman from horror film review website ''Oh, the Horror!'' gave the film a mostly negative review. In his review, Gallman criticized the film's direction, and screenplay; stating that the film "starts with the potential to be among the best of these new-wave Corman creature features, but ends up just being in the middle of the pack". Jason Coffman from ''Film Monthly.com'' gave the film a positive review, writing, "It’s not a game-changing masterpiece or anything, but ''Camel Spiders'' is proof that Corman’s approach to low-budget filmmaking is still capable of turning out fun stuff."

Trivia

The film was broadcast on

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as part of the programme format SchleFaZ in season 2.

References

External links

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