{"id":28487,"date":"2022-07-08T18:09:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T01:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28487"},"modified":"2022-07-08T18:09:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T01:09:42","slug":"review-tarantulas-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2022\/07\/review-tarantulas-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Thriller, Horror<\/span>
\nKino Lorber| NR \u2013 95 min. \u2013 $24.95 | July 5, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 07\/08\/2022 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Stuart Hagmann
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>John Groves and Guerdon Trueblood (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Claude Akins, Charles Frank, Deborah Winters, Bert Remsen, Pat Hingle, Tom Atkins<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Full Frame 1.33
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>20.46 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>27.82 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Kino Lorber provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2\u00be\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Two Americans (TOM ATKINS, HOWARD HESSERMAN) fly down to Ecuador to pick up a load of premium coffee beans. Unbeknownst to them, the cargo contains hundreds of lethal stowaways: gigantic, venomous tarantulas. When the plane crashes in a small California town, the furry fiends escape and wreak havoc on the unsuspecting inhabitants.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo<\/em><\/strong> was one of many creature-attack thrillers borne out of the 1970s, and this one feels like a throwback to 1950s-era creature-features. This one aired on CBS back in 1977 (according to the commentary, December 28th to be exact) when networks were desperate to fill timeslots I assume. As it is, outside of one scene \u2013 the killing of a child \u2013 this one is pretty mundane and even at times a tad boring, and lacked the cheesiness to make this entertaining and even as someone who hates spiders with a passion, I never once found myself in very much suspense. That said, I suppose this is watchable.<\/p>\n

The film was aptly directed by Stuart Hagmann who helmed a few episodes of Mannix<\/em> and Mission: Impossible<\/em> before disappearing as this was his last movie. This features Claude Atkins (Rawhide<\/em>, Gunsmoke<\/em>), Pat Hingle (Batman \u201989<\/em>) and the great Tom Atkins (Halloween III<\/em>) who unfortunately is not in this for the long haul, bowing out maybe 25-minutes in.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a matted slip cover<\/strong> with a newly commissioned artwork. The only feature is an Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> with \u201cThe Made for TV Mayhem Show\u201d Podcast hosts Amanda Reyes, Dan Budnik and Nate Johnson.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Kino Lorber releases the Tarantulas<\/em><\/strong> onto the populace presented in the originally televised 1.33 full frame and given a new 1080p high-definition transfer taken from the 2K Master. What a time to be alive that,. Along with MVD\u2019s Monday Morning<\/em>, we are getting these obscure movies in glorious high-definition. I found this to be a good looking picture, not overly sharp but that\u2019s probably due to how it was filmed and on a tight budget. That said, detail is good while colors are balanced and in keeping with the 1970s era.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3\u00be\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The included DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track is about what I would expect from a made-for-tv movie with clear enough dialogue alongside the jazzy score and some ambient noises including the constant buzzing of wasps used to combat the band of tarantulas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, Tarantula: The Deadly Cargo<\/em><\/strong> is a pretty dull movie and has most of the feels of a made-for-tv flick from the 1970s. I do think this one in a group setting you might find some entertainment but watching it alone it wasn\u2019t scary or suspenseful.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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Tarantula: The Deadly Cargo is a pretty dull movie and has most of the feels of a made-for-tv flick from the 1970s. I do think this one in a group setting you might find some entertainment but watching it alone it wasn\u2019t scary or suspenseful.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[3852,5938,1681],"class_list":["post-28487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-kino-lorber","tag-pat-hingle","tag-tom-atkins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28488,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28487\/revisions\/28488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}