1011 - HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND
(1965 USA re-release; 1959;
Yugoslavia/West Germany; NR; 84m)

a.k.a. THE HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND (variation)
a.k.a. EIN TOTER HING IM NETZ
(1959; original/West Germany)
a.k.a. IT'S HOT IN PARADISE (1960; original/USA)
a.k.a. THE GIRLS OF SPIDER ISLAND
a.k.a. A CORPSE HANGS IN THE WEB
a.k.a. BODY IN THE WEB
a.k.a. THE SPIDER'S WEB

Ad: "Shock Upon Shock! Terror Upon Terror!"

Ad: "A handful of girls enslaved by a diabolical human beast on an island where there is no way out..."

Plot: A plane carrying a talent agent and his eight curvacious clients crash lands on an island inhabited by giant spiders.

Prod: Gaston Hakim (Tradita a.k.a. Night of Love)
Prod: Wolfgang Hartwig
(Die Insel der Amazonen a.k.a. Seven Daring Girls;
Die Nackte und der Satan a.k.a. A Head for the Devil)
Dir: Fritz Böttger a.k.a. Jamie Nolan
(Die Junggesellenfalle; Auf der Grünen Wiese)
Cin: Georg Krause
(Escape from East Berlin; Die Insel der Amazonen)
PMgr: Leon Spitaler
Score: Karl Bette (Die Insel der Amazonen;
Der Frosch mit der Maske a.k.a. Face of the Frog)
Score: Willy Mattes
(Der Frosch mit der Maske; Die Nackte und der Satan)

Gary / Alexander D'Arcy*
Babs / Barbara Valentin*
and Harald Maresch
(Frau Irene Besser; Die Schachnovelle a.k.a. Brainwashed)
Helga Franck (Wiener Luft; Glocken Läuten überall)
Helga Neuner (Das Dreimäderlhaus a.k.a. House of the Three Girls)
Rainer Brandt (Der Rächer a.k.a. The Avenger; Funeral in Berlin)
Dorothee Glöcklen
(Flitterwochen in der Hölle; Die Insel der Amazonen)
Gerry Sammer
Eva Schauland
Helma Vandenberg (Festival Girl)
Elfie Wagner
Walter Faber (Flitterwochen in der Hölle)

Trivia: Born Alexander Sarruf in Cairo, Egypt, ALEXANDER D'ARCY (1908-1996) was a matinee idol in the U.S.A. when he was in his prime. Some of his films include: 1928's Paradise; 1936's Stolen Holiday; 1937's The Prisoner of Zenda starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and The Awful Truth with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne; 1939's Topper Takes A Trip starring Constance Bennett; 1939's Another Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy; 1941's The Blonde from Singapore; 1953's Man on a Tightrope with Fredric March and How to Marry A Millionaire starring Marilyn Monroe; 1955's Soldier of Fortune starring Clark Gable and Susan Hayward; 1956's Abdulla the Great; 1960's Festival Girl with Barbara Valentin; 1964's notorious Fanny Hill directed by Russ Meyer; 1965's The Incredible Sex Revolution; 1967's Blood of Dracula's Castle starring John Carradine and The St. Valentine's Day Massacre directed by Roger Corman.

Buxom BARBARA VALENTIN, whose nude pictures can be found on the Internet, has appeared in over forty movies including: 1959's Die Nackte und der Satan; 1960's Festival Girl with Alexander D'Arcy; 1961's In der Hölle ist noch Platz a.k.a. There Is Still Room in Hell; 1966's In Frankfurt sind die Nächte heiß a.k.a. Call Girls of Frankfurt; 1967's Carmen, Baby; 1970's Beiß Mich, Liebling a.k.a. Bite Me, Darling; 1975's Faustrecht der Freiheit a.k.a. Fist Right of Freedom; 1979's Der Durchdreher a.k.a. It Can Only Get Worse; the acclaimed 15 hour 1980 TV mini-series Berlin Alexanderplatz directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder; 1982's Die Insel der Blutigen Plantage a.k.a. Island of the Bloody Plantation; and the 1993 TV-movie Ein Mann für Meine Frau.

Last Updated: 3/28/1999