out a full-page advertisement in Variety magazine announcing that Shatner would direct and star in the film, but the studio went bankrupt before production could begin. In 2003, the website for Port Hollywood, a film production company run by Kantor and Howard James Reekie, posted a brief synopsis of the plot of another proposed sequel, to be titled Kingdom of the Spiders II, suggesting that the villainous spiders would this time be driven to attack humans due to secret government experiments involving extremely low frequency (or ELF). The synopsis also details Native American imagery that would factor into the plot. Legacy Kantor hinted in his Fangoria interview that Arachnophobia, which Steven Spielberg produced, bears several similarities to Kingdom of the Spiders. "I thought it was a copy", Kantor stated, "but you don't go and sue Spielberg!" In popular culture Rifftrax made the movie an object of ridicule in an April 23, 2013, video on demand download, which featured the movie with a running mocking commentary by Mystery Science Theater 3000 alumni Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett. Home media Shout! Factory released Kingdom of The Spiders: Special Edition on DVD in early 2010. References External links Behind-the-scenes production photos Collection of Stephen Lodge. 1977 films 1977 horror films 1970s monster movies American monster movies American natural horror films American science fiction horror films Films about spiders Films directed by John Cardos Films set in Arizona Dimension Pictures films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films