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The Bone Snatcher (2003)
Thematically similar to "Prey"
I wasn't sure what to expect when this disc arrived as part of my monthly subscription to the William Shatner DVD club. Figured it would be some sort of gore-fest set in the desert (I guess that would be a quick-drying gore-fest) but it actually turned out be pretty suspenseful and not always predictable. As the plot unfolded, though, I couldn't help but be reminded of Michael Chrichton's 2002(?) novel "Prey", in which intelligent nanoparticles swarm and coalesce into various shapes and kill off the characters--scientists in a desert research facility that manufactured the particles--one by one, sometimes briefly assuming the shape of one of their victims. Similarly, Bone Shatcher has intelligent swarms of ants under the control of an intelligent queen swarm and coalesce into various shapes to kill workers from a nearby diamond mine. Visually, this film is a lot like I imagined "Prey" would look as I was reading the book.
Nella stretta morsa del ragno (1971)
So bad, it's good
I picked this one up at the dollar store (for a buck, naturally) and it was well worth the price (but not much more than that). This is classic schlock theater fare, perfect for Halloween. More mood than actual plot. You can't take it too seriously because it takes itself so very seriously and that makes it almost comical at times. This is no cinematic masterpiece, but as long as you keep your expectations realistic, you'll have fun watching it. I wish I knew Italian so I could decipher the original title. Somehow, the American title "Web of the Spider" isn't too descriptive as spiders don't figure very prominently in the plot. I guess it's a metaphor for not being able to get out of a situation once you're in it.