a lacklustre seventy movie in the mold of carrie or willard and only time the demented loner strike out with her pet tarantulas instead of telekinesis or rat . kiss of the tarantula follow this formula of the misunderstood loner with a power and doesn not really do enough differently or with enough flair to stand out or to really engage the audience . make in minimalist seventy style the movie be leave to hang on the performance of the cast and the strength of the script which aren not that strong . the story basically revolve around the heroine kill off with her pet spider those who wrong her in some way and such a her malevolent spider hat mother and her sleazy uncle and the kid ( it hard to tell how old these guy be . the script refers to them a be of school age but they be clearly be far old ) who pick on her and kill some of her pet a a prank . it a simple story structure that could work if some suspense be create a to who life and who dy and whether of not our heroine get away with it etc . this be where the script and act fail . whilst suzanna ling be somewhat convincing a the unhinged heroine she be not particularly sympathetic or interesting a a protagonist and little time be spend in the script develop the character or go into the detail of why she be the way she be beyond her contemporary think she be weird because she live at the morgue with her mortician father ( shade of six foot under ) . suzanna ling and whilst she be convince and creepy be not a strong enough an actress to bring anything extra to the role beyond that which be the script . the other character and such a the sleazy uncle and be not very sympathetic or interesting either . you would not care who live or die or if the heroine get away with it and there be really no surprise in the story . there be other plot issue . there isn not even a hint a to how she have the control she do over the spider and it unclear a to whether the spider actually kill anyone . the mother die of a heart attack it be clear and it seem like some of the youngster who die later on might have die by accident prompt by the spider attack although this less clear due to the shoddy way the scene be shoot . all the late victim effectively die by chance like this seem contrive and extremely silly and although if they do die by spider venom the forensics department in this town be really bad for not pick up on it . there also a few plot thread introduce that do not go anywhere such a a potential boyfriend character who be introduce but disappears and the sleazy uncle aspiration to run for some form of public office which doesn not lead anywhere . on the whole the script be quite underdeveloped . not much else be provide on a more visceral horror movie level . the spider be good movie nasties but they be not really use to much effect here . others than a few short scene here and there the titular creature do not get a great deal of screen time and pretty disappear from the movie after the halfway point leave the audience to watch a flaccid melodrama or thriller minus what be presumably the movie hook . the movie climax in which our heroine finally deal with her sleazy uncle do not involve the spider at all and although the way in which she deal with him make it the best and creepy scene in the movie . beyond this the movie be lack in gore and suspense or anything juicy or exciting .