Reviews
Wuchak

Wuchak

December 18, 2020
3.0
_**Beautiful desert locations, earnest cast, bad script**_ A captain and sergeant (Brian Krause and Melissa Brasselle) bringing home the body of their comrade from Afghanistan unwittingly unleash several camel spiders in the Southwest desert that terrorize the people. C. Thomas Howell plays the sheriff, but is unrecognizable. I’m an unabashed fan of Grade B creature features, but “Camel Spiders” (2011) is Exhibit A on how not to write a script. The movie starts with an action-packed sequence in Afghanistan (shot at Vasquez Rocks, just north of Los Angeles in the high country), but the filmmakers make the mistake of showing the oversized camel spiders right out of the gate, which destroys any sense of suspense. This isn’t helped by the cartoonish spider CGI. How did these creatures get so huge? In real life the largest species grows to about 5-6 inches, including legs (although a rare few might grow larger). They’re nonvenomous, although their bite can be painful. Basically, they’re relatively harmless to humans. So how did they get so malevolent and fatal? The flick never explains. The story then switches to the American Southwest wherein the captain & sergeant are curiously delivering the corpse via an Army truck (from the Korean War era). If you blinked you would’ve thought they were still in Afghanistan. Needless to say, the creators should’ve made it clearer that they were now in the USA. From there the story becomes somewhat entertaining for a Grade B monster flick with a dash of black humor. The desolate Lone Pine area locations are magnificent (located in south-central California, about an hour drive from the Nevada border, which I point out because the film looks like it was shot in Nevada). Meanwhile the cast gives their best effort, but the characters are underdeveloped and so you don’t know them or much care about them. Speaking of locations, the characters plainly say the events are taking place in Arizona, but the license plates all read ‘California,’ including the sheriff’s car. Glaring mistakes like this don’t make for good movies. There are a couple good-looking females (e.g. Jessica Cameron as Ashley), but they don’t make “Camel Spiders” worth seeing. The film runs 1 hour, 19 minutes. GRADE: D+/C-

Recommendation Movies

5.8
Horror
View
5.8
Slugs
Slugs1988
6.9
Thriller
View
6.9
Giant Spider
Giant Spider2021
4.1
Horror
View
4.1
Ice Spiders
Ice Spiders2007
6.2
Drama
View
6.2
Spider's Web
Spider's Web1989
6.6
Drama
View
6.6
Spider
Spider2002
5.8
Science Fiction
View
5.8
Spiderhead
Spiderhead2022
6.4
Action
View
6.4
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 32007
7.9
Adventure
View
7.9
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001
7.9
Action
View
7.9
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home2021
7.7
Science Fiction
View
7.7
Poor Things
Poor Things2023
8.2
Animation
View
8.2
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022
7.1
Horror
View
7.1
The Substance
The Substance2024
8.1
Crime
View
8.1
Joker
Joker2019
8.3
Animation
View
8.3
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023
7.1
Comedy
View
7.1
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice2024
7.5
Action
View
7.5
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2024
8.3
Animation
View
8.3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
7.3
Horror
View
7.3
Split
Split2017
7.9
Animation
View
7.9
Inside Out
Inside Out2015
7.5
Action
View
7.5
Avatar
Avatar2009
© 2025 MoovieTime. All rights reserved.Made with Nuxt