Episode
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Giant Spider Invasion
Overview
In the theater, the crew watches as hillbillies and scientists join forces to protect their town from a giant alien spider in "The Giant Spider Invasion" (1975). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Mike and the bots fight off an infestation of mind-controlling alien pods.
Details
- Series
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1997-05-31
- Runtime
- 93 min
Episode context
The Giant Spider Invasion is Episode 10 in Season 8 of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It aired on 1997-05-31. The runtime is 93 min.
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Episode 9: I Was a Teenage Werewolf
In the theater, the crew watches a teenager becomes a werewolf in "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1956).
Meanwhile, on the SOL, Servo declines the position of SOL commander, Pearl leaves the SOL functioning only on battery power, the crew deals with the aliens attacking the ship, and Crow opens a breakfast place.
Episode 11: Parts: The Clonus Horror
In the theater, the crew watches as a young man discovers he and his friends only exist to be harvested for their 'spare parts' in "Parts: The Clonus Horror" (1979).
Meanwhile, Pearl, Professor Bobo, and Brain Guy find themselves reluctantly babysitting a trio of all-powerful Space Children.
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Episode 8: The She-Creature
In the theater, the crew watches as a hypnotist's beautiful assistant is transformed into a primeval creature and sent out on a killing spree in "The She-Creature" (1956).
Meanwhile, on the SOL, Mike creeps everyone out with his custom Tickle-Me-Carlo-Lombari doll.
Episode 12: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies
In the theater, the crew watches as a carnival fortune teller turns men into mindless zombies to go out and kill for her in "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies" (1964).
Meanwhile, on the SOL, Mike gets a new hairstyle from Shelli the Nanite.
Episode 7: Terror from the Year 5000
In the theater, the crew watches a scientist use a time machine to bring back a creature from the year 5000. On the SOL, the crew samples some of the Observers' food, Crow goes back in time to visit Mike's family, and Mike summons the Terror from the Year 5000 to be Crow's blind date.
Episode 13: Jack Frost
In the theater, the crew watches as a young man attempts to break a curse, and a young woman works for her wicked stepmother in "Jack Frost" (1965).
Meanwhile, on the SOL, Russian-American comic Yakov Smirnoff visits via the Hexfield Viewscreen.
Episode 6: The Undead
In the theater, the crew watches as a hypnotist sends a woman from the present back into the distant past in "The Undead" (1957).
Meanwhile, on the SOL, Servo's invitation to join the Observers doesn't go well.
Episode 14: Riding with Death
In the theater, the crew watches a movie about a secret government agent in "Riding with Death" (1976).
Meanwhile, on the SOL, Mike tries cooking, Servo does a tribute to the seventies (the 70s AD, not the 1970s), Servo becomes a trucker, and the Crew tries to inject characters into a movie.
On the Camping Planet, evil robots attack Pearl, Bobo, and Brain Guy.
Episode 5: The Thing That Couldn't Die
The SOL is pulled into orbit over a strange planet of the Observers. The Observers insist on observing the crew watch "The Thing That Couldn't Die" (1958) where the decapitated head of a dead Spaniard curses a household of farmers and leads to senseless deaths. On the SOL, an Observer appears, but Mike and the bots are annoyed to the point that they throw him off the ship.
Episode 15: Agent for H.A.R.M.
In the theater, the crew watches as a secret agent is charged to protect a scientist who has created a really dumb biological weapon in "Agent for H.A.R.M." (1966).
Meanwhile, Mike is summoned to court over his planet destroying spree. Pearl is the prosecutor, Bobo is the defense attorney, and Servo and Crow's testimony does not seem to help Mike.
Episode 4: The Deadly Mantis
In the theater, the crew watches as a praying mantis is exposed to atomic radiation and attacks the North Pole in "The Deadly Mantis" (1957).
Meanwhile, on Earth, Pearl, Bobo, and Dr. Peanut accidentally (with help from Mike) detonate a bomb that destroys the planet. The crew holds a memorial service for Pearl only for her to call them and vow to hunt them down across space.
Episode 16: Prince of Space
In the theater, the crew watches as an alien superhero defends the earth from an invasion lead by the Phantom of Krankor in "Prince of Space" (1962).
Meanwhile, on the SOL, Krankor pays a visit.