Body in the Web (1960)

Body in the Web (Ein Toter hing im Netz; AKA Horrors of Spider Island)
Directed by Fritz Böttger
Written by Fritz Böttger, Eldon Howard and Albert G. Miller
1960/West Germany
Intercontinental Film GmbH; Rapid Film
First viewing/Amazon Prime

Gary Webster: A hammer! There must be someone on this island! A hammer… with a long handle… It must be for the purpose of excavating some sort of metal, most probably Uranium.

Recommended only for those who are interested in heaping helpings of very mild soft-core porn mixed in with some bad horror.  I am in the wrong demographic.

A promoter is hiring a bevy of beautiful exotic dancers for a tour of Singapore.  First we are treated to a long sequence of their auditions.   Their plane crashes and the troupe washes up on a desert island.  After they discover the body of a uranium prospector trapped in a huge web, the girls start competing for the attentions of the studly promoter.  Various cat fights ensue.  Then a couple of the prospector’s horny young associates arrive.  More cat fights and hanky-panky follow.  All the while a very bad giant spider puppet and the promoter, who has been transformed into a spider-man, sporadically menace.

This very bad German movie was made not much worse by its complete Americanization. Dubbing and aliases protected the identities of the guilty.  I watched this so you don’t have to.

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