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Stars: Tracey Gold, Edward Furlong, Bug Hall, Ethan Phillips, Olivia Hardt, Megan Adelle | Written by Paul A. Birkett, Eric Forsberg | Directed by Griff Furst

Last week we reviewed Dragon Wasps, a Syfy channel produced creature feature released by Chelseas Films and this week we have Arachnoquake, a Syfy channel produced creature feature released by our friends at Signature Entertainment. I think I see a trend forming… Not that I’m complaining, I love the cheesy Syfy channel TV movies – mainly because unlike big-budget Hollywood flicks, these movies know exactly what they are and their limitations and have fun with it! This time round it’s the story of an earthquake in the Deep South that, besides making a mess of the roads, unleashes a swarm of albino spiders of all shapes and sizes who, as they do in these types of movies, converge on New Orleans to reek havoc on the locals.

SyFy continue to churn out their below-par low-budget creature features with yet another new natural world anomaly flick that'll get those spidey senses heightened. 'Arachnoquake' stars Edward Furlong ('Terminator 2: Judgement Day') and is the story of gigantic spiders that get unleashed from the Earth's core following a New Orleans Earthquake only to begin feeding on the unsuspecting locals. The Griff Furst directed movie will arrive on the SyFy channel stateside on 23 June and also stars Tracey Gold, Bug Hall, Ethan Phillips, Megan Adelle and the sexy Olivia Hardt (below). Paul A. Birkett and Eric Forsberg penned the script...

Although it lacks the grit of Sam Peckinpah.s 1971 original and has several problems that hurt the overall story, Straw Dogs is a tense thriller that uses a slow-burn pace to examine how far a good man can be pushed before he pushes back. Based on Gordon Williams' novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm and on the screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Peckinpah, the remake was directed by Rod Lurie (who also penned the updated screenplay) and stars James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods, Dominic Purcell, Rhys Coiro, Billy Lush, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, Walton Goggins, Anson Mount, Drew Powell, Kristen Shaw, and Megan Adelle. Trading rural England for Blackwater, Mississippi, the film follows married...

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“Straw Dogs” also features Dominic Purcell, Rhys Coiro, Billy Lush, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, Walton Goggins, Anson Mount, Drew Powell, Kristen Shaw, Megan Adelle and Jessica Cook from writer and director Rod Lurie based on an earlier screenplay by David Zelag Goodman.

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The movie poster for “Straw Dogs” with James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgård.