Horror Movie Reviews

Review: Big Ass Spider (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: When a giant mutant spider goes on a murderous rampage through downtown Los Angeles, an exterminator (Greg Grunberg) and a security guard (Lomberto Boyar) become unlikely heroes. REVIEW: BIG ASS SPIDER is director Mike Mendez' affectionate tribute to old-time...

Get caught up in the web of Big Ass Spider in October

Posted 13 years ago

Epic Pictures Releasing has set an October 18, 2013 theatrical and VOD release date for Mike Mendez’s creature comedy BIG ASS SPIDER!, according to Screen Daily. The festival hit, which stars Greg Grunberg, Ray Wise and Lin Shaye, is a...

Mike Mendez planning a prequel to The Convent called The Devil’s Convent

Posted 13 years ago

Mike Mendez is enjoying the success of his tongue-in-cheek monster flick BIG ASS SPIDER’s current festival run, but he’s also planning to go back to his creepy roots. Mendez has revealed that he’s planning a prequel to his 2001 horror...

New Big Ass Spider! clip will melt your face!

Posted 13 years ago

Currently spinning a web around the folks in Austin, Texas is Mike Mendez’s BIG ASS SPIDER!, which is about to make its premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. The film, which stars Greg Grunberg, Ray Wise and Lin Shaye, is...

Trailer for Big Ass Spider! reveals that it’s a real movie and is actually coming to theaters

Posted 13 years ago

So, yeeeaaah, this is a real movie, people.  By real, I mean a movie that is actually set to play in theaters.  If it were a syfy original movie it wouldn’t be surprising (which is what I thought it was...

Big Ass Spider has a brand new (and cheesy) trailer!

Posted 13 years ago

A movie like BIG ASS SPIDER should be gory and funny. Mike Mendez’s little movie is set in LA. The effects don’t look great, but the thing here is that the movie doesn’t seem to be taking itself too seriously...