Also known as Ein Toter Hing im Netz or A Corpse Hung in the Web, this West German horror film is all about Gary, a nightclub manager who invites several pretty ladies to strip dance in Singapore. They crash land on the way, make it to an island and find a giant spider web. Soon, Gary is bitten by the spider and becomes a mutant.

First released here as an adults’ only nudie cutie called It’s Hot in Paradise, it was re-released without nudity as Horrors of Spider Island. Your enjoyment of this film depends on how much you like watching women wrestle one another and pull hair. I mean, who amongst us can say no to that?

Maybe just look at the awesome German poster, hmm?

When I first saw this, I was way too dismissive of it. It has the same cinematographer as Kubrick’s Paths of Glory, Georg Krause, shooting a movie with nearly nude women menaced by spiders. Was I in a bad mood the first time I wrote about this? What was wrong with me?

You can get a great version of this from Severin.