Horrors of Spider Island
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| Directed by | Fritz Böttger |
| Screenplay by | Fritz Böttger |
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| Cinematography | Georg Krause |
| Edited by | Heidi Genée |
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| Distributed by | Neue Filmverleih Pacemaker Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Horrors of Spider Island (German: Ein Toter hing im Netz, "A Corpse Hung in the Web") is a 1960 West German horror film written and directed by Fritz Böttger, and produced by Gaston Hakim and Wolf C. Hartwig for Rapid-Film/Intercontinental Filmgesellschaft. The film stars Alexander D'Arcy, Barbara Valentin and Rainer Brandt.
The film was released in Germany on April 16, 1960. It was released in the United States in March 1962, and was later released in different markets with various alternate titles including It's Hot in Paradise, Girls of Spider Island, Horror on the Spider Island and Spider's Web. It later played in the US on a double feature with the 1960 British film The Flesh and the Fiends (which had been retitled Fiendish Ghouls in the US).