Horrors of Spider Island

Horrors of Spider Island
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFritz Böttger
Screenplay byFritz Böttger
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGeorg Krause
Edited byHeidi Genée
Music by
  • Willi Mattes
  • Karl Bette
Production
companies
Distributed byNeue Filmverleih
Pacemaker Pictures (US)
Release date
  • April 16, 1960 (1960-04-16) (Berlin)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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).