1970's or 1980's spider movie?

Question

Looking for the name of the movie from the 70's or 80's where some nasty tarantula-looking spiders were killing people with their bite, and they came in with banana cargos from somewhere in South America. Thanks!

It might have been coffee beans, it's been a LONG time since I saw it! But that might be it--it was WAY before Arachnophobia came out......

Answer 1

No, it's not Arachnophobia.

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977) is a TV movie in which a plane carrying bags of coffee (infested with tarantulas) from South America crashes on its way into the States.
Here's some information about the film:
http://www.bleedingskull.com/vhs/tarantulas.html
This is a synopsis:
An airplane carrying coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a horde of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees. (I think that's wrong. I think it's the sound of wasps, not bees.)

Valley of the Spiders is a theatrical film that's actually quite a good horror film. Due to environmental changes, the spiders, including lots of tarantulas, descend on a small town.

I'll keep looking for the one in which the spiders infest bananas.

Answer 2

Arachnaphobia (sp?) John Goodman in an early role as the exterminator, Also early starring role for Jeff Daniels.

Answer 3

Kingdom of the Spiders

Answer 4

arachnophobia