Notable Cast: Bruce Davison, Elizabeth Roberts, Arman
Darbo, Chloe Perrin, Denise Crosby, Treva Etienne
Maybe it was just fate. Perhaps there's the snapback of
quality that is happening right now that comes every decade or so, but the creature feature genre is getting a hefty dose of ‘hell yeah’ in the booming horror scene.
Earlier this year Aja and Raimi dropped a fantastic and efficient killer gator
flick to theaters with Crawl and just last month saw the release of the
Kickstarter funded and Shout!/Scream Factory distributed killer spider flick, Itsy
Bitsy. It’s the latter film that’s the focus of this piece and, quite
frankly, it deserves the praise. Although the film has certainly been on my
radar for most of the year, particularly after the very effective trailer dropped a few months ago, Itsy Bitsy hasn’t had the word of mouth
response in my circles that it rightfully deserves since it’s release on VOD
last week. The fact remains, Itsy Bitsy is an efficient and effective
throwback creature feature that pours on the tension, spikes it with some
grotesque moments, and delivers on its simplistic and intimate premise. In a
world where the stupidity and self-awareness of SyFy original monster films
reigns, Itsy Bitsy is a serious and well-crafted piece of genre cinema aiming
to take back the sub-genre.