'Curse of The Black Widow' (1977) – Dan Curtis.

Macabre maestro Dan Curtis's sinisterly spun 70s TV shocker finds Private Eye Mark Higbie (Tony Franciosa) investigating the increasingly fantastic links between a series of murders and two beautiful, apparently cursed siblings (Donna Mills, Patty Duke Astin). These bizarre deaths are grimly suggestive of some ill-fated arachnid malediction, as all the mutilated male victims have their pale, exsanguinated bodies eerily encased in spider's silk!!!! 

Once again, telly box hero, Dan Curtis knocks this classy creepy crawly 70s creature feature gem out of the park! The altogether brilliant cast and a grisly web of intrigue are sure to keep avid aficionados of vintage horror tantalised until the spider-tinglingly strange climax! An extraordinarily gifted actress, I'd happily watch Patty Duke eat the livid scab off a Leper's gangrenous toe, and she certainly doesn't disappoint, delivering yet another consummate performance. Smarmy Franciosa is more credible than usual, lively comedic element Roz Kelly is quirkily delightful, and the bluff, Vic Morrow always plays exactly the same inflexible hard ass, and I love him dearly for it!