This is a classic B-movie Creature Feature from the 1950's. Why am I including it on a Friday featuring Native American horrors, well it's supposed to be a bonafide spider like monster (not created by atomic radiation) living in a cave in the Dakotas. Although it is not a monster mentioned in any actual Native lore, like the Wendigo or Inuas, it is clearly meant to be a Native beast that white people know nothing about...hence it gets it's meals "cheap." Problem is, that apparently the local native population is pretty ignorant of it as well, since it's first victim is a native girl who works in the local bar. There is another character, Small Dove, who is identified as being possibly Ojibwe (Anishinabe) who is not a credited role, who is a housekeeper and cook at a ski lodge. One bit of funny trivia, the guy who plays the bartender, long time soap opera actor Chris Robinson, who asks after the native girl, also plays the creature itself who is seen sucking her blood later on. This is the sort of monster film that the late great Frank Zappa loved! You know the proverbial "inverted ice cream cone" that the girl obligingly twists her ankle for.
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