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Arachnophobia( 1990)

TV-MAComedyHorror
64%
User
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Eight legs, two fangs, and an attitude.

Overview

A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jeff Daniels

      Ross Jennings

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      Harley Jane Kozak

      Molly Jennings

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      John Goodman

      Delbert McClintock

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      Julian Sands

      Dr. James Atherton

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      Brian McNamara

      Chris Collins

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      Stuart Pankin

      Sheriff Parsons

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      Henry Jones

      Dr. Sam Metcalf

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      Peter Jason

      Henry Beechwood

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      Mark L. Taylor

      Jerry Manley

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      James Handy

      Milton Briggs

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      Roy Brocksmith

      Irv Kendall

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      Kathy Kinney

      Blaire Kendall

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      Mary Carver

      Margaret Hollins

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      Garette Ratliff Henson

      Tommy Jennings

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      Marlene Katz

      Shelley Jennings

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      Jane Marla Robbins

      Edna Beechwood

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      Theo Schwartz

      Bunny Beechwood

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      Cori Wellins

      Becky Beechwood

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      Chance Boyer

      Bobby Beechwood

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      Frances Bay

      Evelyn Metcalf

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      Lois de Banzie

      Henrietta Manley

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      Warren Rice

      Dick Manley

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      Robert Frank Telfer

      Mayor Bob

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      Michael Steve Jones

      Irv's Assistant

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      Fiona Walsh

      Little Girl

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      Terese Del Piero

      Mom

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      Nathaniel Spitzley

      Todd Miller

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      Jay Scorpio

      Mover

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      Mai-Lis Kuniholm

      Girlfriend

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      Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc

      Helicopter Pilot

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      Juan Fernández

      Miguel Higueras (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    7
    Written by John Chard on Fri Oct 04 2019
    The itsy-bitsy spider crawled up the water spout; down came the rain and washed the spider out. When a photographer is bitten and killed by a spider in the Venezuelan jungle, his body is shipped back to his home town of Canaima in California. Unfortunately something has hitched a ride in his coffin... Mixing "B" movie conventions with a modern day fun sensibility, Arachnophobia sees Frank Marshall direct and Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, John Goodman and Harley Jane Kozak line up in the cast. Though horror and comedy on the surface doesn't seem to be a that hard to blend together, it's actu...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    31000000.00

    Revenue

    53200000.00

    Keywords

    • small town
    • spider
    • animal attack
    • outbreak
    • creature
    • exterminator
    • spider bite
    • creature feature
    • spider queen
    • invasive species
    • arachnophobia
    • animal horror
    • spider general