Arachnophobia

Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude.

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Comedy
Horror

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.

Keywords

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

Details

Status: Released
Release date: July 20, 1990
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America
Production: Amblin Entertainment,Hollywood Pictures,Tangled Web Productions
Cast: Jeff Daniels,Harley Jane Kozak,John Goodman,Julian Sands,Brian McNamara,Stuart Pankin,Henry Jones,Peter Jason,Mark L. Taylor,James Handyand 21 more
Director: Frank Marshall
Writer: Wesley Strick,Don Jakoby,Al Williams
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy,Richard Vane,Frank Marshall,Steven Spielberg
Cinematography: Mikael Salomon
Music: Trevor Jones
Budget: $31,000,000
Revenue: $53,200,000
IMDb: tt0099052