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Earth vs. the Spider (1958) 3.6
Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider. Director:Bert I. Gordon |
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Ed Kemmer | ... |
Professor Art Kingman
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June Kenney | ... | |
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Eugene Persson | ... |
Mike Simpson
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Gene Roth | ... | |
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Hal Torey | ... | |
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June Jocelyn | ... | |
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Mickey Finn | ... | |
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Sally Fraser | ... | |
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Troy Patterson | ... | |
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Skip Young | ... |
Sam the Bass Player
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Howard Wright | ... | |
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Bill Giorgio | ... |
Deputy Sheriff Pete Sanders
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Hank Patterson | ... |
Hugo the Janitor
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Jack Kosslyn | ... | |
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Bob Garnet | ... |
Pest Control Man
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When a man doesn't come home one night his daughter and her boyfriend go out searching and encounter a giant spider in a cave near the man's wrecked car. Coming back with the Sheriff, the spider is seemingly killed by DDT spraying, and the body then hauled for storage in the high school gymnasium. However, a loud dose of rock music by a teenage garage band revives the arachnid and sends it rampaging through the town. Written by Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>
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Bullets...won't kill it! Flames...can't burn it! Nothing...can stop it! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
September 1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Spider See more »Filming Locations:
Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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The last of Bert I. Gordon's "giant special effects" features from the 1950s. He would not do another until 1965's "Village of the Giants." See more »Goofs
The spider expert repeatedly refers to them as insects. See more »Quotes
Mr. Kingman: If you want to be on the safe side, call the pest control people in Springdale and have 'em send out all the DDT they can find.See more »
The title may be a little misleading, as it's not the 'Earth' that goes against the spider, but a small town. I'm sure this film is compared to the 1955 film, Tarantula and I know Earth vs the Spider receives a lot less love, but I seem to have an affinity for 'B' films and Earth vs the Spider fits right into my love of 'B' films. It has almost 40 year-old people playing teens in some scenes, it has a squealing arachnid and in the director's chair, it has the original Mr B.I.G. himself, Bert I Gordon! Sure, the film has so much going against it, if I want to be perfectly honest, but I just can't help myself.....I adore these classic horror films and the as bad as they can be, the more I love them.