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Release Date:
18 July 1990 (USA) moreTagline:
Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude. morePlot:
South American killer spider hitches a lift to the US in a coffin and starts to breed and kill. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(22 articles)
Casting: Thomas Dekker in Elm Street; Patrick Wilson in Morning Glory (From FirstShowing.net. 15 April 2009, 9:04 PM, PDT)
Kyle Gallner moves from Connecticut to Elm Street
(From Fangoria. 8 April 2009, 3:28 PM, PDT)
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Ewwww, Spiders... more (104 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jeff Daniels | ... | Dr. Ross Jennings | |
| Harley Jane Kozak | ... | Molly Jennings | |
| John Goodman | ... | Delbert McClintock | |
| Julian Sands | ... | Doctor James Atherton | |
| Stuart Pankin | ... | Sheriff Lloyd Parsons | |
| Brian McNamara | ... | Chris Collins | |
| Mark L. Taylor | ... | Jerry Manley | |
| Henry Jones | ... | Doctor Sam Metcalf | |
| Peter Jason | ... | Henry Beechwood | |
| James Handy | ... | Milton Briggs | |
| Roy Brocksmith | ... | Irv Kendall | |
| Kathy Kinney | ... | Blaire Kendall | |
| Mary Carver | ... | Margaret Hollins | |
| Garette Ratliff Henson | ... | Tommy Jennings (as Garette Patrick Ratliff) | |
| Marlene Katz | ... | Shelley Jennings |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
103 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #30592) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:PGFun Stuff
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"Canaima" (the town attacked by the spiders) is the name of the avenging spirit of the Guyana Indians. It's also the name the area in Venezuela where the beginning of the movie was filmed and home to the world's tallest waterfall, Angel Falls. The actual town in the movie is Cambria, California, and there is a scene shot in the gymnasium of the local Coast Joint Union High School. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When a mouse is injected with venom from one of the spiders it is placed in a jar and left on the table top. The camera pans to the doctors so that the mouse is not in shot, and when the camera pans back to the mouse you can clearly see the jar being removed and replaced with a dead mouse in a jar. moreQuotes:
Jerry Manley: So how long will it take us to get back to camp?Doctor James Atherton: What's the matter? You still worried about dinosaurs?
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Blue Eyes Are Sensitive To The Light moreFAQ
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Spiders are not a favorite of many people, something about eight legs does not appeal to the masses. The movie Arachnophobia plays on the fears of an audience, while mixing in enough humor to engage the viewer with a standard horror story. Jeff Daniels plays a big city doctor who moves out into the country to take over the practice of the soon-to-be retiring doctor who has served for about 140 years or so. The Daniels' character is also scared of spiders, so when killer spiders enter the town, we have the standard ingredients to the standard horror movie. The spiders look convincing enough to scare almost anybody, and the exterminator, played by John Goodman, offers enough jokes to lead to an entertaining movie. There is nothing Earth-shattering about the film, but for popcorn season, this movie will not disappoint.