Arachnophobia (1990)

Not under 12

Reason:Fear

Plot

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.

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Trailer Arachnophobia (1990) Theatrical Trailer Featurette Arachnophobia (1990) Frank Marshall Featurette Featurette Arachnophobia (1990) Production Featurette Featurette Arachnophobia (1990) Filming the Venezuela Sequence

Cast

Jeff DanielsRoss Jennings

Harley Jane KozakMolly Jennings

John GoodmanDelbert McClintock

Julian SandsDr. James Atherton

Mark RoybalSheriff Lloyd Parsons

Henry JonesDr. Sam Metcalf

Peter JasonHenry Beechwood

Mark L. TaylorJerry Manley

James HandyMilton Briggs

Roy BrocksmithIrv Kendall

Mark RoybalTommy Jennings

Mark RoybalEvelyn Metcalf

Writers and directors

Royale WatkinsDirector

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John Chard ★ 7.0/10

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 ba…4. Oct 2019

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kevin2019 ★ 8.0/10

"Arachnophobia" is structured along reasonably simplistic lines and it is obviously geared more towards squeezing every last second of excitement and tension from the climatic sequences when the arach…21. Jun 2026

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