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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 67/100. Scores higher than 80% of the 1,428 1990s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic67/100
1,572 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank MarshallDirector
- Wesley StrickScreenplay
- Don JakobyScreenplay
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeff DanielsRoss Jennings
- Harley Jane KozakMolly Jennings
- John GoodmanDelbert McClintock
- Julian SandsDr. James Atherton
- Brian McNamaraChris Collins
- Stuart PankinSheriff Parsons
- Henry JonesDr. Sam Metcalf
- Peter JasonHenry Beechwood
- Mark L. TaylorJerry Manley
- James HandyMilton Briggs
- Roy BrocksmithIrv Kendall
- Kathy KinneyBlaire Kendall
Stills
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Themes
small townspideranimal attackoutbreakcreatureexterminatorspider bitecreature featurespider queeninvasive speciesarachnophobiaanimal horror
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