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A Balasaur Score of 40 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 33%. Most of the 914 2000s horror movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong. One survivor is found on the ship and watched over in a secret location deep in the California desert. The problem continues, as the survivor isn't alone, as another deadly spiders climbs out of him and goes on a rampage around the ship. Curious reporter Marci Eyre must now survive, escape and warn everyone before the spider reaches outside the desert.
Ratings
IMDb4/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
94 audience votes
Key crew
- Gary JonesDirector
- Stephen David BrooksScreenplay
- Adam GieraschScreenplay
- Jace AndersonScreenplay
- Bill WandelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lana ParrillaMarci Eyre
- Josh GreenJohn Murphy
- Oliver MacreadySlick
- Simona WilliamsLoretta Martindale
- Mark PhelanAgent Gray
- Leslie ZemeckisEmma
- Billy MaddoxColonel Dixon
- Mark TottyCommander Hooper
- Jonathon BreckJacobs
- Nick SwartsJake
- David CarpenterTechnician
- Andrew StoddardDoctor Ellis
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Themes
giant spidercreature featureanimal horror