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Arachnophobia

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Time Out says

Dr Ross Jennings (Daniels), his wife (Kozak) and their two children uproot from the urban sprawl to a picturesque Californian small town. But the locals are distrustful of the city slickers - feelings compounded when the new doctor's patients start dropping dead. A poisonous spider, accidentally imported from the Venezuelan rain forests, has also taken up residence, and its deadly offspring are making house calls outside surgery hours. For his directorial debut, long-time Spielberg producer Frank Marshall has crammed the screen with plenty of knee-jerk thrills interlaced with black humour. Subtlety of characterisation is secondary to the antics of the 'little vampires', with victims conveniently earmarked (gluttons, a jock and an unshaven whinger receive painful lessons in social rejection), and John Goodman easily upstaging his co-stars in a glorious appearance as a bull-headed pest controller. Designed to reduce the audience to a squirming mass, the film yields plenty of grisly pleasures.

Release Details

  • Duration:109 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Frank Marshall
  • Screenwriter:Don Jakoby, Wesley Strick
  • Cast:
    • Jeff Daniels
    • Mark L. Taylor
    • Julian Sands
    • John Goodman
    • Stuart Pankin
    • Harley Jane Kozak
    • Brian McNamara
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