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| Jeff Daniels | ... | ||
| Harley Jane Kozak | ... | ||
| John Goodman | ... | ||
| Julian Sands | ... | ||
| Stuart Pankin | ... | ||
| Brian McNamara | ... | ||
| Mark L. Taylor | ... | ||
| Henry Jones | ... | ||
| Peter Jason | ... | ||
| James Handy | ... | ||
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Roy Brocksmith | ... | |
| Kathy Kinney | ... | ||
| Mary Carver | ... | ||
| Garette Ratliff Henson | ... |
Tommy Jennings
(as Garette Patrick Ratliff)
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Marlene Katz | ... | |
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidently 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 before they take over the entire town. Written by Shaun Ouimette <[email protected]>
Director Frank Marshall brings us this movie about a South American deadly spider wreaking havoc in a small American town. The plot from Don Jakoby and Al Williams has its share of scares, but I have to say, not much more.
John Goodman is quite funny as local exterminator Delbert McClintock, but others, including Jeff Daniels as Dr. Ross Jennings and Julian Sands as Dr. James Atherton, are just there for the ride.
This Steven Spielberg project, on which he shared executive production duties with director Frank Marshall, was one of his dreams come true. "Arachnaphobia" needed a darker approach, even a darker humour.
Saturday, February 23, 1991 - Knox District Centre