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Arachnophobia

1990 · 109 min

A playful creature feature that balances creepy spider scares with small-town charm and light humor, keeping you tense but entertained.

Tagline
Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude.
Overview
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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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • fate
  • family
  • freedom
  • nature
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror6
Humour6
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, horror
Directed by
Frank Marshall
Written by
Wesley Strick, Don Jakoby
Starring
Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman, Julian Sands, Brian McNamara, Stuart Pankin, Henry Jones, Peter Jason
Music
Trevor Jones
Cinematography
Mikael Salomon
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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