Taglines: Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude.
Arachnophobia movie storyline. 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.
Arachnophobia is a 1990 American thriller-comedy film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Jeff Daniels and John Goodman. It was the first film released by The Walt Disney Studios’ Hollywood Pictures label, as well as being the directorial debut of Marshall.
The story centers on a newly discovered Venezuelan spider being transported to a small American town that produces a new species of deadly spiders, which begin killing the town’s residents one by one. Shooting took place in Venezuela and California and the film was released in the United States on July 18, 1990. It was a modest commercial success, gaining $53.21 million at the box office. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
Arachnophobia (1990)
Directed by: Frank Marshall
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, John Goodman, Julian Sands, Stuart Pankin, Brian McNamara, Mark L. Taylor, Henry Jones, Mary Carver, Kathy Kinney
Screenplay by: Don Jakoby, Wesley Strick
Production Design by: James D. Bissell
Cinematography by: Mikael Salomon
Film Editing by: Michael Kahn
Costume Design by: Jennifer L. Parsons
Set Decoration by: Jackie Carr
Music by: Trevor Jones
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: July 18, 1990
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