If ARACHNOPHOBIA doesn’t leave you feeling itchy, nothing much will! Preying on paranoia & psychological terror, this 1990 “thrillomedy” teetered between being a family-friendly horror/comedy or box office poison. Shake out the bedsheets because this episode is billowing over with spiders coming to take over your town!

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Where director Frank Marshall was coming from, useful production connections, plus studio intentions & hesitations; inspirations, story origin, script revision, uniqueness among spider movies & the comedy/thriller vision; working with & finding the perfect real-life spiders, plus animatronics; filming locations & cast discussion; music, marketing, reaction to the film, memorable scenes & lotsa personal spider stories.

Jeff Daniels, John Goodman, Harley Jane Kozak & Julian Sands star in ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990) /// Directed by Frank Marshall.

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• Lindsay’s Pick: TICKS (1993). Seth Green, Alfonso Ribeiro, Peter Scolari, Clint Howard  /// Directed by Tony Randel.

• Justin’s Pick: MIMIC (1997). Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Charles S. Dutton, Josh Brolin /// Directed by Guillermo del Toro.

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Billy & John Goodman go riding bikes together.

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Coming in September:  FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)

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Be Kind & Rewatch // August 13,  2024