Movie
Arachnophobia
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1990-07-20
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Amblin Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Tangled Web Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeff Daniels as Ross Jennings
- Harley Jane Kozak as Molly Jennings
- John Goodman as Delbert McClintock
- Julian Sands as Dr. James Atherton
- Brian McNamara as Chris Collins
- Stuart Pankin as Sheriff Parsons
- Henry Jones as Dr. Sam Metcalf
- Peter Jason as Henry Beechwood
- Mark L. Taylor as Jerry Manley
- James Handy as Milton Briggs
- Roy Brocksmith as Irv Kendall
- Kathy Kinney as Blaire Kendall
Crew
- Frank Marshall - Director
- Don Jakoby - Screenplay
- Wesley Strick - Screenplay
- Don Jakoby - Story
- Al Williams - Story
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