ROFL @ "Aracnophobia" Movie.

[killy]

I recall a scene or two from the movie "The 3 Stooges On Mars" (you're probably all too young to have even heard of it) where Larry, Moe and Curly Joe get chased by a giant T.

 

[ZergFront]

Hmmmm

Anyone see that really cheesy SciFi "Arachnid?" Had spiders and even ticks that bury into you. Eeeeew!!!

I saw both Spider movies on SciFi, too (asexual spider nicknamed 'Mother In Law' on the first one). When I first saw Spider II, I couldn't eat while watching it for some reason but watched Aliens when I was 8. They totally hijacked Aliens idea. Who ever heard of one species of spider that raised it's young in another's body?

 

[natebugman]

I just watched Kingdom of the Spiders again today for the first time in a while. Didn't remember how poorly treated the spiders were in that movie. I was cringing most of the way through it. I'm sure the filmmakers were going for cringes, but not because the spiders were being injured. That film may be a big reason B. smithi got put on the CITES list.

 

[Xian]

Kingdom of the Spider

If ya like B-movies, Kingdom of the Spider comes on in three hours on IFC.
I wouldn't watch it if you don't like to see a little abuse of the T's. But for campy entertainment from 1977 it's worth it just to watch the T's.

Tarantula/King of the Spiders from 2005 comes on Animal PlanetHD in 45 minutes or so.
Must be Tarantula night on the tube.

 

[Kaimetsu]

If ya like B-movies, Kingdom of the Spider comes on in three hours on IFC.
I wouldn't watch it if you don't like to see a little abuse of the T's. But for campy entertainment from 1977 it's worth it just to watch the T's.

Tarantula/King of the Spiders comes on Animal PlanetHD in 45 minutes or so.
Must be Tarantula night on the tube.

Oh wow this is the one with William Shatner i've never seen it. Definitely setting it to record. Looking forward to the tarantula thing on animal planet too thanks for the heads up.

 

[BrettG]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned "Eight-Legged Freaks" starring a cast of thousands (of spiders) and, oh yeah, David Arquette - probably because I'm about the only one who actually saw it ... I was out with my sister and brother-and-law and niece and suggested we go see it when it was in the theaters and all 3 of them completely wussed out on me (you know, the "Ew-w-w-w!!!" routine):wall: , so I ended up getting it on DVD - I still haul it out every now and then and watch it - it's fun.

Did anybody notice in "Arachnophobia" that the spiders "talked"? Like when they got shot, or burned, they would cry out ... I thought that was picturesque.

So when is somebody going to make a movie that doesn't demonize spiders? :evil: Like, make the spider the hero for a change - well, of course, there's Charlotte's Web ... okay, I withdraw my question.

Just read your post Nate - so I'm not alone after all! hahahah

When I worked in Globe,Az,I drove past the filming of Eight Legged Freaks every day on my way to work.Such a crappy,crappy movie.But I still love it for some reason.

 

[ZergFront]

The hero didn't actually get bitten. The welts were from his falls.

There's something I missed though and that's how the spider mated with a house spider if it was found to have no sex organs and reproduce asexually?

The "explanation" the arachnologist made in Arachnophobia was that the new species of deadly spiders were like social insects (ants, termites, etc.) in which there were reproductive males and females from time to time but the colony mostly consisted of sterile "workers." The live one the collectors inadvertantly took back to America was the fertile male.

What I don't get is the tiny house spider it impregnated. Not only was there successful sacs from two different spiders, but the movie made it seem like this tiny, ordinary female house spider grew into the female of the deadlier one's species. The guy killed the female that was with the sac and than the male attacked.

I might watch that movie again. I don't know what that will do. I'm making seriously way too much out of a movie...

 

[MissChelly]

If ya like B-movies, Kingdom of the Spider comes on in three hours on IFC.
I wouldn't watch it if you don't like to see a little abuse of the T's. But for campy entertainment from 1977 it's worth it just to watch the T's.

Tarantula/King of the Spiders from 2005 comes on Animal PlanetHD in 45 minutes or so.
Must be Tarantula night on the tube.

This is the third time I've heard of a show coming on television about spiders that I've fallen upon too late! :wall:
Ughhhh... I need to hunt the Time Warner guide so I can DVR these things instead of missing them. >_<

 

[The Spider Faery]

The "explanation" the arachnologist made in Arachnophobia was that the new species of deadly spiders were like social insects (ants, termites, etc.) in which there were reproductive males and females from time to time but the colony mostly consisted of sterile "workers." The live one the collectors inadvertantly took back to America was the fertile male.

What I don't get is the tiny house spider it impregnated. Not only was there successful sacs from two different spiders, but the movie made it seem like this tiny, ordinary female house spider grew into the female of the deadlier one's species. The guy killed the female that was with the sac and than the male attacked.

I might watch that movie again. I don't know what that will do. I'm making seriously way too much out of a movie...

Thanks for the ideas on what I was wondering...I'd have to watch it again to pay closer attention to the details of the matings too if I wanted to make a big deal out of it, but it's just a movie.