Overview:
A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.| Status: | Released (1955-12-14) |
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| Awards: | 1 win |
| BoxOffice: | $1,100,000 |
| Screen: | Robert M. Fresco, Martin Berkeley, Jack Arnold |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 103071: John Agar - Dr. Matt Hastings
- 56923: Mara Corday - Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton
- 2642: Leo G. Carroll - Prof. Gerald Deemer
- 56924: Nestor Paiva - Sheriff Jack Andrews
- 112722: Ross Elliott - Joe Burch
- 133572: Hank Patterson - Josh
- 34103: Eddie Parker - Paul Lund / Eric Jacobs / Airport Workman
Crews
- 11030: William Alland - Producer - Production
- 33883: Jack Arnold - Director - Directing
- 56927: Martin Berkeley - Screenplay - Writing
- 56929: William Morgan - Editor - Editing
- 29635: George Robinson - Director of Photography - Camera
- 56926: Robert M. Fresco - Screenplay - Writing
- 56928: Herman Stein - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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Can all mankind escape the terror of its dread embrace... Professor Gerald Deemer has been working on a special nutrient that will help offset a predicted food shortage, the serum he has created escalates growth in his lab animals at an alarmingly quick rate. Deemer quickly loses ....
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Boy, does this show its age!* But, you know what, I really enjoyed it. <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/eight-legged-freaks/">Eight Legged Freaks</a>'</em>, eat your heart out! I seem to have found a new go-to Spider Rampage Flick™. To be serious, <em>'Tarantula'</em> ach ....
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Allowing for the fact that the special effects are getting on for 65 years old, this is a cracking little sci-fi/horror feature. John Agar is the scientist on the trail of an industrial-sized spider that is wreaking havoc on a local Arizona community. Leo G. Carroll (in increasingly ....
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