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The Spider [DVD]

Ed Kemmer (Actor), June Kenney (Actor), Bert I. Gordon (Director) | Rated: Parental Guidance | Format: DVD
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth, Hal Torey
  • Directors: Bert I. Gordon
  • Writers: Bert I. Gordon, George Worthing Yates, László Görög
  • Producers: Bert I. Gordon, Henry Schrage, James H. Nicholson, Samuel Z. Arkoff
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Direct Video Distribution Ltd
  • DVD Release Date: 26 May 2003
  • Run Time: 72 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000092WA5
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 90,208 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Whilst looking for her missing father, a girl and her boyfriend stumble over an inhabited cave, occupied by a deadly giant spider. After being captured and enmeshed in the eight-legged beast’s giant web they manage to escape and raise the alarm. Convincing people proves to be tricky but eventually the sheriff and the school’s science teacher help them kill the monstrous spider and take it back to town. They put it in the school hall and hold a dance but is the spider really dead?

Samuel Z. Arkoff started producing movies with his partner James Nicholson in 1954 when they set up American International Pictures and capitalised on the trend of teenagers being the main cinema audience of the time. AIP made pictures about teenagers for teenagers and The Spider has all the essential ingredients for a drive-in horror classic. High schoolers as the primary cast driving really cool cars, together with sceptical adults (the disbelieving sheriff), a rock’n’roll band (to wake up the spider) and a big scary monster (the spider.) Whether the spider is a freak of nature or a mutant is never determined as it escapes leaving many more questions. Why did they hold a dance with a spider in the corner of the school hall? Shouldn’t they be hunting for the spider’s possible offspring? What has it been living off the past few years? How will they stop it? Now you can find out in The Spider!

The Spider is co-written by George Worthing Yates who also wrote Earth vs the Flying Saucers and Them!, and directed by Bert I. Gordon, nicknamed Mr Big for his initials and his fondness for the big monsters in his films. His special effects of producing giant monsters on screen were achieved by ingeniously using rear projection enlargements.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars are you happy with this dvd version ? 27 Aug 2003
By danny
Format:DVD
this is an open call to anyone else that bought this dvd,
the print it was taken from is sharp and clear,a beautiful print,......
but for some reason any scenes that have fast motion seem to be "jerky" as far as speed sync, the movie is great, the soundtrack is great, but the video speed seems abnormal in fast motion scenes,... i have this movie on tape and do not see the speed sync problem,.....is it my dvd player?....or has anyone else noticed this problem?...my dvd player plays all other pal format discs without this problem,...please let me know if you have noticed the same problem, thank you.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The Original Eight Legged Freak 7 July 2003
By Laughing Gravy
Format:DVD
THE SPIDER (also known as EARTH VS. THE SPIDER, 1958, directed by Bert. I. Gordon) is one of the better "big bug" movies of the 1950s. Teenagers Mike and Carol (not Brady, alas) wander into a cave looking for Carol's missing dad, and discover a tarantula the size of a pickup truck. Or the size of a 3-story building, depending on which particular scene you're watching. In any case, the critter is pumped full of DDT and put on display at the local high school, where a rock ‘n' roll band wakes it up to smash through the gymnasium wall and rampage around town. Eventually, the townspeople lure the 8-legged freak back to its den and blow up the only entrance, unknowingly trapping the pesky Carol and Mike inside, necessitating one last rescue. Clocking in at a brisk 73 minutes, THE SPIDER still seems about 10 minutes too long. Still, it's good fun, and the disc looks terrific, the best of all the transfers so far in the Arkoff collection. Includes an audio interview with Arkoff and nine theatrical trailers.
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4.0 out of 5 stars ...Brilliant classic! 11 April 2013
By robert slim
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
...As a fan of old classic films i was looking forward to this and it did not dissapoint..yes the acting is not great and the chracters are as believeable as the poor special effects but..but this film kept me entertained all the way to the end and if i'm honest i'd rather watch something like this than what hollywood make today..the sound and picture quality are not too bad but more or less what you would expect for this type of film.
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