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Tarantula [DVD]

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  • Actors: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll
  • Directors: Jack Arnold
  • Format: 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: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Feb 2006
  • Run Time: 77 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000E3LIO0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,458 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic 50's B-Movie Sci-Fi..., 16 Oct 2007
By R. V. Halward - See all my reviews
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Another slice of classic B-Movie 'Giant Bug' action here from master of the genre, Jack Arnold...

The legendary director of 'Creature From The Black Lagoon' and 'Revenge Of The Creature' (amongst many other classics) causes havoc with a genetically altered mutant spider in this hugely enjoyable and highly atmospheric piece of hokum.

The spooky American desert is the setting for said spider, which escapes from a scientists lab, only for Arnold regular John Agar to uncover the truth and try and track it down.

If you're a fan of the genre (Them!, Creature, etc), you'll absolutely love this. The effects benefit massively from using a transposed real spider over the top of many shots rather than a plastic dummy (although that's used for some close-up's) and the whole thing rattles along with the usual suspense, atmosphere and taut dialogue.

Perfect for a dark wintery Saturday afternoon or a late night during the week, at just an hour and a bit, whack this on and let that spooky atmosphere do the rest...

Great stuff...

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's got legs and it knows how to use them, 12 Aug 2008
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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Leo G. Carroll, "The Parent Trap" (1961), is the Professor. He was working with a formula that made things grow, really grow. He is the good guy and trying to find an answer to world hunger. There is a difference of opinion and the scuffle starts a fire. The professor gets injected and the tarantula escapes.

John Agar, "The Brain from Planet Arouse" (1957), gets to be Doctor Matt Hastings the good guy.

Clint Eastwood "Dirty Harry" (1971), is a fighter pilot and gets to bomb the tarantula.

I saw this at the movies when I was a kid. The creature had habit of leaving white stuff everywhere it did it's thing. The film broke for a commercial at that time and was advertising tooth powder. "Powder your teeth. Don't past them." Needles to say I cringe at the site of white tooth powder to this day.

So an alternate title for this movie could be "daddy-longlegs"
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4.0 out of 5 stars You're gonna need a bigger terrarium!!!, 21 Nov 2007
By Jeremy W. Newbould "Django" (Spain) - See all my reviews
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This film contains many of the elements of a classic 1950s sci-fi/horror movie - a mad scientist, a scientific experiment that inevitably goes wrong resulting in the creation of a monster which goes on the rampage and the US armed forces being called upon to save the day.

However, this movie is better than most films of this type from this era because it is well-acted with characters you actually care about and the special effects are quite good by 1950s sci-fi horror movie standards. The action moves along at a fair old pace and the film itself looks in pretty good shape bearing in mind it is over 50 years old.

Look out for a young Clint Eastwood towards the end of the film as a US Air Force pilot. You may be interested to know that Mara Corday who played Stephanie Clayton, the female lead in `Tarantula', later went on to appear in four other Clint Eastwood films - `The Gauntlet', `Sudden Impact', `Pink Cadillac' and `The Rookie'.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Round up up your livestock and stand guard
I haven't seen any of the 1950's films the previous reviewer mentions , so I can only judge "Tarantula" on it's own merits. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2007 by L. Davidson

2.0 out of 5 stars The 1950's brought us several sci-fi classics.......this is NOT one of them!!
American post war movie audiences had become a little tired of war and western films, so one or two of the major studios turned to science fiction, producing such classics as... Read more
Published on 17 April 2007 by Terry Manning

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