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Arachnophobia

1990 ·1h 49m · ★ 6.4 (1,504)

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.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
28
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
0
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
100
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
17
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
67
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
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Creature

Content Warnings

Body Horror
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

animal attackanimal horrorarachnophobiacreature featureexterminatorinvasive speciesoutbreaksmall townspiderspider bitespider generalspider queen

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