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Arachnophobia
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Arachnophobia is a 1990 American comedy horror film directed by Frank Marshall and written by Wesley Strick. Produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg through Amblin Entertainment and Hollywood Pictures, the movie stars Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, John Goodman, and Mark L. Taylor. The narrative is set in California, Venezuela, and San Francisco, with filming taking place in San Francisco and California. Trevor Jones composed the score, and Michael Kahn served as film editor.
The film has a runtime of 109 minutes and carries a PG-13 rating. It was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Netflix in video on demand format. The production had a budget of 31,000,000 and grossed 53,208,180 at the box office. Critical reception included a 93% rating and a 7/10 score, alongside a Metascore of 67. The film received two wins and five nominations for awards.
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6.4A 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.
Cast
- Jeff Daniels as Ross Jennings
- Harley Jane Kozak as Molly Jennings
- John Goodman as Delbert McClintock
- Julian Sands as Dr. James Atherton
- Brian McNamara as Chris Collins
- Stuart Pankin as Sheriff Parsons
Themes
- small town
- spider
- animal attack
- outbreak
- creature
- exterminator
- spider bite
- creature feature
- spider queen
- invasive species
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
78,573 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Frank Marshall
- Screenwriter
- Wesley Strick
- Cast member
- Stuart Pankin
- Composer
- Trevor Jones
- Producer
- Steven Spielberg
- Production company
- Amblin Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Mikael Salomon
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 350661
- Performer
- Trevor Jones
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1991-01-04
- film editor
- Michael Kahn
- title
- Arachnophobia
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 22000000
- review score
- 67/100
- box office
- 53208180
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