Earth vs the Spider
4.729%4.7
When a man doesn't come home one night his daughter and her boyfriend go out searching and encounter a giant spider in a cave near the man's wrecked car. Coming back with the Sheriff, the spider is seemingly killed by DDT spraying, and the body then hauled for storage in the high school gymnasium. However, a loud dose of rock music by a teenage garage band revives the arachnid and sends it rampaging through the town.
Mister Arn reviewed
November 25, 2023•
"Earth vs the Spider" epitomizes the quintessential '50s sci-fi flick, complete with its archetypal cast—the steadfast Sheriff, the knowledgeable professor, and the reckless teenagers. Amidst these characters, there's the not-to-be-missed, inconsistently sized giant spider, whose dimensions vary from scene to scene. An amusing detail is the improbable abundance of light within a supposedly sealed cave, underscoring the film's demand for a suspension of disbelief.