Arachnophobia

Hollywood Pictures and Amblin Entertainment deliver the
year’s most electrifying big-screen roller coaster ride of a movie! Everyone
is afraid of something … for Dr. Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels), his phobia is
downright embarrassing. But when he moves his family to a small town, the one
thing that bugs him most is now harming the townspeople at an alarming rate.
For this unlikely hero, overcoming a childhood fear of spiders might just save
the community, but it may already be too late! Directed by Frank Marshall
(Executive Producer, BACK TO THE FUTURE, Producer, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK)
and also starring John Goodman, this critically acclaimed breathtaking hit
entertains with its terrific mix of thrills, chills, and laughter!
Most horror movies depend on giant monsters; Arachnophobia gets just as many
thrills out of creatures only a few inches long. A scientist (Julian Sands,
Warlock, A Room with a View) who’s hunting a vicious new species of spider in
Venezuela unknowingly ships one back to the U.S. It ends up in a small town
where a new doctor (Jeff Daniels, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Something Wild) is
trying to establish a practice. When his patients start suddenly dying,
Daniels suspects spiders–but no one takes him seriously because he’s had a
phobia about spiders since childhood. Arachnophobia builds a slow but
relentless sense of menace and creepiness, mixed with a sneaky satire of small
town life. If you’re squeamish about spiders, this will get under your skin.
Also featuring the ever-dependable John Goodman (The Big Lebowski, Barton
Fink) as a comically zealous exterminator. –Bret Fetzer

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