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Tarantula

Movie
1955
1h 20m
English
Horror, Science Fiction
A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.
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John Agar
Dr. Matt Hastings
Mara Corday
Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton
Leo G Carroll
Prof. Gerald Deemer
Nestor Paiva
Sheriff Jack Andrews
Ross Elliott
Joe Burch
Eddie Parker
Paul Lund / Eric Jacobs / Airport W...
Bert Holland
Barney Russell
Raymond Bailey
Dr. Townsend
Steve Darrell
Andy Andersen
Edwin Rand
Lt. John Nolan
Directed By: Jack Arnold
Written By: Martin Berkeley (Screenplay), Robert M. Fresco (Screenplay)

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TKPNPodcast says...
4 years ago
Quick moving giant spider movie with good acting and production values. This is one of those Universal classics and features a "blink and you missed it" cameo by Clint Eastwood in the final five minutes. Clint Eastwood has, in turn, included Mara Corday, the star of this film, in many of his latest films.
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Wambie says...
7 months ago
Classic Universal monster movie. Special effects helped by their use of a real tarantula in most scenes. Be on the lookout for a uncredited Clint Eastwood flying a plane.
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getsmartt says...
7 years ago
More about a mad scientist than the actual tarantula. But still a classic and worth a watch.
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
Allowing for the fact that the special effects are getting on for 65 years old, this is a cracking little sci-fi/horror feature. John Agar is the scientist on the trail of an industrial-sized spider that is wreaking havoc on a local Arizona community. Leo G. Carroll (in increasingly "Elephant Man" s More
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Whitsbrain
7/10  2 years ago
"Tarantula" is another really good '50s Sci-Fi flick. The spider grows to be gigantic and a lot of the time it looks great. Many of the longer shots give the impression that the thing is actually crawling around the desert. But the closer the camera, gets the blurrier the arachnid gets. This is More
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r96sk
8/10  2 years ago
Boy, does this show its age!* But, you know what, I really enjoyed it.

'Eight Legged Freaks', eat your heart out! I seem to have found a new go-to Spider Rampage Flick:tm:. To be serious, 'Tarantula' achieves what it intends to - it is relatively creepy in parts.

The special effects, as allude More
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John Chard
6 years ago
Can all mankind escape the terror of its dread embrace...

Professor Gerald Deemer has been working on a special nutrient that will help offset a predicted food shortage, the serum he has created escalates growth in his lab animals at an alarmingly quick rate. Deemer quickly loses control of the e More
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