I would say that thia movie is more of a forgotten classic. You don't hear it talked about much anymore. I loved this movie as a kid, yet I had all but forgotten about it until this video.
There's a moment when the Old Doctor gets bitter by a Spider his wife laughs and says "Oh it was only a spider" being from Australia the idea of someone saying "It's only a spider bite" always made me laugh
I mean as an American I am very weary of spiders. Then again I have been bitten by a Recluse and lived in an area with lots of Black Widows. Spiders are no joke, especially when you have a giant hole rotting in your leg.
i have heard about this movie more once. infact i saw a trailer for it on fox once(this was just as spiderman had come out so they said meet the real spiderman) and showed footage of jhongoodmen as the exterminator lol.
This is definitely a cult classic in every way. It’s beloved by just about everyone who’s managed to come across it, and it still holds up incredibly well today due to the incredible practical effects and the great suspense and dark humor. I’ll always adore this fun little movie.
This film still resonates with modern audiences. Had my kids sit down to watch it and it was the first movie in years where they actually watched the movie and weren’t playing with their phones.
I don’t have a ton of great memories of my mom, but maybe my favorite is the day she let me stay home from school and took me to see Arachnophobia. It wasn’t the kind of movie I expected it to be. I swear I remember the marketing make it look like a zany comedy w John Goodman as the lead. I still ended up loving it. I actually used to dress up as Goodman’s character and run around the yard looking for bugs to exterminate. I’m thinking of bringing that look back for Halloween.
Siskle and Ebert had vacation homes in Grand Beach, Michigan, and would come to my theater to watch movies. Meet them both a few times! Very nice. Gene: Small popcorn, no butter, diet coke. Roger: Large popcorn, extra extra butter "in the middle too please" he's say...large coke.
This movie had me terrified to take a shower as a kid cause of a tiny spider in the corner of my bathroom. Recently rewatched this movie, and I have to say. It holds up so damn well. Classic jeff Daniel's and John Goodman.
We watched this every year in our family household. We are all terrified from spiders and come from a small town like the one protrayed in the film. Also being a huge fan of creature features this one takes the cake!
I want to watch it just mostly to see the performance from John Goodman, but I can barely even make it past seeing the spiders in the trailer. My arachnophobia is super strong. Great video as always. I always look forward to the next one popping up. You either review something I love or make me order a new movie I’m going to fall in love with!
This movie really is such an underrated gem. Does NOT get enough love. And you can't find it anywhere 🤷 C'mon world, this is a Spielberg production for God sakes!
It's currently on Amazon Prime. I've been getting it recommended to me pretty much non-stop. I don't think I've seen it since it was in theaters but it was always a fun, light "scary nature" film.
Yeah I know. I can't find the damn thing anywhere either. Mind you, I don't online shop or have streaming services. I just want the classics of the grand old days of the videostore in my DVD collection.
I know John Goodman is recognized as a great actor but he really low-key is one of the greatest of all time. He gives 100% to every role. He even made Flight watchable past it's front-loaded opening scene.
Loved this. Well done. When I was a kid this film scared the living hell out of me. I am deathly afraid of spiders so this is what I call a damn near perfect horror movie. There needs to be more made like this. Less reliance on CG and tons of cheap jump scares.
I remember having the VHS back when I was a kid and watching the hell out of it. It's still one of my favourite movies and one that deserves more love.
HOLY CRAP Thank you for reminding me about Matinee. I very vaguely remember seeing it as a kid, and I have a really strong nostalgic feeling of it being a really great movie. And apparently literally nothing has ever sparked my memory of it until now. Guess I know what Im watching later lol
As someone who’s had a fear of spiders throughout my life, I can say this film defiantly creeped me out. My arachnophobia has lessened thankfully over the years, but I still can’t watch this film without squirming a little bit throughout my viewing. The cast is amazing. Jeff Daniels is great as the lead and John Goodman is hands down the best part of the film. Whenever he’s on screen, I always get a smile on my face. Thank you for covering this film Joe, keep up the great work!
Watching Arachnophobia as a kid gave me arachnophobia. Perfect timing as I had to move two spiders earlier today because they kept building webs by the door and setting off the motion light (which I walked into twice this morning haha).
I love spiders. I know some people are afraid of them and I can see why. But they are great pest control creatures and if you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone.
I feel the same way about snakes, the logic being they’re clean/sleek looking without all the weird parts and eyes of creepy spiders. We had two big fat ones build webs outside our door last night. They kept setting off the motion sensing light. Beautiful webs - we didn’t want to disturb them. That said, they were politely relocated to a new home today.
MATINEE needs an (Almost) Cult Classic video too, because it is a magnificent slice-of-life- and timecapsule-comedy. And for this video: Once again excellent! Would’ve loved it to be five minutes longer with a bit more information - but only if available. Great stuff all around as usual, good Sir!
I adore this movie, it's one of my all time childhood favs! I even love the slip up of showing the spider glued to the piece of wood at the end of the film 😂🕷🕸 #classic
I love this movie. I have no fear of spiders. It’s just a quality, unironic film. I was utterly shocked years after its initial release when I couldn’t find a copy of it available to rent or purchase. The realization that it was unappreciated was the true horror.
God, I absolutely loved this movie when I was young, at the same time I'm pretty sure it's fueled my fear of spiders since I saw it when I was like 6. Eight Legged Freaks was the fun version of this movie that I still love to this day.
I have vague memories of this film, and I definitely remember thinking to myself about thirty minutes from the end: "I have got to finish this to see how they kill the things in case I need to fight them off in my nightmares."
I love this movie, I own it. I thought it would have been considered a cult classic, but now that I think of it, you're probably right. I hardly hear anyone speak of it anymore...this was one of those "fun to catch on TV" movies, back when I had cable in the 90's. Ah, good times.
When I was a senior in high school in 1991, one day we were told that the whole school would watch a movie for a couple of periods using our "Channel One" classroom TVs. Very very strangely, this movie turned out to be Arachnophobia which had swearing and a lot of other thing that are probably inappropriate for 9th graders. I never found out why this happened, but having a mild case of arachnophobia myself, this wasn't a very good experience.
Yeah as the reviewer himself says, it got basically positive reviews and wasn't a flop. It obviously isn't an iconic film like The Thing or Psycho, but it clearly isn't trying to be.
I actually straight up love this movie 1st saw it as a kid back in the early nineties, and I've watched it several times since. Definitely a family favorite of ours growing up
I guess I would’ve been 11 when this came out on video, and it was HUGE here. One of the first, if not the first, horror movies I was allowed to watch, so combined with how popular it was, it’s an important cultural milestone for me. I love it to this day!
This movie is special to me. I was at an age where I knew it was a scary movie, but I wasn't "scared," so I was kind of proud of myself and thought it was cool. It's always stuck with me because of that.
I loved(and still do) this film as a kid. Me and my family would watch it all the time when I was younger. I havn't seen it in years. Thanks for making this and reminding me of how great it is.
I tried watching it as a kid, when it was released on cable. It freaked me out so bad I went to hide in the coat closet-- and ran right into a giant wolf spider on one of my dad's jackets. Haven't looked at them the same since! That being said, I've been curious to watch it as an adult; just to A) see how much it creeps me out now, B) see how it's aged and C) to enjoy the story and characters again.
I taped this movie off of TV when I was a kid during a movie marathon where it was all bugs and stuff like The Fly, Them!, Arachnophobia and others. This movie and Goodmans performance has always been a standout for me.
Lol everytime i watch or see anything about this movie i always check my shoes before i put them on lol, and i get a tingly feeling as if something is crawling up my back!. Classic!!. Great video and thank you for recognizing this film.
Your videos are underrated.....very well researched and presented in an entertaining way...and for the most part even your opinions are "fair" (meaning you dont seem bias..like you give an honest take)....well done keep it up👏🏽👏🏽
I remember this movie, but not for watching it. Years ago when I was a kid my friends were going to have a sleepover and I was hanging out with them. They were about to watch the movie, but my mom wouldn’t let me stay. Never got to watch the movie. What could have been.
Arachnophobia was THE movie that scared me when I was a child. No movie surpassed it, but I loved it anyway. My favourite parts were when John Goodman was in the shot, as he was the hero character for me, as the exterminator. I now LOVE tarantulas and spiders though. Weird turn in my life. Thank you for listening to my story.
I always thought it was jazzy how they tool the spider off the cover of a movie titled after the fear of spiders lol! I remember seeing this back in the day and using the restroom or taking a shower was pretty scary for a while lol!
I hate spiders. And I watched this entire video. That's how much I appreciate your work. (I am a horror junkie as well but I can't handle creepy crawlers)
Similar vein the original trailer for gremlins (before they ever showed gizmo or the gremlins and just little glimpses of them) kept me out of my creepy-ass basement for months.
Ooh, I remember this movie! Even though I don't have arachnophobia, because of this movie, I would always check my bike helmet before putting it on, haha. Also, as an Aussie, the spiders used look like the cousins to our Huntsmen spiders, who look big and terrifying, but are not deadly, and are usually seen solo as well. Thanks for covering this blast from the past!
Dude, I love spider movies, and Arachnophobia is in the S tier. That film proved you could take the concept, take it seriously, and still make a damn well crafted film without it falling into the schlock territory. I love schlock, like Eight Legged Freaks (Which I think is also a cult classic comedy-horror), but there's something special when you can take a cheesy concept, and give it a proper budget and talent. Arachnophobia and Tremors will always be some of my favorite creature features, because of those well crafted qualities.
Actually watched this recently and yes, it holds up. A little surprised you didn't mention the trailer that was on the VHS of Ernest Goes to Jail where it was just a spider crawling over the title with dialogue of a family arguing over killing it. Years later, I still remember that.
I was 5 yrs old when this came out on vhs, and for some reason I got to watch it with my parents. I have been a recovering arachnophobe ever since. Fantastic movie 😁
True story: I got my Granny good with this movie. I timed it perfectly. I walked in the living room and told her about this "Super cool movie" they were running on ABC I think it was. Now this was before the channel guide was a thing. She flips it over there RIGHT WHEN the big, giant mom spider jumps at the camera. She jumped near a damn foot.
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There's nothing "almost" about this classic.
yeah it seems like the 'almost cult classics' are split between 'not quite popular enough to be classic' and 'a bit too well-liked to be cult'
I would say that thia movie is more of a forgotten classic. You don't hear it talked about much anymore. I loved this movie as a kid, yet I had all but forgotten about it until this video.
Or 'cult'. Of all of Joe's reviews, this is the most well-known/appreciated film
Plain Classic is a valid grade for this film.
@@Gatorade69 I see you everywhere now lol
There's a moment when the Old Doctor gets bitter by a Spider his wife laughs and says "Oh it was only a spider" being from Australia the idea of someone saying "It's only a spider bite" always made me laugh
I mean as an American I am very weary of spiders. Then again I have been bitten by a Recluse and lived in an area with lots of Black Widows. Spiders are no joke, especially when you have a giant hole rotting in your leg.
Yeah I get bit by a hobo spider $10000 later in hospital bills smh 🤦 😑
@@jimmyjames3819 worst part about hobo spiders is they're not even sure if they're actually poisonous or why they cause a reaction
@@Gatorade69 *wary
@@schechter01 *werry
I couldn't click fast enough. This is one of my all time favorites.
Same! I love this movie!
Same, loved this ever since I first saw it on TV
same! 🤘
Mine as well! Always check the popcorn!
Totally a cult classic
My dad loves this movie despite having arachnophobia himself. We watched it recently and I always assumed everyone knew about this one.
I think being an arachnophobe makes the movie better
Wtf is with the pfp
i have heard about this movie more once. infact i saw a trailer for it on fox once(this was just as spiderman had come out so they said meet the real spiderman) and showed footage of jhongoodmen as the exterminator lol.
I love the part when John Goodman squishes a spider and says "Oh yeah I'm bad" his delivery just makes it so funny
He's such a joker hahaha
This is definitely a cult classic in every way. It’s beloved by just about everyone who’s managed to come across it, and it still holds up incredibly well today due to the incredible practical effects and the great suspense and dark humor. I’ll always adore this fun little movie.
was on tv all the time when I was a kid, such a great movie
@@NGRevenant yup, saw this on tv many times growing up haha
Thank you so much for talking about this. One of my favourite movies of all time and one of the most underrated scores in my opinion!
I loved how it ends with the family moving back to the city, just in time for earthquake season.
Season?
I love arachnophobia. Aside from the creepy spiders, John Goodman as the Oddball exterminator is my favorite part of the whole movie.
Goodman and Daniels are super underrated.
That right im bad.
The music that accompanies Goodman is perfect too.
This film still resonates with modern audiences. Had my kids sit down to watch it and it was the first movie in years where they actually watched the movie and weren’t playing with their phones.
I don’t have a ton of great memories of my mom, but maybe my favorite is the day she let me stay home from school and took me to see Arachnophobia. It wasn’t the kind of movie I expected it to be. I swear I remember the marketing make it look like a zany comedy w John Goodman as the lead. I still ended up loving it. I actually used to dress up as Goodman’s character and run around the yard looking for bugs to exterminate. I’m thinking of bringing that look back for Halloween.
that'd be great. brandish your spraying wand menacingly at kids dressed as spiders.. or failing to find any, kids dressed as spider-man.
Siskle and Ebert had vacation homes in Grand Beach, Michigan, and would come to my theater to watch movies. Meet them both a few times! Very nice.
Gene: Small popcorn, no butter, diet coke.
Roger: Large popcorn, extra extra butter "in the middle too please" he's say...large coke.
This movie had me terrified to take a shower as a kid cause of a tiny spider in the corner of my bathroom. Recently rewatched this movie, and I have to say. It holds up so damn well. Classic jeff Daniel's and John Goodman.
Goodman is a golden star of modern comedy
He deserves much more praise for his great chops.
I loved this movie as a kid. Always remember seeing the VHS and the poster at the rental stores.
We watched this every year in our family household. We are all terrified from spiders and come from a small town like the one protrayed in the film. Also being a huge fan of creature features this one takes the cake!
I just watched this the other day. Still holds up after all these years.
I LOVE Arachnophobia! To me it *is* a classic. When the dog barks at John Goodman and he says "That's right... I'm bad" is one of the best parts 😆
I want to watch it just mostly to see the performance from John Goodman, but I can barely even make it past seeing the spiders in the trailer. My arachnophobia is super strong. Great video as always. I always look forward to the next one popping up. You either review something I love or make me order a new movie I’m going to fall in love with!
This movie really is such an underrated gem. Does NOT get enough love. And you can't find it anywhere 🤷 C'mon world, this is a Spielberg production for God sakes!
I got that Amazon firestick thing. Arachnophobia is either on netflix or HBO max right now. Can't remember which one I saw it on.
@@biggreen1569 def not Netflix
I bought the bluray for 5 bucks on ebay new its not hard to find its just not common most people today just don't know about it
It's currently on Amazon Prime. I've been getting it recommended to me pretty much non-stop. I don't think I've seen it since it was in theaters but it was always a fun, light "scary nature" film.
Yeah I know. I can't find the damn thing anywhere either.
Mind you, I don't online shop or have streaming services.
I just want the classics of the grand old days of the videostore in my DVD collection.
John Goodman is so good. I can watch just about any of his work.
"Take my breath away" -- a masterful soundtrack choice!
I know John Goodman is recognized as a great actor but he really low-key is one of the greatest of all time. He gives 100% to every role. He even made Flight watchable past it's front-loaded opening scene.
and Denzel of course cmon now
I remember seeing the spider slide down to claim the Best Horror Award trophy at the 1991 Saturn Awards.
Loved this. Well done.
When I was a kid this film scared the living hell out of me. I am deathly afraid of spiders so this is what I call a damn near perfect horror movie. There needs to be more made like this. Less reliance on CG and tons of cheap jump scares.
I remember having the VHS back when I was a kid and watching the hell out of it. It's still one of my favourite movies and one that deserves more love.
HOLY CRAP Thank you for reminding me about Matinee. I very vaguely remember seeing it as a kid, and I have a really strong nostalgic feeling of it being a really great movie. And apparently literally nothing has ever sparked my memory of it until now. Guess I know what Im watching later lol
As someone who’s had a fear of spiders throughout my life, I can say this film defiantly creeped me out. My arachnophobia has lessened thankfully over the years, but I still can’t watch this film without squirming a little bit throughout my viewing. The cast is amazing. Jeff Daniels is great as the lead and John Goodman is hands down the best part of the film. Whenever he’s on screen, I always get a smile on my face. Thank you for covering this film Joe, keep up the great work!
Watching Arachnophobia as a kid gave me arachnophobia. Perfect timing as I had to move two spiders earlier today because they kept building webs by the door and setting off the motion light (which I walked into twice this morning haha).
I love spiders. I know some people are afraid of them and I can see why. But they are great pest control creatures and if you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone.
I feel the same way about snakes, the logic being they’re clean/sleek looking without all the weird parts and eyes of creepy spiders. We had two big fat ones build webs outside our door last night. They kept setting off the motion sensing light. Beautiful webs - we didn’t want to disturb them. That said, they were politely relocated to a new home today.
With you dude
Used to live in funnel Web hot spot. Saw lots of " holes", big shells and corpse's of giants too.
Goodtimes
Barefoot
@@mickkimmings6186 What are you talking about?🤨
Don't they crawl in your mouth when you sleep?
I have watched this movie about 8 times and it still gets me every. single. time
MATINEE needs an (Almost) Cult Classic video too, because it is a magnificent slice-of-life- and timecapsule-comedy.
And for this video: Once again excellent! Would’ve loved it to be five minutes longer with a bit more information - but only if available.
Great stuff all around as usual, good Sir!
Well needed comic relief from the great John Goodman.
always loved this movie. exactly the right amount of scary. super well made.
Earliest I've ever been. This movie scared the hell out of me when I was young. Love your videos, thanks.
Thank you for showing me that this amazing movie exists. After seeing this video I instantly bought it and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.
I adore this movie, it's one of my all time childhood favs! I even love the slip up of showing the spider glued to the piece of wood at the end of the film 😂🕷🕸 #classic
I love this movie. I have no fear of spiders. It’s just a quality, unironic film.
I was utterly shocked years after its initial release when I couldn’t find a
copy of it available to rent or purchase.
The realization that it was unappreciated was the true horror.
First watched this as a middle school kid at my friend's house, still remember it to this day, so much nostalgia
God, I absolutely loved this movie when I was young, at the same time I'm pretty sure it's fueled my fear of spiders since I saw it when I was like 6. Eight Legged Freaks was the fun version of this movie that I still love to this day.
I absolutely love Arachnophobia and it still freaks me out! I always check the toilet and the cereal box before hand! I feel like it's underrated!
I'm not particularly afraid of spiders but having that many large spiders on screen interacting with people freaks me out
i'm not afraid of a spider. i'm terrified of THOUSANDS of spiders!
Loving all your content, Joe! Just listened to the Quick Change podcast!
I have vague memories of this film, and I definitely remember thinking to myself about thirty minutes from the end: "I have got to finish this to see how they kill the things in case I need to fight them off in my nightmares."
I love this movie, I own it. I thought it would have been considered a cult classic, but now that I think of it, you're probably right. I hardly hear anyone speak of it anymore...this was one of those "fun to catch on TV" movies, back when I had cable in the 90's. Ah, good times.
One of my favorite father-daughter memories was laughing through all the jump scares with my dad seeing this in the movie theater! 👨👧
When I was a senior in high school in 1991, one day we were told that the whole school would watch a movie for a couple of periods using our "Channel One" classroom TVs. Very very strangely, this movie turned out to be Arachnophobia which had swearing and a lot of other thing that are probably inappropriate for 9th graders. I never found out why this happened, but having a mild case of arachnophobia myself, this wasn't a very good experience.
Great work Joe! This is the movie that got me into horror films, and you really did it justice. Would be awesome if you did Congo sometime soon.
Thanks Drew! Glad you’ve been enjoying my work
Saw this movie when I was pretty young, and it is entirely where my life long fear of spiders came from
It would certainly be a cult classic... if only it weren't for the fact that it was a definite commercial success.
Yeah as the reviewer himself says, it got basically positive reviews and wasn't a flop. It obviously isn't an iconic film like The Thing or Psycho, but it clearly isn't trying to be.
It may have been commercially successful, but it's fallen into obscurity. Nobody ever really talks about it.
@@frankreads8618 yes i noticed that too.
Holy baloney! John Goodman from Arachnophobia + Christopher Walken from Mouse Hunt???
Pure comedy gold right there! Genius!
I actually straight up love this movie 1st saw it as a kid back in the early nineties, and I've watched it several times since. Definitely a family favorite of ours growing up
This movie has been a family favorite for many years. Thanks for showing it some love.
A full on cult classic. I remember watching this with my parents as a kid and revisiting it a few years back and loving it. Great film
I've loved this film since I first saw it when I was 8. Stayed with me ever since. I think it's legitimately great today!
I guess I would’ve been 11 when this came out on video, and it was HUGE here. One of the first, if not the first, horror movies I was allowed to watch, so combined with how popular it was, it’s an important cultural milestone for me. I love it to this day!
This movie is special to me. I was at an age where I knew it was a scary movie, but I wasn't "scared," so I was kind of proud of myself and thought it was cool. It's always stuck with me because of that.
I love this movie so much. One movie that popped into my head recently that I think you might like is 'Crimewave'. It's over-the-top and bizarre.
Watched this A LOT growing up. Was one of the go to movies in the massive VHS collection at my dad's house in the summer.
I’d love a video on House or House 2 more specifically.
House 2 has John Katzenberg as a repair man and he’s the 2nd best character behind grandpa.
i saw House when i was way too young to appreciate it. it was just "ooh spooky movie, skelly man"
it's an interesting story though.
I love house one and two. The others not so much but whichever one has the singing pizza I like that part I think it’s house 3
I just checked the pizza is house 4 haha
This movie freaked me out as a kid and more than 30 years later I was still getting the heebie-jeebies watching the scenes.
I loved(and still do) this film as a kid. Me and my family would watch it all the time when I was younger. I havn't seen it in years. Thanks for making this and reminding me of how great it is.
I tried watching it as a kid, when it was released on cable. It freaked me out so bad I went to hide in the coat closet-- and ran right into a giant wolf spider on one of my dad's jackets. Haven't looked at them the same since!
That being said, I've been curious to watch it as an adult; just to A) see how much it creeps me out now, B) see how it's aged and C) to enjoy the story and characters again.
I taped this movie off of TV when I was a kid during a movie marathon where it was all bugs and stuff like The Fly, Them!, Arachnophobia and others. This movie and Goodmans performance has always been a standout for me.
What a coincidence - I just downloaded this film two days ago to give it a rewatch... will return to this video once I've done that, very nice.
Once again proving why this is the best movie channel on RUclips
Lol everytime i watch or see anything about this movie i always check my shoes before i put them on lol, and i get a tingly feeling as if something is crawling up my back!. Classic!!. Great video and thank you for recognizing this film.
Your videos are underrated.....very well researched and presented in an entertaining way...and for the most part even your opinions are "fair" (meaning you dont seem bias..like you give an honest take)....well done keep it up👏🏽👏🏽
And a great supporting cast of "hey it's... that guy!" character actors like Frances Bay and Roy Brocksmith.
I remember this movie, but not for watching it. Years ago when I was a kid my friends were going to have a sleepover and I was hanging out with them. They were about to watch the movie, but my mom wouldn’t let me stay. Never got to watch the movie. What could have been.
Arachnophobia was THE movie that scared me when I was a child. No movie surpassed it, but I loved it anyway. My favourite parts were when John Goodman was in the shot, as he was the hero character for me, as the exterminator. I now LOVE tarantulas and spiders though. Weird turn in my life. Thank you for listening to my story.
I'm 40 and this is my comfort movie. I sometimes watch this twice a week to once a month. I love it
I remember watching this as a kid. I've never forgotten about it, but also have never really felt the desire to go back to it.
I always thought it was jazzy how they tool the spider off the cover of a movie titled after the fear of spiders lol! I remember seeing this back in the day and using the restroom or taking a shower was pretty scary for a while lol!
Ghoulies 2 did that for a few people.
Hats off to Hats Off Entertainment for drawing attention to this gem. The spider in the shower scene forever changed my bathing habits
I watched this movie all the time as a kid. So much fun and thanks for making a video on it!
I hate spiders. And I watched this entire video. That's how much I appreciate your work.
(I am a horror junkie as well but I can't handle creepy crawlers)
That clip of take my breath away during the mating scene is a great edit!
My school mates and I saw this film about 5 times in the cinema, loved it. So good.
The thing I'll always remember about this is seeing it back to back with some other spider movie in Spanish at my great aunt's place in El Paso TX
Thanks for covering this. Love this movie.
I remember being really creeped out by the trailer as a kid (I was only about 7 or 8 when it would've come out)
Similar vein the original trailer for gremlins (before they ever showed gizmo or the gremlins and just little glimpses of them) kept me out of my creepy-ass basement for months.
Saw this first time out, and have loved it ever since. Great performances and characters, a real fun, thrillride of a movie.
One of the few films that still scare me after the 1st viewing love it!
Fun fact!
John Goodman plays an exterminator as well in an episode King of the Hill.
Ooh, I remember this movie! Even though I don't have arachnophobia, because of this movie, I would always check my bike helmet before putting it on, haha.
Also, as an Aussie, the spiders used look like the cousins to our Huntsmen spiders, who look big and terrifying, but are not deadly, and are usually seen solo as well. Thanks for covering this blast from the past!
oh Blast From the Past with Brendan Fraser. i liked that movie. i don't think most people do though.
Can’t believe you chose my favorite Tim Curry line from Congo I used to quote as a kid and weird people out at school. 😂
Dude, I love spider movies, and Arachnophobia is in the S tier.
That film proved you could take the concept, take it seriously, and still make a damn well crafted film without it falling into the schlock territory.
I love schlock, like Eight Legged Freaks (Which I think is also a cult classic comedy-horror), but there's something special when you can take a cheesy concept, and give it a proper budget and talent.
Arachnophobia and Tremors will always be some of my favorite creature features, because of those well crafted qualities.
Actually watched this recently and yes, it holds up.
A little surprised you didn't mention the trailer that was on the VHS of Ernest Goes to Jail where it was just a spider crawling over the title with dialogue of a family arguing over killing it. Years later, I still remember that.
John Goodman in this movie reminded me his role in Borrowers, also trying to fight a “small plague”
I was 5 yrs old when this came out on vhs, and for some reason I got to watch it with my parents. I have been a recovering arachnophobe ever since. Fantastic movie 😁
I discover so many great movies through this channel! Thanks!
one of my all time favorites, it balances the horror, suspense, humor and most of characterization so well.
this was one my favorite movies when I was a kid- rented it all the time!
True story: I got my Granny good with this movie. I timed it perfectly. I walked in the living room and told her about this "Super cool movie" they were running on ABC I think it was. Now this was before the channel guide was a thing. She flips it over there RIGHT WHEN the big, giant mom spider jumps at the camera.
She jumped near a damn foot.
The DVD shelf did a great review of this back in the early 10's.
As a kid this movie scared me to death but also I couldnt stop watching whenever it was on tv
Ironically, I got an ad for some forgotten 90s film called Dragonworld before this video. Talk about cult classics.
ALMOST? THIS IS A CULT CLASSIC! HELL, IT'S A CLASSIC. I love this movie (And I HATE spiders!!!)!
I thought this movie was a childhood fever dream, I’m happy I’ve found it again.