Tarantula

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Tarantula

1955

1h 20m

Sci-Fi

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Desert scientists (John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll) try to stop a fortified spider the size of a building.

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

12/28/2020

7/10

I really enjoyed this kind of movie... Universal creature features, those are kind of my favorite films.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

05/18/2019

As much science fiction as horror, the film is stuffed with pseudo-scientific gobbledygook that the cast do a commendable job of selling.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

05/04/2019

3/4

Eventually, it's up to Clint Eastwood to try and save the day. No, really.

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Paul Mount

Starburst

09/17/2018

8/10

Tarantula is no-nonsense, no-frills stuff.

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Rob Humanick

Suite101.com

10/21/2011

3/5

The tongue-in-cheek tone would foreshadow another monster movie set in the desert, the nearly unsurpassed 1990 throwback Tremors.

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

06/30/2011

7/10

... the evil unleashed on human society is the deliberate product of scientific hubris rather than atomic radiation gone astray.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Oct 30

Success in 1 hour and 20 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed in color and black and white versions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ted B

@Movieaddicted Sep 21

3.5 stars; A real classic creature feature from the mid-1950s. Universal recreated an era of monster flicks in that era that rivaled their successes in the 1930s and 1940s. Front and center were giant insect films like "Tarantula", "The Deadly Mantis", "The Beginning of the End", and "Them". Watching this film brings back pleasant (drive-in) memories, but we won't go there. Ha! Enjoy!

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Roy B

@ArBeeMovies Aug 30

While a bit cheesy by today's standards, it was released two years before I was born. I first saw it when I was around 6 years old. THIS movie, along with The Incredible Shrinking Man, I fully blame for my fear of spiders. Can't remember the number of times I worried about spiders larger than me when entering a dark room. Cheese it may be, but frightfully terrifying cheese to a young mind.

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Blake C

Jun 16

Really a scary and a classic really hope someday it's gets a modern remake definitely recommend if you into spider movies

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Haunted by H

Dec 23

Classic 1950s Atomic Age monster movie has a giant tarantula terrorizing a Western town. This camp classic is even more fun to watch, knowing that Clint Eastwood saves the day.

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Daniel C. M

10/13/2024

One of the better creature features from the time, directed by the Sci-Fi master Jack Arnold. The effects still hold up today and is genuinely terrifying at many parts. It's pacing can be quite irritating though.

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Synopsis

Desert scientists (John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll) try to stop a fortified spider the size of a building.

Director: Jack Arnold
Producer: William Alland
Screenwriter: Robert M. Fresco, Martin Berkeley
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 4, 1955, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2017
Runtime: 1h 20m

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