Movies Arachnophobia 1990 movie...

[Randlewand]

As a kid with arachnophobia, watching this movie scared the absolute shit out of me. I don't remember any parts of it really being funny, and I was too young to even appreciate the shower scene.

I'm thinking I should rewatch to see if its just a ridiculous flick, or if it is actually freaky. Anyone here see this movie back in the day?

 

[Zer]

This the last thing people need to watch during a pandemic when they're stuck in their houses at the mercy of the bugs

 

[JabToucher]

This will help bring said fear back..

 

[FreeGold]

Underrated classic horror movie. That scene when all the spiders are crawling through the house haunted me for years as a child.

 

[ufcfan4]

Couldn't enjoy it as a kid- never watched it all through but saw plenty of scenes when it aired on TV. Just freaked me out too much.

I had/have a legitimate problem with bugs and arachnids.

That said, Daniels and Goodman- worth a watch for those awesome actors in and of itself.

 

[Simple Southerner]

I hate spiders

 

[Graves The Elder]

never saw it.
and never will...unless
there's a line in it where someone says "What a tangled web we weave..."

 

[Osculater]

As a kid with arachnophobia, watching this movie scared the absolute shit out of me. I don't remember any parts of it really being funny, and I was too young to even appreciate the shower scene.

I'm thinking I should rewatch to see if its just a ridiculous flick, or if it is actually freaky. Anyone here see this movie back in the day?

That screen shot looks like a spinner is gonna be smashed by a bbc

 

[Randlewand]

I kill almost any spider that makes its way into my house. I tolerate some grey widows in my basement, and jumping spiders are ok, but anything else dies a quick death. Big fisherman / wolf spiders and web spiders freak the shit out of me.

 

[Osculater]

I remember movie being a fun flick and I was rooting John Goodman to fvck those spiders up

 

[hohner]

Eat some mushrooms before you watch it imo

 

[Osculater]

I kill almost any spider that makes its way into my house. I tolerate some grey widows in my basement, and jumping spiders are ok, but anything else dies a quick death. Big fisherman / wolf spiders and web spiders freak the shit out of me.

I'm the opposite I try to protect spiders at all times

 

[Osculater]

Eat some mushrooms before you watch it imo

Mix some molly with it too

 

[squeakymcgill]

Dude we're on the same wavelength literally watching it right now.

 

[hohner]

Mix some molly with it too

I was thinking ketamine but what the hell do I know.

 

[Amerikuracana]

It's a decent movie. Kind of a time capsule for that time period in movies. It was marketed poorly at the time, which I figured out as a 10-11 year old. They wanted it to be a comedy, but it really wasn't. It was a drama with comic relief and some horror elements. They even tried (and failed) to market it as a "Thrill-omedy." Major League was around the same time, and although it had far more comedy, it was still more of a drama with excessive comic relief. The way dudes act in comedies now, with the stuttering speech and weird ass fast talk dialogue.. It's fkn stupid and looks nothing like life. They look like bitches. I would prefer comedies like 'Major League' make a return.

 

[Randlewand]

Eat some mushrooms before you watch it imo

That sounds like one of the worst experiences possible in life.

 

[Osculater]

I was thinking ketamine but what the hell do I know.

Ketamine? That's a good idea then he can't move after he freaks out

 

[hohner]

That sounds like one of the worst experiences possible in life.

We won't know that until you try it.

 

[ufcfan4]

It's a decent movie. Kind of a time capsule for that time period in movies. It was marketed poorly at the time, which I figured out as a 10-11 year old. They wanted it to be a comedy, but it really wasn't. It was a drama with comic relief and some horror elements. They even tried (and failed) to market it as a "Thrill-omedy." Major League was around the same time, and although it had far more comedy, it was still more of a drama with excessive comic relief. The way dudes act in comedies now, with the stuttering speech and weird ass fast talk dialogue.. It's fkn stupid and looks nothing like life. They look like bitches. I would prefer comedies like 'Major League' make a return.

I think of a film like Gremlins too (which, almost assuredly, was an inspiration to Arachnophobia) where it certainly had humor in it but it was largely a horror film. That's a classic and I don't think you see a lot of films like that with the fusing of genres these days.