Arachnophobia

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First time viewed: No
Current Release: No
Watched With: Jordan, Amberly

Such an Amblin Entertainment film. Frank Marshall directs, Kathleen Kennedy produces. Made in 1990 so it still has that 80's vide to it. And it's a lot of fun. And if you're scared of spiders it's also horrifying. I happen to love spiders and the film.

This is yet another film I grew up on and watched repetitively but haven't seen in a very long time. But of course as soon as it started it all came flooding back. There's a reason all these Amblin films were so popular. Those guys knew what they were doing. You can see it in the structure of this film, the script, the action, the characters, the editing and music. It's not the greatest film ever made it it's so confident.

Jeff Daniels as the lead is wonderful too. John Goodman is hilarious.

This one has a hell of a climax. I think it was bigger in my memory of it though, rewatching it again it went by pretty quickly, but when that house gets completely taken over it's pretty unnerving, even for someone who loves spiders. I imagine this would have caused many a nightmare as it's much darker than that trailer makes out. Hehehehe