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Arachnophobia is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Frank Marshall released in USA on 20 july 1990 with Jeff Daniels

Arachnophobia (1990)

Arachnophobia
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Released in USA 20 july 1990
Length 1h43
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Science fiction,    Thriller,    Comedy,    Horror comedy,    Action,    Adventure,    Horror
Rating64% 3.2489153.2489153.2489153.2489153.248915

Arachnophobia is a 1990 American horror film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Jeff Daniels and John Goodman. It was the first film released by Hollywood Pictures, as well as being the directorial debut of Frank Marshall.

The story centers on a newly discovered Venezuelan spider being transported to a small American town that produces a new race of deadly spiders, which begin killing the town's residents one by one.

Shooting took place in Venezuela and California and the film was released in the United States on July 18, 1990. It was a modest commercial success, gaining $53.21 million at the box office. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Synopsis

Entomologist Dr. James Atherton (Julian Sands) searches the Amazon rainforest with the hope of discovering new species of insects and arachnids. Descending into an enormous sinkhole, his team sets up collectors on the ground below a large tree, then blow smoke up into the canopy of the tree. A large number of bugs fall into the collector, including a very aggressive new species of spider. The spider is captured and chloroformed for research; and is later revealed to be lacking sex organs, thus making it a drone, or soldier, highly unusual in an arachnid species. A nature photographer, Jerry Manley (Mark L. Taylor), who has been suffering a fever while traveling with the team, unknowingly has a fertile (non-drone) male spider of the same species jump into his backpack, that night sneaking into his sleeping bag and biting him. Manley has a massive seizure from the venom and dies. The remainder of the scientists takes his body back to the United States, blaming Manley's death on the preexisting fever. The spider crawls into the box and is sealed in with the corpse.

Actors

Jeff Daniels

(Dr. Ross Jennings)
Julian Sands

(Doctor James Atherton)
Harley Jane Kozak

(Molly Jennings)
John Goodman

(Delbert McClintock)
Brian McNamara

(Chris Collins)
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