A disturbed teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against her "enemies."A disturbed teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against her "enemies."A disturbed teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against her "enemies."
Ernesto Macias
- Walter Bradley
- (as Eric Mason)
Jay Scott
- Bo Richards
- (as Jay Scott Neal)
Ron Prather
- Bob Havens
- (as Ronald Prather)
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When you look at the poster or the VHS cover, you think this is going to be some kind of horrible boring B movie that flunked before it even hit theaters. Well, in some ways it's absolutely ridiculous. Other ways, it's frightfully disturbing and suspenseful. The Tarantulas used are actually a quite expensive and sought after species, the Mexican Red knee. Completely harmless, we make the venom of these spiders look like they can kill virtually in an instant. That's silly to me, but to others it might prove quite chilling. The crazy part is the family life of the poor young woman. Incest, murder, bullying, I'm amazed the poor girl wasn't in an asylum. I'll say this much, this film will leave you with your mouth agape in disgust and amazement. I really liked it.
Storyline
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- TriviaThere are four family members that are in this film. Beverly Eddins (mom) plays the mother, Martha Bradley, W. James Eddins (dad) plays Sgt. Wes Matthews, Rebecca Eddins (older daughter) plays Susan Bradley at age 10, and Susan Eddins (younger daughter) plays Susan at age 5.
- GoofsWhen Susan is lying on her bed reading a book, before her uncle enters the room, she is wearing stockings. Moments later, when her uncle accosts her and they are wrestling on the staircase, she is no longer wearing stockings.
- Quotes
Walter Bradley: [repeated multiple times during the final scene] SUSAN!
- ConnectionsFeatured in TJ and the All Night Theatre: Kiss of the Tarantula (1981)
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Tarantula
- Filming locations
- Pickwick Drive-In, 1100 W. Alameda Ave., Burbank, California, USA(location of Drive-In scenes)
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- Budget
- $200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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