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 Spider Baby (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Studio: WDark Sky Films / Production Year: 1964 / Actors: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. ... more  Spider Baby (DVD) ... Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Jill BannerNewest Review: ... of humour on display. This isn't an out and out horror comedy in the style of A Bucket of Blood, nor does it have the ... more ... slightly camp grotesquery of James Whale's films (The Old Dark House, Bride of Frankenstein). This is one of the first films that manages to combine genuine thrills with warped humour, and as such is as a forerunner of the likes of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the work of David Lynch.
The star of the film (although 'star' might be overstating things somewhat) is Lon Chaney Jr, who plays Bruno - it was quite common to get ageing horror icons to appear in low-budget horror films of the era. He'd been the most important...more |
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Spider Baby (DVD): This cannibal orgy is strange to behold (1094 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 08.01.08 (Very useful, 101 readings)
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A review of just the film. There's a very good region 1 DVD release available on amazon for about £7. This is a great American horror comedy from 1964 (although not released until 68). It's one of those low-budget, quirky American horrors of the early 60s, which show considerable flair and imagination (see also Carnival of Souls). The director, Jack Hill, went on to a reasonably prolific career in 70s exploitation (he directed the excellent girl-gang movie Switchblade Sisters). There's a family, the Merryes, living somewhere rural. As is explained in an almost straight-faced prologue, members of the family suffer from a rare genetic disorder whereby ...
