Story Line
A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.
“More terrifying than any horror known to man comes a creeping crawling monster whose towering fury no one can escape!”
Top Cast
John Agar
Dr. Matt Hastings
Mara Corday
Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton
Leo G. Carroll
Prof. Gerald Deemer
Nestor Paiva
Sheriff Jack Andrews
Ross Elliott
Joe Burch
Hank Patterson
Josh
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Rating
6.5/ 10
Release Date
1955-10-29
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Science FictionHorror
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User Reviews (4)
John Chard
8/10
•9/6/2014Can all mankind escape the terror of its dread embrace...
Professor Gerald Deemer has been working on a special nutrient that will help offset a predicted food shortage, the serum he has created escalates growth in his lab animals at an alarmingly...
r96sk
8/10
•1/6/2022Boy, does this show its age!* But, you know what, I really enjoyed it.
<em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/eight-legged-freaks/">Eight Legged Freaks</a>'</em>, eat your heart out! I seem to have found a new go-to Spider Rampage Flick™. To be...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•11/14/2022Allowing for the fact that the special effects are getting on for 65 years old, this is a cracking little sci-fi/horror feature. John Agar is the scientist on the trail of an industrial-sized spider that is wreaking havoc on a local Arizona community...
Wuchak
5/10
•3/12/2026**_A big axx spider threatens a desert town in the Southwest_**
This debuted almost three years before the similar “Earth vs the Spider.” It’s adult-oriented and scientifically based compared to the later flick, which involves teens and 50s’ rock ...