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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788815256
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788815253
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 15, 1999
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 10578
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 18, 1990
Editorial Review:
Description:
Hollywood Pictures and Amblin Entertainment deliver the year's most electrifying big-screen roller coaster ride of a movie! Everyone is afraid of something ... for Dr. Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels), his phobia is downright embarrassing. But when he moves his family to a small town, the one thing that bugs him most is now harming the townspeople at an alarming rate. For this unlikely hero, overcoming a childhood fear of spiders might just save the community, but it may already be too late! Directed by Frank Marshall (Executive Producer, BACK TO THE FUTURE, Producer, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK) and also starring John Goodman, this critically acclaimed breathtaking hit entertains with its terrific mix of thrills, chills, and laughter!
Amazon.com:
Most horror movies depend on giant monsters; Arachnophobia gets just as many thrills out of creatures only a few inches long. A scientist (Julian Sands, Warlock, A Room with a View) who's hunting a vicious new species of spider in Venezuela unknowingly ships one back to the U.S. It ends up in a small town where a new doctor (Jeff Daniels, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Something Wild) is trying to establish a practice. When his patients start suddenly dying, Daniels suspects spiders--but no one takes him seriously because he's had a phobia about spiders since childhood. Arachnophobia builds a slow but relentless sense of menace and creepiness, mixed with a sneaky satire of small town life. If you're squeamish about spiders, this will get under your skin. Also featuring the ever-dependable John Goodman (The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink) as a comically zealous exterminator. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - FUN AND CREEPY! 3 1/2 STARS!
This is a perfect starter for Halloween, just enough scares and fun to get you in the mood. 'Arachnophobia' would have been an even better film if it was scarier and funnier. It all seems pretty "middle of the road" to me. It's an enjoyable film unless you can't handle watching spiders, but it seems a bit uneven in tone. The DVD transfer is OK, but could be improved also. All in all, it's a good family horror movie, nothing too intense, but a lot of fun.
Rating: - A little too corny, but it has its moments...
If you can get past the corn factor here then `Arachnophobia' can be a lot of fun. It's chilling at times, especially if you are afraid of spiders (I am deathly afraid, so yes, I was itching all over) but the film has enough comedic timing to offset the would-be fright-fest.
The film opens with scientist who specializes in spiders trying to find a new species in Venezuela. When one of the spiders makes its way back to the states in a coffin (it bit someone) it soon begins breeding ... Read More
Rating: - Just barely within the tolerance level for real arachnophobics
Arachnophobia is one of the most common phobias, and one of the
strongest among those subject to it. I tend to be one of those and so
have never much enjoyed horror films featuring giant or menacing
spiders. Although I was uncomfortable during "Arachnophobia", it was
tolerable. This and "Eight Legged Freaks" are my two favorite spider
films.
"Arachnophobia" benefits from an excellent script, great casting,
uniformly good performances, and the injection ... Read More
Rating:  - Great spider horror film!
A new kind of spider is accidently taken back to a small town where it mates with a normal house spider. You can already tell what's gonna happen. People dying. These aren't any ordinary spiders. These are spiders that if they bite you-you're dead within 10 seconds. It's that scary!!!
I don't really have arachnophobia. But after watching this movie, I think I did for a while! This movie is just full of creepiness. After watching it I think we all feel a little different about spiders! ... Read More
Rating: - Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia is the only movie that I have ever screamed at the top of my lungs at and that has made me hide under a blanket. I'm not even really afraid of spiders! It also has the perfect amount of comic relief. I've never giggled at a movie I thought was so scarey.
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