Earth vs the Spider
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Earth vs the Spider

Duration:
73 min
Genres:
Horror | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
4
Director:
Bert I. Gordon
Details
Country: USA
Filming Locations: Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Ed Kemmer
Professor Art Kingman
June Kenney
Carol Flynn
Eugene Persson
Mike Simpson
Gene Roth
Sheriff Cagle
Hal Torey
Mr. Simpson
June Jocelyn
Mrs. Jack Flynn
Mickey Finn
Sam Haskel
Sally Fraser
Mrs. Helen Kingman
Troy Patterson
Joe
Skip Young
Sam the Bass Player
Howard Wright
Jake
Bill Giorgio
Deputy Sheriff Pete Sanders
Hank Patterson
Hugo the Janitor
Jack Kosslyn
Mr. Fraser
Bob Garnet
Pest Control Man
Shirley Falls
Switchboard Operator
Robert Tetrick
Deputy Sheriff Dave (as Bob Tetrick)
George Stanley
Man in Cavern
David Tomack
Power Line Foreman
Merritt Stone
Jack Flynn
Dick D'Agostin
Pianist (uncredited)
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Trivia
In one scene, one of the teenagers is seen with issue #1 of "Famous Monsters of Filmland".
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This was filmed as "The Spider". Prior to completion, the title was changed to "Earth vs. The Spider" and that was used for the main title on the film itself. When The Fly (1958) became a blockbuster for 20th Century Fox, American International decided to ride on their success by changing the title back to simply "The Spider" on all advertising material. The main title on the film itself was never changed.
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Paul Blaisdell had created a small makeup appliance ("about the size and weight of a postage stamp") meant to go on the live tarantula's back to make it look like it had "eerie, catlike" eyes, but this was never used.
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Goofs
The exterminators lay down a spray of 50 percent DDT to flood the entire cavern, yet only bring enough gas masks for half the people in the cave.
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Throughout the movie, most split scenes simultaneously showing the spider on a miniature set and humans on a real set (street scenes, in the cavern, the high school auditorium, etc.) are badly done and obvious, with different lighting, mismatched sets and a large dark border marking the separation between the miniature footage and the full-sized film.
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When Mike and Carol are exchanging notes, Carol takes the paper and can clearly be seen to write three separate lines of text (ie: she returns to the left-hand margin and begins writing three times), yet when Mike looks at what she's written, it is shown as only two lines.
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Quotes
Mr. Kingman: Well, speaking of spiders - are you sure rifles are just the thing? Insects have a pretty simple nervous system, sheriff. You could plug holes in one all day and never hit a vital spot. If you want to be on the safe side, call the pest control people in Springdale and have 'em send out all the DDT they can find.
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Sheriff Cagle: [to a deputy after finding a desiccated body in a cave] Uh, you get back to town and make up a coroner's report. Just put down Jack Flynn as the name and the cause of death... uh...
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Photos from cast
Nancy Kilgas
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