Earth Vs. The Spider

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Earth Vs. The Spider (1958, USA) is a Giant Monster film directed by Bert I. Gordon.

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Main Details

  • Released in 1958
  • B&W
  • Running Time: 73 Min.
  • Production Co: Santa Rosa Productions
  • Distribution Co: American International Pictures (AIP) (1958) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Bert I. Gordon
  • Written by Bert I. Gordon, László Görög, George Worthing Yates
  • Starring Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth, Hal Torey
  • Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, Bert I. Gordon, James H. Nicholson, Henry Schrage
  • Original Music by Albert Glasser
  • Cinematography by Jack A. Marta

Plot Summary

  • Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.

Also Known As

  • Earth vs. the Giant Spider
  • Die Rache der schwarzen Spinne (Germany)
  • The Spider (USA) (promotional title)
  • La Vendetta del ragno nero (Italy)
  • Vengeance of the Black Spider (Italy)

Taglines

  • It Must Eat You to Live!
  • 50 tons of creeping black horror!
  • Bullets...won't kill it! Flames...can't burn it! Nothing...can stop it!
  • [The Spider] will eat you alive!
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