Tarantula

Tarantula (1955, USA) is a Eco-Terror film directed by Jack Arnold.

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Featured in: Terror in The Aisles | The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection 1 & 2
Included in: Nature Strikes Back! 10 Eco-Terror Classics | GCDB Titles

Released in 1955
B & W
Running Time: 80 Min.
Production Co: Universal International Pictures (UI)
Distribution Co: Universal Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical) | Universal Pictures (1956) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Directed by Jack Arnold
Written by Robert M. Fresco, Martin Berkeley, Jack Arnold
Starring John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, Ross Elliott
Produced by William Alland
Original Music by Henry Mancini, Herman Stein
Cinematography by George Robinson
Film Editing by William Morgan

A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.

Even Science was stunned!
Science-fiction's most terrifying thrill!
More terrifying than any horror known to man comes a creeping crawling monster whose towering fury no one can escape!
Science's Deadliest Accident
Bullets Can't Stop It! Dynamite Can't Kill It!
Giant spider strikes! Crawling terror 100 feet high!
Monster Spider...crawling terror 100 feet high!
Researchers seeking clue! Can anything escape it?