Episode 105: Arachnophobia

Nighthawks' Podcast

English - August 07, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
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Ol' Matt and Trevor

Did Dare to Endeavor

To watch a film by Frank Marshall

Along Came Some Spiders

And they were venomous biters

To this Amblin Thrillomedy we're partial

It's the late Frank Marshall's directorial debut: Arachnophobia. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, the movie was branded as (god only knows why) a "Thrillomedy," seeking to give wide audiences a movie that would scare them silly.

Starring Jeff Daniels, John Goodman, and Julian Sands; Arachnophobia is the PG-13 killer spider thriller that gave the heebie jeebies to younger versions of Matt and Trevor. On the film's 30th anniversary, does it hold up?

Or is it a desiccated and dried up husk?