Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth, Hal Torey ...( see more  see more... ) , June Jocelyn , Mickey Finn

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

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Directed by: Bert I. Gordon

Release Date: September 1, 1958

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  • July 19, 2009
    This is a true gem from the world of unintentionally comic monster movies. A giant spider arises from the earth and vents its rage against all humanity. It is knocked senseless and then brought back to town where it is awoken by Rock and Roll music (Egads! The evils of Rock and R...( read more)oll!) Along with a witty script, there are scenes of a rope-net 'web', a tarantula (which even in black and white is obviously not the same spider throughout the film) walking over shoe-boxes posing as houses, a giant full-size prop which looks nothing like a spider's leg, and strange dubbed-on roaring noises. There are some tarantulas which can make hissing noises by rubbing the bristles on their jaws together, but I can't say I've ever heard any spider growling or roaring. That said, this film is great entertainment whether you love or hate spiders.
  • November 13, 2007
    It's fun for what it is. I enjoy giant monster/bug movies and this was fun. Not on the same level as "Tarantula" or "The Black Scorpion" but still fun.
  • November 10, 2007
    Earth vs. the Spider Summary:
    A man driving along a lonely back road at night is suddenly startled by what he sees, and is promptly killed by something that crashes through his windshield. The next day, in the nearby town of River Falls, teenagers Carol Flynn (June Kenney) and M...( read more)ike Simpson (Gene Persson) decide to go looking for her father, who didn't get home last night. They find his wrecked truck and enter a nearby cave to begin searching for him. There they find his blood-covered hat and other signs of human remains and, as they go deeper inside, suddenly get trapped in a huge web -- then they spot its maker, a spider the size of a small house. They manage to escape and alert the county sheriff (Gene Roth), who doesn't take them seriously but does heed the warning of Mr. Kingman (Ed Kemmer), the science teacher at the local high school, to bring a pest-control crew along with his deputies, and a tanker loaded with DDT. They encounter the creature, and, after losing one of their men, dispatch it with the insecticide. Kingman persuades the sheriff to bring the carcass into town so that he can arrange to have it studied, leaving it in storage at the high school recreation room, for lack of anywhere bigger to keep it. As it turns out, the creature isn't dead, just stunned. As the local rock & roll band rehearses, the giant spider comes to bloodthirsty consciousness, breaking out of the building and ravaging the town. Bullets won't hurt it -- as Kingman says, you could punch holes in it all day without hitting a vital spot -- and the town is soon cut off when the telephone lines are knocked down. They get one break when the creature heads back to its cave; what the sheriff and Kingman don't know is that also out at the cave, not knowing of the events in town, and searching for a momento from her father, are Carol and Mike. The sheriff and Kingman intend to seal the cave up forever with TNT, but once they find out that the kids are in there, they know they've got to go in to find them, which means killing the spider outright. That's when Kingman devises a plan to electrocute it, if they can get to it before it goes too deep inside the caverns, and in time to save the two teenagers.
  • October 6, 2007
    Bad movie, but I love the thing. In particular how there's 'always' a reason to head back in the direction of the spider. Much better if you can catch it on MST3K though.
  • October 3, 2007
    That movie looks fun to watch.

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