Earth vs. the Spider (1958)

Directed by

Bert Ira Gordon

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A giant spider terrorizes a small town. The local teenagers and authorities try to stop it.

datedcampycreepylow-budgetmonster-focusedsmall-townblack-and-whitepulp

What happens

Earth vs. the Spider (a.k.a. The Spider) is an independently made 1958 American black-and-white science fiction horror film produced and directed for Santa Rosa Productions by Bert I. Gordon, who also provided the plot upon which the screenplay by George Worthing Yates and Laszlo Gorog was based. Though the title suggests a global crisis, the film focuses entirely on a small town being terrorized by a giant spider. The film stars Ed Kemmer, June Kenney and Eugene Persson. The special effects were by Bert I. Gordon, Flora M. Gordon, Thol Simonson and Paul Blaisdell. Earth vs. the Spider was released in Los Angeles on October 31, 1958, by American International Pictures and played as a double feature in different film markets with either The Brain Eaters, The Screaming Skull or Terror from the Year 5000. Walter Keller and Bill Calvert were Set designers, Albert Glasser did the music, and Marty Moss and John W. Rogers were assistant directors on the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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