Anyone else seen Spider Baby?

daveblackeye15 · November 06, 2012, 05:46:08 PM

I watched it as a teenager and while I don't think I was quite like my other MTV generation I remember being bored and not liking it. Hell I barely remember any of it. So I'm curious if it is worth a re-watch or not. I faintly remember one reviewer praising it and I have no clue who it was.

Kaseykockroach · November 06, 2012, 07:48:39 PM

The title is so misleading.

Rev. Powell · November 06, 2012, 07:55:16 PM

I think it's an absolute classic. The atmosphere is subtle, but beyond bizarre. You were probably just too young when you watched it.

Kaseykockroach · November 06, 2012, 08:11:18 PM

I wanted a half human infant-half arachnid creature.

Pilgermann · November 07, 2012, 01:07:10 AM

That's a great film! Totally demented but funny, maybe even slightly touching for a moment. I can't say anything bad about it.

RCMerchant · November 07, 2012, 05:11:34 AM

It's got Lon Chaney Jr.,Mantan Moreland in a cameo (getting his ear cut off!),and an early role for Sid Haig!
Plus cannabilism!
Lon also sings the opening theme!
I love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RT9OGzXL4

The Burgomaster · November 07, 2012, 12:12:55 PM

I have it on DVD. It's worth seeing, but it's not the kind of movie I will watch repeatedly. There are other "cult classics" that I would choose to watch before this one.

Ozzymandias · November 07, 2012, 09:52:24 PM

Ozzymandias speaks: One of my favorites. The humor is a little strange, but that for me is what makes it fun. I also love Jill Banner as Virginia. She is also in another film I like The President's Analyst.

Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

the ghoul · November 08, 2012, 10:01:00 PM

I like this one a lot, but if you didn't like it at all then, I don't see why you would like it any better now.

jimpickens · November 10, 2012, 12:17:34 AM

Saw this movie on TCM and I love it I believe this movie is where Rob Zombie got his idea for House Of 1,000 Corpses.

RCMerchant · November 10, 2012, 06:07:48 AM

SPIDER BABY walks the line of horror and comedy.
So does films like the EVIL DEAD 2-enjoy it-it is what it is.

Lon Chaney saying "There's a full moon tonight" makes it for me.

Allhallowsday · November 10, 2012, 12:58:19 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on November 07, 2012, 05:11:34 AM
It's got Lon Chaney Jr.,Mantan Moreland in a cameo (getting his ear cut off!),and an early role for Sid Haig!
Plus cannabilism!
Lon also sings the opening theme!
I love it...!

Don't forget BEVERLY WASHBURN is in there, and CAROL OHMART too...!
SPIDER BABY stinks. Of course I love it and own it on DVD.

Archivist · November 19, 2012, 04:26:52 AM

This is the only Spider Baby I know of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9Yq5UPNe8