Movie · Comedy · Horror

After a nature photographer (Mark L. Taylor) dies on assignment in Venezuela, a poisonous spider hitches a ride in his coffin to his hometown in rural California, where arachnophobe Dr. Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels) has just moved in with his wife, Molly (Harley Jane Kozak), and young son. As town residents start turning up dead, Jennings begins to suspect spiders, and must face his fears as he and no-nonsense exterminator Delbert McClintock (John Goodman) fight to stop a deadly infestation.

1990 · 1h 49m
Director Frank Marshall

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Arachnophobia

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After a nature photographer (Mark L. Taylor) dies on assignment in Venezuela, a poisonous spider hitches a ride in his coffin to his hometown in rural California, where arachnophobe Dr. Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels) has just moved in with his wife, Molly (Harley Jane Kozak), and young son. As town residents start turning up dead, Jennings begins to suspect spiders, and must face his fears as he and no-nonsense exterminator Delbert McClintock (John Goodman) fight to stop a deadly infestation.

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Average 7.1
Reviews 46
Fresh 43
Rotten 3

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Studio
Hollywood Pictures
Released
1990
Run Time
1 hr 49 min
Rated
N-13
Region of Origin
United States
© 1990 HOLLYWOOD PICTURES

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Russian (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Hebrew , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.