Tarantula
- Horror
- Science Fiction
A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.
- Directed by
- Jack Arnold
- Written by
- Robert M. Fresco, Martin Berkeley
Cast
- John Agar
- Mara Corday
Leo G. Carroll- Nestor Paiva
- Ross Elliott
- Hank Patterson
- Eddie Parker
- Bert Holland
- Raymond Bailey
- Steve Darrell
- Edwin Rand
- Wag Blesing
Keywords
- absurd
- monster
- scientist
- desert
- secret experiment
- animal horror
- giant spider
- heroine
- small town
- black and white
- giant monster
- experiment
- hotel lobby
- mortuary
- in-home laboratory
- laboratory
- isolated house
- experiment gone awry
- napalm
- spider venom
- southwest desert
- deformation
- small town doctor
- acromegaly
- lab animals
- military to the rescue
- flatbed truck
- sheriff's office
- deserted road
- skeletal remains
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