Arachnid

2001
R
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

4.0/10

3.3K

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A scientific expedition investigating the outbreak of an unknown viral epidemic on an island in the south Pacific battles with a giant alien spider in the jungle.

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A scientific expedition investigating the outbreak of an unknown viral epidemic on an island in the south Pacific battles with a giant alien spider in the jungle.A scientific expedition investigating the outbreak of an unknown viral epidemic on an island in the south Pacific battles with a giant alien spider in the jungle.A scientific expedition investigating the outbreak of an unknown viral epidemic on an island in the south Pacific battles with a giant alien spider in the jungle.

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IMDb RATING

4.0/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Chris Potter

Lev Valentine

Alex Reid

Loren Mercer

José Sancho

Dr. Samuel Leon

Neus Asensi

Susana

Ravil Isyanov

Henry Capri

Luis Lorenzo Crespo

Reyes
(as Luis Lorenzo)

Rocqueford Allen

Bear

Jesús Cabrero

Lightfoot

Robert Vicencio

Toe Boy
(as Robert Gabriel Vicencio)

Héctor Chiquín

Native 1

Conejo Wilson

Native 2

Fausto Gualsaqui

Native 3

Gavin Sims

Cult Member (2001)
(uncredited)

Director
- Jack Sholder
Writer
- Mark Sevi
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Trivia
Director Jack Sholder has said this about the film: "I basically did it for the money and it was a stupid script. I got to live in Barcelona for six months and, you know, they paid me well. Everything was good except I had to go to work everyday and shoot a dumb script. I haven't seen that one since, you know, I made it. And some people say 'Oh well, it's actually better than you think', but I basically tell people to avoid that one."

Goofs
When Valentine (Chris Potter) tells Mercer "Just help me get these people out of here and I'll come back with you" around 51 minutes in, Mercer (Alex Reid) opens her mouth to reply but only the voice of the doctor (José Sancho), who had just walked into their perspective, can be heard, making it sound like Mercer is talking with a man's voice as no audio whatsoever is heard coming from her mouth.

Connections
Featured in The Kovak Box (2006)

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Featured review

6/10

Scuttling alien spider thingy attacks scientists in the South Pacific.

I don't mind admitting that spiders freak me out and the idea of flesh burrowing parasites....well, they make my skin crawl. So it's not surprising that big bug creature features are amongst my favourite horror movies; they can unsettle me without even trying.

Arachnid, produced by Brian Yuzna and directed by Jack Sholder (who helmed the fun flick The Hidden and the abysmal Nightmare on Elm Street 2) is a 'by-the-numbers' effort which, despite being extremely predictable, entertains with its impressive (and often yucky) effects by Steve Johnson.

When a UFO explodes over some South Pacific islands, a deadly creature is let loose which causes havoc amongst the natives. A team of scientists are sent to investigate and are soon fighting for their lives against a mutant monster that is part alien and part spider.

Chock full of clichés, Sholder's low budget bug-fest isn't going to win any awards for originality and doesn't make a lot of sense, but with its attractive spunky heroine Mercer (Alex Reid), busty doctor (Neus Asensi) and its (sometimes, quite literally) eye-popping gore, I found it to be a reasonably entertaining monster movie.