Jeff Daniels
Dr. Ross Jennings
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Dark Comedy Comedy Horror Thriller. A new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify young Dr. Ross Jennings, who is newly arrived in town with his family. Director. Frank Marshall.
Arachnophobia is a 1990 American horror comedy film directed by Frank Marshall in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Don Jakoby and Wesley Strick.
A new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify young Dr. Ross Jennings, who is newly arrived in town with his family.
Everyone is afraid of something. For Dr. Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels), his phobia is downright embarrassing. But when he moves his family to a small town, th...
Arachnophobia (1990) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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...
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- Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
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Jul 18, 1990 · The bright young doctor, hero of “Arachnophobia,” is played by Jeff Daniels as a man who literally has a paralyzing fear of spiders. He moves with his wife (Harley Jane Kozak) and their kids into one of those charming little Victorians you find only on the back lots of movie studios.
Jul 20, 1990 · A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring.
Synopsis. Referring to the fear of spiders, Arachnophobia features a particularly deadly species of spider that manages to make its way from the Venezuelan rain forest to a small California town, thanks to the many oversights of entomologist Julian Sands.
May 26, 2005 · Arachnophobia (1990), Marshall's directorial debut, is a horror picture about killer spiders that's part funny, part frightening, and wall-to-wall icky. It's so infectiously goofy, you forgive any first-timer missteps.
