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Tarantula (1955) was a Horror - Science Fiction Film directed by Jack Arnold and produced by William Alland.

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Tarantula

By Barry P. on Apr 18, 2021 From Cinematic Catharsis

(1955) Directed by Jack Arnold; Written by Robert M. Fresco and Martin Berkeley; Story by Jack Arnold and Robert M. Fresco; Starring: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva and Ross Elliott; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ***½ Dr. Matt Hastings (John Agar): “But wh... Read full article

Monsters and Matinees: ‘Tarantula’ – Or why I’m afraid to look out my bedroom window

By Toni Ruberto on Nov 27, 2019 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Tarantula – Or why I’m afraid to look out my bedroom window My childhood bedroom had two windows: one by the headboard and one near the other end of the bed. They were great to let a cool breeze in the room, but they also held a darker side where my overactive imagination freely roame... Read full article

Tarantula (1955)

By Beatrice on Feb 13, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Tarantula Directed by Jack Arnold Written by Robert M. Fresco and Martin Berkeley; story by Fresco and Arnold 1955/USA Universal International Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental This is a very solid example of the giant mutant animal genre.  Also may be your only opportunity to see Leo G. Car... Read full article

Tarantula (1955, Jack Arnold)

on Feb 10, 2012 From The Stop Button

Science may make monsters, but the morale of the story–according to Tarantula anyway–is the Air Force will always be there to bomb such monsters back to the Stone Age. The problem with Tarantula is fairly simple… it’s not a movie about a giant tarantula. Oh, it might have roo... Read full article

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Tarantula Quotes:

Sheriff Jack Andrews: What have you git, Matt?
Dr. Matt Hastings: I don't know, but we've got to keep our mouths shut until we know.
Prof. Gerald Deemer: The history of medicine is the history of the unusual;
Prof. Gerald Deemer: The disease of hunger, like most diseases, well, it spreads. There are 2 billion people in the world today. In 1975 there'll be 3 billion. In the year 2000, there'll be 3,625,000,000. The world may not be able to produce enough food to feed all these people. Now perhaps you'll understand what an inexpensive nutrient will mean.
Dr. Matt Hastings: Well, not many of us look that far in the future, sir.
Prof. Gerald Deemer: Our business is the future. No man can do it on his own, of course. You don't pull it out of your hat like a magician's rabbit. You - well, you build on what hundreds of others have learned before you.
Dr. Matt Hastings: But what if circumstances magnified one of them in size and strength, took it out of its primitive world, and turned it loose in ours?
Prof. Townsend: Then expect something that's fiercer, more cruel and deadly than anything that ever walked on earth!
Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton: What does it look like?
Dr. Matt Hastings: Oh, like something from another life scienc... quiet, yet strangely evil as if it were hiding its secrets from man.
Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton: You make it sound so creepy.
Dr. Matt Hastings: The unknown always is.
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Tarantula Facts
The tarantula was an actual live spider. Air jets were used to make it move in the desired way over a miniature landscape.
Prof Deemer predicts that by the year 2000 the human population will be 3.6 billion in fact it was almost double that.
Look for a young Clint Eastwood as the (uncredited) leader of the jet squadron that attacks the tarantula in the film's climax.
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