Arachnophobia (DVD 2001)

This often amusing, sometimes suspenseful film about killer spiders starts out in the dense jungles of Venezuela, with bug-O-maniac Julian Sands, as he tracks down a new species of lethal as well as big and hairy arachnid. One of these hairy creatures finds its way to sweet suburbia in California, using a wooden coffin as transport, and starts mating with the local spider population, causing havoc and rigor mortis.
City transplant Jeff Daniels, a doctor with severe arachnophobia, who wants the quiet country life as long as he doesn't have to see a spider, finds himself the center of controversy because of the deaths, and his newly bought house infested with the critters. Daniels, one of Hollywood's more underrated actors, gives a terrific performance as Dr. Jennings, as he tries some hands-on therapy for his phobia.
John Goodman is hilarious as the town exterminator, who if he can't kill 'em with insecticide, uses his big boots, and others in the fine cast are Harley Jane Kozak as Molly Jennings, Henry Jones as old Dr. Metcalf, and Stuart Pankin as stubborn Sheriff Parsons. This was the feature film directorial debut for Frank Marshall, who has been known mostly as a producer, mainly for Stephen Spielberg's films. A good score by Trevor Jones (with songs like Jimmy Buffett's "Don't Bug Me") adds to the overall enjoyment of this fun creature feature, which takes us back to the days when the big bugs were filmed in black and white.
Total running time is 103 minutes.

Fantastic and classic movie, Daniels is worth a watch! great family entertainment. Every time i watch this and go to bed i always wake up thinking there is a spider on my wall. Sweet movie.

its a classic movie, still jumpy in places but not as scary as when it first hit the screens, you can see a little bit of puppeteering in places LOL even my 10 year old boy spotted the dummy with the spider coming out of the nose! Kids are alot more hardened to this sort of thing these days!!

BUT its still a classic movie & a must see!

Good film!
Not the most scary film ever but if you are scared of spiders it will send shivers down your spine!
The best bit of the film is the ending when the main character faces his fear against the deadliest spider in the world!
At points the spiders look a little fake but wouldn't be noticed if you were looking away in fear!
On the whole a good film!
8/10
Dan.

In my eyes this is a great film -- Corny yet scary ... well for me anyway as im arachnophobic ... but still you cant help but watch it lol

i decided to buy this dvd for my husband to put with his collection of dvds. he watched it on tv and decided he liked it so i bought it for him

Great film and one to scare the kids witless. Especially when you drop one of their toy spiders in their laps during a tense moment.
Seen this many times and just love the film.

We had not seen the film for a long time, since we were children and could not find it in any other stores. We then decided to take a look on ebay and there it was. The film was still as good as we remember but alot cheesier than I recalled, and very tongue in cheek. It scared our kids to death, which goes to prove that you cant beat an old fashioned horror.

Classic scary movie that still has the " made you jump factor", easy to watch as a family, on a lazy Sunday. A comfortable film.

this film is excellant, the reason i got it was because i had a fear of spiders which i over come. i also got it because my boyfriend has a fear of spiders and watching him jumping all over the place made me laugh my socks off.

my bird was well scared init !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!