Earth vs The Spider (UK)

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He develops a hunger that will not be ignored
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 86 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
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Synopsis:
Earth Vs. The Spider is a terrifying horror thriller starring Dan Aykroyd, Theresa Russell, Devon Gummersall, and Amelia Heinle, and features special effects by the four-time Academy Award winning monster maker Stan Winston. Quentin (Gummersall) is a nerdy comic book fanatic that spends his days working as a security guard at a biotech research lab and his nights at home dreaming of superheroes. When thugs ambush the lab, his partner is killed in the shootout. Overcome by grief, he knowingly injects himself with a top-secret drug made from the blood of a laboratory spider. Slowly, the effects of the injection change his body - and as Quentin becomes more like a spider and less like a human he develops a hunger that will not be ignored.

Special Features:
Making of featurette
Photo gallery including monster sketches, building the monster, behind the scenes photos and production stills
Filmographies

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 German

Subtitle Tracks:
Hebrew
Polish
Czech
Hindi
Swedish
Finnish
Turkish
English
German
Greek
Croatian
Hungarian
Dutch
Arabic
Danish
Norwegian

Directed By:
Scott Ziehl

Written By:




Starring:
Mario Roccuzzo
Christopher Cousins
Theresa Russell
Amelia Heinle
Devon Gummersall
Dan Aykroyd

Soundtrack By:
David Reynolds

Costume Designer:
Julia Schklair

Producer:
Stan Winston
Dan J. Birnbaum
Lou Arkoff

Executive Producer:
Robyn Rosenfeld
Buddy Epstein
Colleen Camp
Samuel Z. Arkoff

Distributor:
Columbia / Tristar

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6 / 10
A low budget monster flick that is also low on content.
The video transfer is ok. There are no compression signs and the dark scenes present a decent amount of details. However, the special effects are hilarious.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is average. There`s an occasional usage of the surrounds, but nothing too exciting.
The menus are animated with sound.
The extras include a very short featurette and some picture galleries.
Bottom line - forget it. Seek your spiders elsewhere.
posted by Zvi Josef on 15/4/2002 03:28