Spider Baby

Título original: Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told

1967
Not Rated
1h 21min

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Jill Banner and Beverly Washburn in Spider Baby (1967)

A caretaker devotes himself to three demented siblings after their father's death.

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Comedy Horror

Una cuidadora se dedica a tres hermanos dementes después de la muerte de su padre.Una cuidadora se dedica a tres hermanos dementes después de la muerte de su padre.Una cuidadora se dedica a tres hermanos dementes después de la muerte de su padre.

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Premios
- 1 nominación en total

Bruno
(as Lon Chaney)

Carol Ohmart

Emily

Quinn K. Redeker

Peter
(as Quinn Redeker)

Beverly Washburn

Elizabeth

Jill Banner

Virginia

Sid Haig

Ralph

Mary Mitchel

Karl Schanzer

Schlocker

Mantan Moreland

Messenger

Sidney Berger

Roadway worker
(sin acreditar)

Carolyn Cooper

Aunt Clara
(sin acreditar)

Joan Keller Stern

Aunt Martha
(sin acreditar)

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Curiosidades
According to Sid Haig, when Lon Chaney Jr. finished the scene where Bruno talks about the toy, the crew was in tears. Chaney also received a standing ovation and wasn't able to leave the set for five minutes.

Pifias
Shortly after Peter and Emily Howe arrive at the mansion, a cast member and camera are reflected in the car window as Peter rolls up the side window of the convertible.

Citas
[opening titles; sung]
Bruno, The Chauffeur: Screams and moans and bats and bones / Teenage monsters in haunted homes / The ghosts on the stair / The vampires bite / Better beware, there's a full moon tonight / Cannibal spiders creep and crawl / Boys and ghouls having a ball / Frankenstein, Dracula and even the Mummy / Are sure to end up in somebody's tummy / Take a fresh rodent, some toadstools and weeds / And add an old owl and the young one she breeds / Mix in seven legs from an eight-legged beast / And then you're all set for a cannibal feast / Sit round the fire with this cup of brew / A fiend and a werewolf on each side of you / This cannibal orgy is strange to behold / In the maddest story ever told

Créditos adicionales
As the film ends, "THE END" appears on the screen, then suddenly changes to "THE END ?".

Versiones alternativas
A special home video version, released by Video Treasures in 1994, features a remastered print of the film (all previous versions being of very dubious quality). This version is also widescreened and features footage (after the film) of a cast/crew reunion at a midnight showing of the film.

Conexiones
Edited into Pale Moonlight Theater: Spider Baby (2014)

Banda sonora
Spider Baby Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Ronald Stein
Performed by Lon Chaney Jr.

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Wonderfully creepy and mad!

'Spider Baby' is a wonderfully inventive and original b-grade movie full of mad fun. Writer/director Jack Hill began as a Roger Corman protege, co-writing 'The Terror' and also working on Coppola's underrated 'Dementia 13', before striking out on his own with 'Spider Baby', a movie which became embroiled in a legal dispute and took four years to get released. Hill went on to direct Pam Grier movies and the trash classic 'Switchblade Sisters' in the Seventies, but it's arguable whether he ever surpassed this cult favourite. Horror legend Lon Chaney, Jr stars with a very thoughtful performance(!), and 'Dementia 13's Mary Mitchel and Karl Schanzer, and 'The House On Haunted Hill's Carol Ohmart are among the supporting cast, but the real stars are newcomers Jill Banner as the bewitching Virginia, and the remarkable Sid Haig as the unforgettable Ralph. Banner went on to appear in the dazzling 'The President's Analyst' before her untimely death, while Haig's ongoing career included several movies with Jack Hill, including blaxsploitation classic 'Coffy', and Lucas' 'THX 1138'. 'Spider Baby' is a brilliant example of what can be achieved on a small budget with some originality and willingness to take risks.