Lagrange point between "The Addams Family" and THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE.
In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess the family of its home.
Spider Baby is showing in 1 cinema in London - next screening Wednesday 28 October at 18:30 at The Nickel Cinema.
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Lagrange point between "The Addams Family" and THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE.
I've never seen a movie that strikes the tone this one does, an intersection between scary, funny, sexy, completely heartfelt, and totally disreputable. Lon Chaney's tearful late film monologue should be legendary if it isn't already. Same goes for Sid Haig's completely unhinged performance.
“Spiders don't eat other spiders.”“Cannibal spiders do.” Spider Baby, the maddest story ever told! a girl who acts like a bug, stalks like a bug, snatches, claws, but don’t get too close, she’ll catch you her in spiderweb. just about one of the most creative and delightfully bizarre things I’ve seen, a true weirdo macabre cult classic that has escaped me over the years and I have become ever-so tangled in its web of lunacy!a story of two twisted sisters, their mute brother and devoted guardian Lon Chaney Jr.—the Wolf Man himself—residing at the old rundown Merrye estate, when distant relatives come to dispossess the family of their home, things turn awry. A gothic horror comedy pitched darkest black, touching on incest, cannibalism, and downright lust and savagery. a true inspiration for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in all of its familial loyalty vibes. I absolutely LOVED everything this was. The cobweb covered mansion, its demented exploitation charm, the eerie atmosphere, and that image of Virginia eating that spider. 🕷
It follows a loyal chauffeur who looks after the last members of an inbred family afflicted with a mental regression disease, all while greedy relatives arrive to take their rural mansion.
Spider Baby was directed by American filmmaker Jack Hill in 1967, known for his work in exploitation and cult cinema.
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