Tarantula

A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.

Cast

John Agar

as Dr. Matt Hastings

Mara Corday

as Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton

Leo G. Carroll

as Prof. Gerald Deemer

Nestor Paiva

as Sheriff Jack Andrews

Ross Elliott

as Joe Burch

Hank Patterson

as Josh

Eddie Parker

as Paul Lund / Eric Jacobs / Airport Workman

Bert Holland

as Barney Russell

Raymond Bailey

as Dr. Townsend

Steve Darrell

as Andy Andersen

Reviews

John Chard

Can all mankind escape the terror of its dread embrace... Professor Gerald Deemer has been working on a special nutrient that will help offset a predicted food shortage, the serum he has created escalates growth in his lab animals at an alarmingly quick rate. Deemer quickly loses control of the e...

r96sk

Boy, does this show its age!* But, you know what, I really enjoyed it. <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/eight-legged-freaks/">Eight Legged Freaks</a>'</em>, eat your heart out! I seem to have found a new go-to Spider Rampage Flick™. To be serious, <em>'Tarantula'</em> achieves what it in...

CinemaSerf

Allowing for the fact that the special effects are getting on for 65 years old, this is a cracking little sci-fi/horror feature. John Agar is the scientist on the trail of an industrial-sized spider that is wreaking havoc on a local Arizona community. Leo G. Carroll (in increasingly "Elephant Man" s...

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