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.
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
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...