Spider Baby

Spider Baby

Directed by Jack Hill • 1967 • United States
Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Jill Banner

Something like THE ADDAMS FAMILY meets THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, this gloriously schlocky cult classic from exploitation legend Jack Hill (SWITCHBLADE SISTERS, FOXY BROWN) tells the demented and darkly comic tale of the Merrye children—Elizabeth (Beverly Washburn), Virginia (Jill Banner), and Ralph (Sid Haig)—all of whom suffer from a rare genetic malady that causes them to mentally regress to a condition of “prehuman savagery and cannibalism.” Sequestered in the old family mansion under the guardianship of chauffeur Bruno (Lon Chaney Jr.), the children terrorize anyone or anything who passes through the gates. So when the family is visited by a pair of distant relatives and their greedy lawyer, the stage is set for a wild night of murderous thrills.

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Spider Baby
  • Spider Baby

    Directed by Jack Hill • 1967 • United States
    Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Jill Banner

    Something like THE ADDAMS FAMILY meets THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, this gloriously schlocky cult classic from exploitation legend Jack Hill (SWITCHBLADE SISTERS, FOXY BROWN) tells the demented and d...