| Earth vs. the Spider | |
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| Directed by | Scott Ziehl |
| Story by | Mark "Crash" McCreery Cary Solomon Chuck Konzelman |
| Produced by | Lou Arkoff Samuel Z. Arkoff |
| Starring | Dan Aykroyd Amelia Heinle Devon Gummersall Christopher Cousins Mario Roccuzzo John Cho Theresa Russell |
| Cinematography | Thomas L. Callaway |
| Music by | David Reynolds |
Production company | Creature Features Productions LLC |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar Home Video |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Earth vs. the Spider is a 2001 science fiction horror television film directed by Scott Ziehl. It is the first of a series of films made for Cinemax paying tribute to the films of American International Pictures. The films in this tribute series reused the titles of old American International Pictures films, in this case the 1958 Bert I. Gordon film Earth vs. the Spider, but are not remakes of the earlier films.[1] The film centers on a shy, obsessive comic book fan who gets injected with an experimental serum derived from spiders, which gives him minor superpowers. More horrific changes occur, slowly transforming him into a grotesque human spider hybrid. A detective begins to investigate when bodies start to pile up covered in cobwebs. The film was nominated for the Saturn Award at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, USA.[citation needed]
- ^ Biodrowski, Steve (June 16, 2008). "Archive Interview: Stan Winston's Creature Features". Cinefantastique Online. Steve Biodrowski. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.