The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told Thursday, Jan. 12, at 9:15 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas
Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told
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In Brief: Despite its full title, Spider Baby (1968) probably isn't the maddest story ever told, but it's in the running — at least as schlock exploitation film is concerned. Enjoyably trashy and occasionally downright amateurish, it's the fairly silly story of a house full of folks suffering from some inexplicable form of mental degeneration that turns them into homicidal maniacs. They're kept more or less in check by the old family retainer (Lon Chaney Jr. in a surprisingly touching performance) — at least till interlopers wanting the estate show up. You can kind of fill in the rest, but only kind of, since this is seriously demented. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on April 1, 2014.
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| Genre: | Horror |
| Director: | Jack Hill |
| Starring: | Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner, Sid Haig |
| Rated: | NR |
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