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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Nov 6, 2001
Pros: Good acting, creepy story line, lots of suspense
Cons: I hate spiders!
Summary: I first saw this movie years ago when it was released, and I had essentially forgotten about it. Perhaps I blocked it out; spiders have never been my favorite creatures! Yes, I know it is not logical for me to be afraid of spiders, considering that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 27, 2013
Pros: Lots of scary scenes, great acting and directing...
Cons: ...this film might be too frightening for some!
Summary: I'm not going to lie to you: I pretty much hate all insects. From the really disturbing (cockroaches) to the really harmless (ants)- I hate them all. Anything creepy and crawly, with multiple legs or antennae freaks me out, and my typical ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 15, 2002
Pros: This movie will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Cons: None
Summary: Arachnophobia is the best movie of its time. It is full of suspense. Its graphic features are surprisingly stunning. You will not sleep for a week after you watch this. Tarantulas will dance in your head, terrified of how you could ever live around any ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 29, 2002
Pros: Highly suspenseful; terrifying enough; Hitchcock-style black humor
Cons: Spider attack scenes may be too intense for some
Summary: Released in July 1990, ARACHNOPHOBIA almost certainly had to have qualified as the first legitimate horror masterpiece of the 1990s--not to mention one of the very few. This film comes from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment corporation (via ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 15, 2001
Pros: Good acting, written very well
Cons: John Goodman has too small of a role
Summary: I originally watched this movie thinking it was going to be another "Lake Placid" or "Deep Blue Sea" where they get good actors to star in a cheesy movie. Don't get me wrong, I love those kind of movies. But, it turned out to be a very well done movie. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 26, 2000
Pros: One of Spielburgs best films, no lame special effects, excellent believable plot, no lame soundtrack
Cons: Full of Spiders with attitudes
Summary: I'm going to start this review by saying that this movie is perhaps one of the best scariest movies I've even seen. Arachnophobia gives viewers the deadly illusions of our worse fears. To be honest, I hate spiders. I despise them and do not even ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 16, 2000
Pros: great thriller , great effects, great cast
Cons: Its about spiders
Summary: I can not stand spiders they drive me crazy, especially big ones, after
I watched this movie I had to go and check every room for them. Everywhere
I looked I either found a spider web, or something similar. The movie was
great. I really ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 12, 2000
Pros: Full of screams for your favorite arachnophobic
Cons: Too many spiders! (But that's the point)
Summary: I was tricked into seeing this movie by my fiance because he knew I did not know its content. Myself, being a big time arachnophobic, did not find it too appealing at first as I kept my eyes closed whenever an 8-legged creature crawled onto the screen ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 23, 2000
Pros: good story, excellent cast and great chills
Cons: the General looks too fake in some parts
Summary: At the time this movie came out I had accute Arachnophobia. So, of course I had to sit in the front row just to test myself. It turned out to be a hair raising good time. Arachnophobia could be classified as either a comedy or a horror. It's a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 11, 2000
Pros: Realistic Spiders
Cons: A tad bit far-fetched
Summary: This is the thirty nineth movie I have rated in my quest to rate all the movies I have seen. Go to my profile and read them all.
Two interesting things happen, the body of a photographer is sent home with a deadly south American spider hiding ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 21, 2000
Pros: John Goodman
Cons: those friggin spiders!
Summary: If you love spiders, then this is the movie for you. I hate the durn things and this movie just about did me in - I was searching my clothes and shoes for days afterward.
Starting in Venezuela we find a sneaky little creature crawling into ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 12, 2000
Pros: keeps you guessing
Cons: SPIDERS!!! - but then it wouldn't be much of a movie without them - would it!
Summary: Well this one wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. For months my husband and kids were teasing me about watching this movie - thinking I never would in a million years. Because - you guessed it I have arachnophobia. I never knew what it was called ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 13, 2000
Pros: It really does what it set out to do
Cons: that's the problem..........
Summary: Can't tell if my fingers are slipping on the keys because my hands are sweaty or because they're trembling. You see, they made this movie about -me-.
My boyfriend/fiance' Chris pointed out that this movie really wasn't "that ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 21, 2000
Pros: heart thudding suspense
Cons: --
Summary: The MischievIous Genius here with the skinny:
Arachnaphobia turned out to be a great rent. A venomous spider gets imported from South America and John Goodman does some exterminating. Sit on the edge of your seats as he douses ‘em in poison ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 31, 1999
Pros: An electrifying, scary and often funny horror film that's energetic and enjoyably tasteful. Thrilling!
Cons: Some scenes may seem a bit long-wended
Summary: Rating System***** Excellent****1/2 Great!**** Very Good***1/2 Worth Seeing/Pretty Good*** Good**1/2 So-so/Decent** Dumb*1/2 Poor* Very Poor1/2* Waste Of Time0* IT SUCKS!!ARACHNOPHOBIA ****1/2 Despite all the cheesy giant, monster and bug films that ... read more
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