Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told
1967 · Movie · 84 min · ★ 6.9 · 79% critics
In a crumbling rural mansion, the last generation of an inbred family lives under a strange inherited curse that makes them mentally regress as they grow older, while their caretaker tries to keep order. When greedy relatives and their lawyer arrive to take over the home, their attempts to settle matters quickly spiral into chaos.
Also known as Attack of the Liver Eaters · Cannibal Orgy · Cannibal Orgy, or the Maddest Story Ever Told · Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told
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Details
- Original title
- Spider Baby
- Years
- 1967
- Release date
- 1967-12-24
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (184 votes)
- Budget
- $65,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this oddball, campy horror-comedy if you like The Addams Family or The People Under the Stairs-era weirdness; Not for you if you want gore-free scares, gentle tones, or a straightforward, serious mystery.
Pros: quirky horror-comedy blend; eerie mansion atmosphere; memorable cast | Cons: low-budget limitations; uneven pacing; violence can feel unpleasant
Themes
- lingerie
- stockings
- killer children
- inbreeding
- child welfare
- nylons
- sadistic killer
- killer family
- female sadist
- spiderweb
Cast & crew
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Bruno
Carol Ohmart
as Emily
Quinn K. Redeker
as Peter
Beverly Washburn
as Elizabeth
Jill Banner
as Virginia
Sid Haig
as Ralph
Mary Mitchel
as Ann
Karl Schanzer
as Schlocker
Mantan Moreland
as Messenger
- JS
Joan Keller Stern
as Aunt Martha
Directed by Jack Hill