Entomologist Dr. James Atherton searches the Amazon rainforest with the hope of discovering new species of insects and arachnids. In a Venezuelan tepui, Atherton finds a very aggressive new species of spider. The spider is captured and chloroformed for research, and is later revealed to be lacking sex organs, thus making it a drone, or soldier - atypical in spiders. A nature photographer, Jerry Manley, unknowingly has a fertile (non-drone) male spider of the same species jump into his backpack, later that day sneaking into his sleeping bag and biting him. Manley has a massive seizure from the venom and dies. The remainder of the scientists take his body back to the United States, blaming Manley's death on a fever. The spider crawls into the coffin and is sealed in with the corpse.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Ted Field, Don Jakoby, William S. Beasley, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Richard Vane, Robert W. Cort |
Directed By: | Frank Marshall |
Written By: | Al Williams, Wesley Strick, Don Jakoby |
Cast: | Theo Schwartz, Fiona Walsh Heinz, Brandy Norwood, Mary Carver, Garette Ratliff Henson, Robert Frank Telfer, Cori Wellins, John Goodman, Lois De Banzie, Kathy Kinney, Peter Jason, Jay Scorpio, Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc, Mark L. Taylor, Michael Steve Jones, Chance Boyer, Juan Fernández, Marlene Katz, Jeff Daniels, Jane Marla Robbins, Julian Sands, Brian McNamara, Roy Brocksmith, James Handy, Stuart Pankin, Henry Jones, Frances Bay, Harley Jane Kozak |
In Theaters: | Jul 18, 1990 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 43 minutes |
Production: | Hollywood Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Warm Weather Internationl group de Venezuela |
Budget: | $22,000,000 |
Box Office: | $53,208,180 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |