This feels like the sort of film that Steven Spielberg and Sam Raimi would come up with if they got drunk together in an airport bar, waiting for a delayed flight. As such, no bad thing.

Damn damn damn damn!!!! Why did I do it to myself again? By the way, some of the spiders totally looked into the camera. What a bunch of total amatures

Little ones, big ones, it doesn't matter. I fucking hate spiders.

Despite being a chronic arachnophobe I found this a massively enjoyable and exciting experience.

Jeff Daniels is as great as ever, and John Goodman is a FUCKING POWERHOUSE.

Billiant film.

Think of all the great films Steven Spielberg's produced over the years. Gremlins, Back To The Future, The Goonies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Men In Black etc. Arachnophobia is right up there in my opinion.
A great schlocky genre movie which dances between Comedy Horror, Family Film and B-Movie silliness. I suppose a modern equivalent would be something like James Gunn's Slither.

Arachnophobia never fails in making my skin creep and my toes curl. When it comes to spiders, I am a massive mary-queen. Jeff Daniels and John Goodman give impressive performances. Even the awful Julian Sands doesn't stink up this movie.

Some great laughs, some freaky scenes and a satisfying final battle. I've sat through hours of gory horrors and psychological thrillers but nothing gets under my skin as much as these 8 legged, hairy little bastards!

GAVE ME NIGHTMARES. FUCK THIS MOVIE.

This feels like the sort of film that Steven Spielberg and Sam Raimi would come up with if they got drunk together in an airport bar, waiting for a delayed flight. As such, no bad thing.

I'm pretty sure I saw this when it came out in the theater. It was fun to watch it again. Not a great film, but entertaining.

This a creepy film especially if you don't like spiders. They don't bother me much; my thing is snakes! Jeff Daniels and John Goodman do a good job of moving from plot device to plot device. I saw Arachnophobia during its initial release with my the teenage son who hates spiders. I had as much fun watching him squirm as I did watching the movie.

This early nineties creature feature holds a soft spot in my heart as I remember seeing it when I was very young. I was maybe eight or nine when I first saw it and unequivocally, it scared the shit out of me. Re-watching it now as an adult, it still scared the shit out of me and it holds up remarkably well. The really unnerving thing about "Arachnophobia" and the reason it works so well (apart from the script, John Goodman ect), is director Frank Marshall's choice to use real spiders. By using the real things and not hokey effects (though some animatronics are used), Marshall elicits genuine fear because the spiders genuinely look monstrous. I'm sure they were harmless on set, but when shot like a slasher film with brooding cinematography and creepy music, they're the scariest thing on eight legs since... well... they're just terrifying alright?

Little ones, big ones, it doesn't matter. I fucking hate spiders.

Despite being a chronic arachnophobe I found this a massively enjoyable and exciting experience.

Jeff Daniels is as great as ever, and John Goodman is a FUCKING POWERHOUSE.

Billiant film.

I saw this when I was really young and it terrified me. I'd been told over the years it was much more of a comedy horror than I remembered, but I'd avoided it for years anyway.

It turns out the comedy is almost exclusively provided by John Goodman, so this is more of a classic creature horror than I expected.

It's a little slow-paced and deliberate for my tastes, but everything set-up in the first slow hour really pays off in the final scenes. Jeff Daniels is fantastic and has a great transformation throughout the movie.