Spider baby, or, The maddest story ever told / produced by Paul Monka and Gil Lasky ; written and directed by Jack Hill.
The Merrye children suffer from a rare genetic malady in which they mentally regress to a condition of pre-human savagery and cannibalism. They live in their family mansion and terrorize and kill anyone or anything that passes through the gates.
| Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Language: | English |
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[Oak Forest, Ill.?] : [Orland Park, Ill.?] :
MPI Home Video ; Dark Sky Films,
[2007]
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| Edition: | Director's cut. |
| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Variant Title: |
Maddest story ever told.
Jack Hill's Spider baby. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
The Merrye children suffer from a rare genetic malady in which they mentally regress to a condition of pre-human savagery and cannibalism. They live in their family mansion and terrorize and kill anyone or anything that passes through the gates. |
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| Note: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964. Special features: Feature-length commentary with writer-director Jack Hill and actor Sid Haig ; "The hatching of spider baby" ; "Spider Stravinsky: the cinema sounds of Ronald Stein" ; "The Merrye house revisited" ; still gallery ; alternate opening title sequence ; extended scene. "Transferred and restored in High Definition from the original 35 mm negative"--Container. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | CQ2 D0086466 VideoDVD |
| ISBN: | 0788608789 9780788608780 |
| Credits: | Cinematographer, Alfred Taylor ; music, Ronald Stein. |
| System Details: | DVD ; Region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen, aspect ratio 1.66:1 ; Dolby digital 2.0 mono. |
| Cast: |
Lon Chaney, Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner, Sid Haig, Mary Mitchel, Karl Schanzer and Mantan Moreland. |