
Spider Baby
3.5
(87)
Comedy
Horror
1967
81 min
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In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess the family of its home.
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"Shocktober 2024:
Now for something completely different. A horror comedy about an murderous inbred family with a disease that causes them to "age in reverse" until they hit zero at which time they go to a "prenatal state" which I guess means they get real into spiders than start becoming spiders?
Idk, this movie was wild. I've seen this described multiple times as "Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets Addam's Family" and as wild as that is... it's a really good description of this whole movie's vibe. It feels like kind of John Waters type vibe with a lot of the taboos being played with and level of dark in the dark humor so go in with that type of mindset if you check this out. I'd probably give this somewhere between a 3 and 4 but I was fascinated enough by it that I'll lean toward the positive."