Tarantula (the movie - 1957)

[peterkatt]

This was another good monster movie!

[EazyRun]

I hate spiders, especially the big ones -.- I always have to scratch me after I see them >.<

[MickeyLS]

does anyone know that Clint Eastwood is in this movie? he is the pilot of one of the jets at the end of the movie. He is also in Revenge of the Creature (1955), about 15 minutes into the movie.

[VampireZombieX]

I like this movie. It's very well done for that time. Those effects wouldn't be difficult today. I kinda feel sorry for the tarantula, though... he was taken away from his natural home, locked inside a glass cage to be experimented on... he grew unnatural big, and when he gets out, everything is small to him. I don't blame the tarantula, I blame the guy who made him that way. There are things humans was never meant to play with.

[bwild61]

awesome classic

[ckoune]

wow. that guy's voice hasn't broken yet? :S

[worgen1985]

Gritar como uma Bixa... 1:20

Você esta fazendo isso corretamente!!!

[jrodallegas678]

tarantula v.s. Godzilla, genius 

[blackopsmaster11]

at 1;02 listen at full volume its cool with the movie

[jeffcoat1959]

This movie was released in 1955, not 1957.

[TheCAMFfan]

I hate spiders but LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEE­E tarantulas

[KAIL166]

couldn t the asshole just run away

[VampireZombieX]

@KAIL166 He was probably frozen in fear. I know I would if a giant tarantula like that came to eat me. I don't like spiders, but the small harmless ones are way better to meet than this big guy.

[BambaBlack]

Vabbè ma non è un film del 2011 eh! è sempre un film del 1957!

[dnjaaa]

Povera bestia... con tutti i colpi di phon che gli hanno tirato in sto film per farla andare dove volevano loro.

Cmq me lo ricordo bene sto film. L'esemplare usato dovrebbe essere una Brachypelma Smithy, di cui in b/n non si vedono le giunture di color arancione.

[dltanner99]

Horror novel see video book trailer

[19kenniboy89]

EPIC MANLY SHOUT

[SamusDrake]

The vfx are perfect for this film. Seriously, how would CGI look any more realistic than a REAL Tarantula?

This scene creeps the s*** out of me!

[gwyn55soccerstar]

People are so quick to judge "The affects are sooo bad" "THIS IS SOO NOT SCARY" and so on. Sometimes a old movie , is a good one.

[supereverton08]

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isso é masi falço do que comida de cera

[demon91]

By fucking far, the BEST giant bug movie from the 50's, and definitely the best giant spider movie. Love it, have loved it since I was 9 years old...

And the special effects ARE out of this world for 1955, hell, they look good now. For the most part it matches up perfectly and I dunno, whenever I watch it I don't have any problems believing that I'm witnessing a hundred foot tarantula.

[FiendsInRedSatin1]

Great sci-fi film from the '50's and one with pretty good special effects. Most of it, especially the stuff at night, looks dead on (no pun intended) real.

[bozo47p]

I love these old monster movies...some of them were made very well...the special effects weren't to bad for the time..you know its a good creature feature if your kid refuses to sleep alone...

[patmrhottiepantz]

lol i'm usually petrified of tarantulas, but in this case it's black and white and you can't see all the creepy little details lol. still freaks me out though.

[LionmaneElsie08]

lol!! I would scream on'all mate!!

[LionmaneElsie08]

the way it comes over the hill is horrible! And 0:29 kinda makes me feel uneasy... odd that such and old film can have that effect

[LionmaneElsie08]

I know this movie is pretty old and cheesy, but that is still one creepy spider! And the noise is very spooky too, a little itchy feeling... if that makes sense! lol

[Dinosorable]

If I ever get a pet spider, I might make a movie about a giant spider attack if I could find some actors.

[7DARKHELLS]

I had a bad case of Aracnophobia when I was a kid and this movie made it worst.

[TheLobsterOfFate]

@dutchkollman lmfao effects all they did was put 2 tarantula legs infront of a light and filmed its shadow

[rancorslayer184]

@TheLobsterOfFate no, for this film they used a tarantula and minature sets as well as putting it close to the camera in some shots. i heard they also got the spider to go were they wanted it to go on the miniature sets by using cool air to guide it to wherever they wanted it to go on the set.

[TruenoandLevin86]

Kill it with fire. Leave no survivors.

[theboss7865]

are u sure thats a tarantula or a funnel web spider

[theDirtySanchez92]

Tarantula PWNS Ironman

[stevieFFmaster]

My Dad was right, these films really ARE funny.

[brucedavis76]

i like how it walks slow makes it even more scary

[freddykruegerrocks13]

don't you love it how the animation back then was better than some movies today?

[cameronstardust]

sorry guys but my girl friend is a monstar and she scers me too

[bachtin10]

1:03 - 1:06 just epic! simply phenomenal!

[Tony36Montana]

ja ich glaube auch das ich gleich angst kriege das die welt von einer riesen spinne angegriffen wird ist wirklich lächerlich

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

Classic movie - load it again pls

[penthouse66]

This is probably the most frightening and best staged scene in sci-fi films of the 1950's. The build-up, the music, sound effects. One of the best!

[SuperReptilicus]

it is night coming at 0:10 bigger at 1:05

nuclear weapon can't kill!

[heyitstinsac]

This is an awesome movie!!

[ImPlayinHalo3]

Wtf why did the farmer just stand there??

[AlanMartinNala]

Was that farmer dead slept or did he came from the other side of the world to last so much time to see why the horses were neighing so hard? And when he arrived, why didn´t he escaped the way he came by instead of standing on the corner of the cottage screaming like a *****? Whatever it was, the tarantula scared me more when she was on top of the hill than when she came to the farm (the only thing that can be seen then are legs and hairs...)

[twilight1138]

Clint Eastwood has a small role in that movie.

[Hawdkoah]

That he does. He also appears as a scientist in Return of the Creature.

[ligreekguy]

Yes, Clint is one of the air pilots who drops the bombs that kill the tarantula. "Feel lucky today? Well, do ya? Spider!" Clint is almost as kickass as was Debbie Gibson when she plays a scientist who outsmarts and kills the giant octopus AND shark! Yee ha!

[Helliconian]

At 1:05, you can see it's really big.

Only a nuclear weapon could destroy that one...

[iitsjuusjenniipho101]

ROFLMAO!! that's so cool!! yet i'm scared. OLD MAN: ahhh!! ahhhh!! ahhhhh!!

[RicktheSick666]

Man I fucking hate spiders. So if I where to be awake at night and I saw THAT 0:10!

[alfiomuskio]

Me too :) I'd choose to sleep ...

[Onceyoudie]

@RicktheSick666 Yeah, I also dont like spiders. My friend has an arachnophobia.

[cootswatson]

@RicktheSick666 man I hate fucking spiders.....

[cootswatson]

@cootswatson makes my dick itch

[weatherman422]

lol

[mog398]

FUUUUUCK!

[jamespike117]

i agree with chrisisawesome12345

[gooyzit]

wasn't this film remade?

[chrisisawesome12345]

pretty good graphics for 1955

[Raond11]

Thats true :o

[Dac719]

True.

[alfiomuskio]

I should buy a new BIG house ...

[cococo117]

i magin that in ur house

[CoolTypes]

Its really 1955.

[vetteed]

lol thats even pritty nice made for a movie from 1957

[MrsPacar]

i remember watching this on sky movies :L I was like, wtf is this???

[mulj0k]

i think this is some really really creepy shit.

[xTiggzox]

Holy Crap! iRemember this movie from when iWas like 3! (iWasnt 3 when it came out, iWasnt born! 40 years later iWas lol) Because my nan had it on her TV XD

[crazycam1234]

its called move around the conner! gezze

[Darkscamp1]

lol holy bad effectes! :D i spose it was 1957..

[Hjernespreng]

LOL

that guy was a n00b

[Littleguys1315]

Considering it was a real tarantula used, the effects were very well. Clint Eastwood was in this movie by the way.

[icebreakersix1nine]

gaa they didnt lose the spider?

[Littleguys1315]

It was probably killed, or it eventually died. It was just a Brazilian Black tarantula that was superimposed to make it appear enormous. Normally, it would be smaller than the palm of your hand.

[Dac719]

Smaller than the palm of your hand? That thing was like twice as large as a house or more. I vaguely remember seeing this movie some time back. Maybe smaller than the palm of a GIANT's hand...maybe. I'm not even sure of that, lol.

[Littleguys1315]

well, it was hard to do such a task of superimposing, and other effects, back then, this was top notch, these effects had to be done by hand, rather than what they do today digitally. But old or not, the effects were still pretty good.

[Dac719]

I know. Some old movies, especially dealing with monsters or science fiction, had very good special effects. The old 1953 sci-fi "The War of the Worlds" is another good example, in addition to this film. I'm not an expert of such things as this, so I have to wonder how does one superimpose a small creature to make it look ENORMOUS on-screen? This effect also works with "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (also in the 50s) and the original 1933 monster classic "King Kong".

[Littleguys1315]

Oh yeah, those effects had existed since the late 19th century, they just weren't as realistic. King kong was easier because it was stopmotion creatures, the war of the worlds was models, but for the close of for the heat ray, they too a lamp post, and fixed it to be flexible and peculiar, the light itself was a turn signal for a brake light from a car, the ray effect was rotoscoped by hand.

[Geschichtsfreund93]

Oh my God, why he didn´t fired his Rifle?!

[icebreakersix1nine]

bullets cant stop it

dynamite cant kill it lol thats a great saying

[Geschichtsfreund93]

I watches this film a few years ago and i think, there´s also a Chicago - Typewriter Scene in it!

[rancorslayer184]

and people think the effects are bad in these movies..... BULLSHIT! look at the shot at 0:10 were the spider crawls up the hill and the music sends shivers down your spine! they actually train tarantulas to do certain tasks for films, imagine how hard that is! it may be in black in white but it looks just amazing and scary, if that was in color it wouldnt look that great, look how it gazes at the horses long enough for the horses to panic! its to bad they dont make films like this anymore.

[johnnynoirman]

Rancorslayer184!

Your analysis of mise en scence..

is acceptional!.........

I agreed with you on every point..

i would love to see this film on the BIG SCREEN!

[LionmaneElsie08]

@rancorslayer184 well said!!

[NkotbJoeyJordanFan]

@rancorslayer184 That is not a real tarantula, it's fake. Even in the 1950's special effects were good.

[rancorslayer184]

@NkotbJoeyJordanFan yes that is a real tarantula, it is not fake. they used a real tarantula for this film

[NkotbJoeyJordanFan]

@rancorslayer184 Wow, really. That's pretty cool, they used a real one and made it look that huge.

[rancorslayer184]

@NkotbJoeyJordanFan yep, with miniature sets and close camera angles

[irishpride527]

@rancorslayer184 You're absolutely right, a real spider was used in the movie, and, just as a little bonus tidbit of worthless Hollywood trivia, she was a female and her owner-handler named her Tamara.

[rancorslayer184]

@irishpride527 i was pretty sure it was female, but thats cool that cool that you knew the name of the spider. how did you know that?

[irishpride527]

@rancorslayer184 I don't really remember, but I think one of the people who introduce movies on the American Movie Classics channel mentioned it just before a showing of this film some years ago. Btw, not meaning to be a wise-a**, but how were you so sure about the sex of the spider? Are all tarantulas female? Guess I'll have to "Google" it.

[rancorslayer184]

@irishpride527 because most female tarantulas are larger than the males and this one looks pretty big. also this spider in this film was a mexican red knee spider

[irishpride527]

@rancorslayer184 Oh yeah, that's one BIG freakin' creepy-crawly!! LOL! But seriously, I know what you mean. Interesting, too, that you knew the specific type of tarantula. I would never have guessed that, b/c my understanding is that those spiders are so-called from the markings on their legs ( ? ), and b/c the movie is in b & w, I don't see any such markings.

[alfiomuskio]

U welcome.....I loved that movie !

[rancorslayer184]

thanks for posting, although the film was made in 1955

[jpdickert]

Run, stupid!!

[LunaConquersMars]

OH MY GOD!FANTASTIC! i love old horror movies !

amazing!:)

[love2beitalian]

Jesus Christ......I certainly would not want to be there. I remember when I first saw this I was six years of age. A true classic

[Aurone]

I'm not gona lie, this film does give me a slite chill. I can't imagine how people freaked in the 50's.

[Bachtin08]

time for a remake

[alfiomuskio]

yeaah!Now it's the right time.Hollywood is making a lots of remake ...

[VGRetro]

Let's hope it won't be CG... They could be more creative than letting computers do it all for them.

[SrKIKE]

muy buena!

[catblanket14uk]

Wasn't Clint Eastwood in this? I'm not trying to be funny, but i think this was one of his 10 or so pre- Fistful of Dollars movies...

[Traductus5972]

yeah he was the one who killed the spider by using a fighter jet. (although he's uncredited i think)

[rocknrollcody]

Yes, His First Film, He Was 25 And Uncredited

[glassmaps]

amazing

[alfiomuskio]

Yeah...I love this OLD stuff !

[666cradleovfilth666]

HA HA I GOT DiS MoviE ITS FuNNY WheN They Burn IT Wit prOpaNe