Arachnophobia (1990) Poster

(1990)

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Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

  • The faces of corpses are seen in a morgue.
  • A few animals are killed or shown dead throughout.
  • A group of people run away from a building that's infested with spiders.
  • A dead cat is seen in a spider's web.
  • A corpse is seen in a box. (Not bloody though.)
  • A man has his toe bitten by a spider.
  • A squished spider is seen under a man's shoe.
  • Several scenes of people dying from spider bites, or their bodies after they have been sucked dry of blood. Sometimes, you see a closeup of the spider biting a person and a tiny bit of blood is shown exiting the bites.
  • A girl asks if 2 other children want to go with her and blow up a bull-frog.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The protagonist has a wine collection and also retrieves other liquors from his basement.
  • A man says he has a beer can collection.
  • A man and woman drink wine as they celebrate moving.
  • The Doctor is drinking wine with dinner. Some other wine drinking throughout.
  • It is implied that a woman has an alcohol problem as she acts somewhat drunk at a polite gathering.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Those with arachnophobia (a.k.a. fear of spiders) might be frightened when watching the film
  • People jump from being scared of the spiders, and may be frightening to some people.
  • The onscreen deaths and dead bodies may be intense for some viewers.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A man fights off a large spider for an extended period. The spider is eventually set on fire and shot with a nail gun into an egg sac, destroying both.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The climax with the giant spiders is very frightening.

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