Episode 105: Arachnophobia

Published: Aug. 7, 2020, 5:16 a.m.

b'Ol\' Matt and Trevor

Did Dare to Endeavor

To watch a film by Frank Marshall

Along Came Some Spiders

And they were venomous biters

To this Amblin Thrillomedy we\'re partial


It\'s the late Frank Marshall\'s directorial debut: Arachnophobia. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, the movie was branded as (god only knows why) a "Thrillomedy," seeking to give wide audiences a movie that would scare them silly.


Starring Jeff Daniels, John Goodman, and Julian Sands; Arachnophobia is the PG-13 killer spider thriller that gave the heebie jeebies to younger versions of Matt and Trevor. On the film\'s 30th anniversary, does it hold up?


Or is it a desiccated and dried up husk?'