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ARACHNID

2001 • ES HMDB
June 29, 2001

Mercer's brother, an amateur pilot, crashes on an island and is killed by a giant spider. A year later, when Mercer goes in search of him, she discovers a breed of poisonous arachnids ready to attack.

Directors

Jack Sholder

Cast

Chris Potter, Alex Reid, José Sancho, Neus Asensi, Ravil Isyanov, Luis Lorenzo Crespo, Rocqueford Allen, Jesús Cabrero, Robert Vicencio, Héctor Chiquín
Avventura Horror Fantascienza

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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A remote island in the Atlantic is the setting for mysterious events; when a military plane flying over the surrounding skies crashes and its pilot disappears, a team of researchers and soldiers is sent to the site to investigate the incident. They will find huge mutant spiders of alien origin... Produced in Spain for the newly formed Fantastic Factory of the Yuzna-Fernandez duo, "Arachnid" is the classic example of how it is still possible, even today, to make bad B movies that make you miss the fantasy-horror productions of the 1950s. The story is as predictable as you can expect and drags on through a succession of already seen and reviewed situations, the characters are so stereotypical as to be almost parodic and the special effects are absolutely disappointing (especially the digital and computer graphics ones). The direction is entrusted to Jack Sholder, who, several years after his modest beginnings in our beloved genre ("Alone in the Dark" in 1982 and "Nightmare 2" in 1985), has decided to return to directing horror films with rather disappointing results: some time ago with the negligible "Wishmaster 2" (1999) and now with this bad "Arachnid".