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    Unique ID Code: 0000032563
    Added by: DVD Reviewer
    Added on: 14/4/2002 02:31
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    Earth vs The Spider (UK)

    6 / 10
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    He develops a hunger that will not be ignored
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 86 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Synopsis:
    Earth Vs. The Spider is a terrifying horror thriller starring Dan Aykroyd, Theresa Russell, Devon Gummersall, and Amelia Heinle, and features special effects by the four-time Academy Award winning monster maker Stan Winston. Quentin (Gummersall) is a nerdy comic book fanatic that spends his days working as a security guard at a biotech research lab and his nights at home dreaming of superheroes. When thugs ambush the lab, his partner is killed in the shootout. Overcome by grief, he knowingly injects himself with a top-secret drug made from the blood of a laboratory spider. Slowly, the effects of the injection change his body - and as Quentin becomes more like a spider and less like a human he develops a hunger that will not be ignored.

    Special Features:
    Making of featurette
    Photo gallery including monster sketches, building the monster, behind the scenes photos and production stills
    Filmographies

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English
    Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 German

    Subtitle Tracks:
    Hebrew
    Polish
    Czech
    Hindi
    Swedish
    Finnish
    Turkish
    English
    German
    Greek
    Croatian
    Hungarian
    Dutch
    Arabic
    Danish
    Norwegian

    Directed By:
    Scott Ziehl

    Written By:




    Starring:
    Mario Roccuzzo
    Christopher Cousins
    Theresa Russell
    Amelia Heinle
    Devon Gummersall
    Dan Aykroyd

    Soundtrack By:
    David Reynolds

    Costume Designer:
    Julia Schklair

    Producer:
    Stan Winston
    Dan J. Birnbaum
    Lou Arkoff

    Executive Producer:
    Robyn Rosenfeld
    Buddy Epstein
    Colleen Camp
    Samuel Z. Arkoff

    Distributor:
    Columbia / Tristar

    Your Opinions and Comments

    6 / 10
    A low budget monster flick that is also low on content.
    The video transfer is ok. There are no compression signs and the dark scenes present a decent amount of details. However, the special effects are hilarious.
    The DD 5.1 soundtrack is average. There`s an occasional usage of the surrounds, but nothing too exciting.
    The menus are animated with sound.
    The extras include a very short featurette and some picture galleries.
    Bottom line - forget it. Seek your spiders elsewhere.
    posted by Zvi Josef on 15/4/2002 03:28