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Arachnophobia
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3063
- IMDb #3445
- Google retired #2722
- Rotten Tomatoes #2143
- Metacritic #2008
- Letterboxd #3058
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #822
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3677
- Metacritic Critics #1760
- Metacritic Audience #2585
- Criticker #2779
- Douban #1528
- Kinopoisk #3431
- AlloCiné #4091
- Trakt #3548
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Lowest is Criticker on 37, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 80, everyone else 63.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A deadly Venezuelan spider hitchhikes to a small California town in a coffin. It mates with a local spider, creating a new species of highly aggressive, venomous arachnids that begin to infest the town. A doctor with a severe fear of spiders must overcome his phobia to stop the spreading plague.
Details
- Director
- Frank Marshall
- Writers
- Al Williams, Don Jakoby, Wesley Strick
- Released
- 20 July 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $31.0M
- Box office
- $53.2M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 6 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 12th Young Artist Awards 1990 | Most Entertaining Family Youth Motion Picture - Comedy/Horror | Nominee | |
| 12th Young Artist Awards 1990 | Best Young Supporting Actress | Marlene Katz | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1990 | Best Writing | Don Jakoby | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1990 | Best Writing | Wesley Strick | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1990 | Best Horror Film | Winner | |
| Saturn Awards 1990 | Best Supporting Actor | John Goodman | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1990 | Best Actor | Jeff Daniels | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1990 | Best Director | Frank Marshall | Nominee |
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8 awards — Arachnophobia
×| Best Actor | Jeff Daniels | Winner |
| Best Horror Film | Winner | |
| Best Director | Frank Marshall | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | John Goodman | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Don Jakoby | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Wesley Strick | Nominee |
| Best Young Supporting Actress | Marlene Katz | Nominee |
| Most Entertaining Family Youth Motion Picture - Comedy/Horror | Nominee |