Arachnophobia was an American horror and comedy film released in 1990 directed by Frank Marshall and starring John Goodman and Jeff Daniels. The film is about a small California town invaded by the cross breed of local spiders and a deadly South American spider from the Venezuelan Amazon that was brought into the United States through the inside of the coffin of a dead nature photographer. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frank Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is an American movie producer and director, often working in collaboration with Kathleen Kennedy. ... John Goodman John Goodman (born June 20, 1952 in St. ... Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton in a scene from the TNT cable network movie The Goodbye Girl Jeff Daniels (born February 19, 1955 in Athens, Georgia) is an American actor. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Families Suborder Mesothelae     Liphistiidae (primitive burrowing spiders)     Arthrolycosidae (primitive spiders)     Arthromygalidae (primitive spiders) Suborder Mygalomorphae     Antrodiaetidae (folding trapdoor spider)     Atypidae (atypical tarantula)     Ctenizidae (trapdoor spider)     Cyrtaucheniidae (wafer trapdoor spider)     Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantula)     Hexathelidae (venomous funnel-web tarantula)     Mecicobothriidae (dwarf tarantulas)     Theraphosidae (tarantula) Suborder Araneomorphae     Agelenidae (araneomorph funnel-web spider...

The film won a Saturn Award from The American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films for Best Horror Film and Best Actor (Daniels.) Young actress Marlene Katz was nominated for a best actress award from the Young Artist Awards. The film was a phenomenal success in America alone, grossing $55,000,000 in theaters and going on to gross an additional $30,000,000 in video rentals. The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy and horror in film, television and home video. ...

The film's biggest critical success was very roundabout. The song "Blue Eyes are Sensitive to the Light" was used in the soundtrack and performed by Sara Hickman. The song was actually written by 1980s songstress Martika and inspired by a set of very Aryan looking male supermodel twins with pale blonde hair and sky blue eyes. Martika's own recording of the song went on to win a Grammy. Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Marta Marrero (born May 18, 1969), better known as Martika, is a Cuban-American singer and actress. ... Aryan is an English word derived from the Vedic Sanskrit and Avestan term arya, meaning noble or lord. In the 19th century, the term was often used to refer to what we now call the Proto-Indo-Europeans. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

The film made use of 374 Avondale spiders, which were picked for their large size, lack of actual venom, and unusually social lifestyle. They were guided around the set by the use of heat and cold, but the large "queen" was an articulated model. Binomial name Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837 Avondale Spider, GFDL photo by Vik Olliver The Avondale Spider is a large, brown spider originally found in the Avondale area of New Zealand, and its range now extends into the Waitakere area. ...

External links

• Arachnophobia at the Internet Movie Database