There could be giant spider in This Very Theater! Scream! Scream for your Lives! #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

why do all the dudes sound somewhat drunk

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I, for one, welcome our new spider overlords.

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Everybody loves looking at giant rotting arachnid corpses! You could make a fortune selling tickets!

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er... wat if there is MORE THAN ONE spider, man?

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@msh ACAB: All cops are breakfast.

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Crimes of the Spider

* car tripwire
* paternal dehydration
* STEALS BRACELETS OUT OF POCKETS

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The spider stole it! Add it to the charges...

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@cocaine_owlbear calling it right now- that was just a baby… #monsterdon

Oh good, one of the cops got Spider'd

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aaah. aah. aaaaaah. #Monsterdon

One thing this movie’s got going for it is pacing. Hitting some solid beats and keeping the audience’s attention #monsterdon

OK, firing inside an unstable cavern. Good job, guys

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#monsterdon American International and Bert I Gordon and still we have the budget for a string section _AND_ a Theremin.

and say what you want about Bert I Gordon but this film has enough sound clips and effects for a complete sequel to Frontier Psychiatrist

There's something comical about a bunch of out-of-shape small town sheriffs climbing across a spider web

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Once again I would like to remind everyone that tarantulas, like all mygalomorphs, do not build capture webs. They still produce silk and use it for things like lining their burrows and making egg sacs. Some mygs (not tarantulas) make tripwires.

Capture webs were a later evolutionary innovation by more "derived" araneomorphs.

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the way everybody ignores the skeletons it's like

this is where the townfolk sacrifice people, isn't it? and everybody knows, they just don't talk about it

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That theramin quaver in the background is great. #Monsterdon

It's a pretty rubbish spiderweb if it's that easy to climb onto and off of.
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#monsterdon Gas masks! Well, I guess they had an inkling in 1958 that DDT was dangerous. But hey, we're not going to even touch biomagnification are we? Not even one mention of it. Nope.

"Find any giant spiders" no they're currently invading Wisconsin via a black hole #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

How effective are we thinking the DDT is? Given the remaining runtime?
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The smart guy with a hard hat...

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#Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider1958 oh no a bat, better shoot it

That's just Carlsbad. You gotta expect a few human skeletons from time to time. #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

#monsterdon ACAB, go on stupid cops, monster chow in polyester, keep going chucklebutt cop.

How long is the hose on their DDT truck?
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And bats.... #monsterdon

That's her father? Did he look like this when he was alive?

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No pattern with the other skeletons, sheriff? #monsterdon

You see a dead man, and I see a cop who buried a bat using a frick'n *gun*.

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maybe it was bats

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Bastard cop shot an innocent sky puppy FEED HIM TO THE SPIDER #Monsterdon

No one seems bothered that there are human bones everywhere.

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ok, I'm upgrading "worst guy to have along" from Mike to the sheriff; and btw, wtf did that bat ever do to you, asshole 😛

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Yeah I wouldn't handle the sheriff in case he had rabies either #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

cue the theremin

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Unnecessary shooting in a cave known for falling stalactites...

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"...rats bats mice and so on... cavemen, pterodactyls, dragons" #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

I think the Science Dude knew the giant spider was here all along....

Why you shooting bats you nazi?!

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Not anymore

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Look, y'all are roasting the rear projection but it's not like the comping in, like, Krull was any better

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Please please please eat this cop. #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

The entire town goes into the cave. Making this VERY easy for the giant spider. #monsterdon

Don't lose sight of the man next to you, if you know what I mean. Wink wink, nudge nudge, saynomore.
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Nice cutout on that stalagmite, very subtle 9_9 #Monsterdon

hey bert

hey bert

hey bert

get a new postcard, bert

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Just waiting for John Goodman to show up from Springdale. #monsterdon

"Don't worry, to make sure the DDT only goes where we want it to we'll contain it with this equally safe asbestos" #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

@apLundell the new maxim is distrust, but verify.

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Professor is prety bold with his DDT.
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Escalation (chemical warfare rather than guns/bazookas, though)

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im pretty sure that blowing holes in the side of insects who have an open circulatory system would be pretty bad for them, but hey why not pump a cave that you are currently in full of DDT, couldn't hurt #monsterdon

This looks like a job for...

(Da dadada DAAAA)

PEST CONTROL!

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DDT is the cure-all of the 1950's.

#monsterdon #SuddenStringSection and #SuddenKettleDrum have been awoken and invisibly joined to the party.

i love the cursive pest control jacket
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Wnat next?

Police officers being eaten by spiders. That is what might be next.

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fixed it but now i'm grumpy 😡

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#monsterdon DDT. DDT. 1958, ya bastards, DDT. WE FOUND OUT WHAT THAT DDT ACTUALLY DID…

The sheriff? I'd try someone else.... #monsterdon

"Have them send out all the DDT they can find."

Me: laughs nervously

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industrial quantities of DDT, that'll do it! #monsterdon

HUE HUE HUE RIFLES HEHEHE ACAB

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He’s old Biff

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lol, the spider is the feminine mystique as defined by the patriarchy…lol

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What kind of running is this? This is why we had to invent the Presidential Physical Fitness Awards.

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#monsterdon "Awfully Sticky" "Can't get loose" "It's like that ropey stuff we found up on the road"

out of context quotes from "Earth vs the Spider" for those who read the hashtag but don't watch along 😉

Spiders are not insects!!11!!1 #Monsterdon

whoa… 4 digit phone number? In this time? Must be a pretty densely populated area.

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We join the police of the abstract shapes squad as they interrogate the suspects in the serial decubing case.

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Sheriff: “Spiders? Ha ha ha. There’s no such thing as spiders!”

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And the oscar for best performance goes to... THE SPIDER *cheers*

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I'm starting to think that Reducto from Harvey Birdman was based on Bert I. Gordon

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SMOKIN' MIKE smokin' mike RUDEboy!

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Little known fact: Spiders are constantly screaming

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It's probably were trapeze artists train. It couldn't be a giant spider web. #monsterdon

Didn't need to wait long to meet the forced-perspective tarantula.
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Yes it's very sticky... or at least youre trying to pretend that the ordinary ropes are sticky. #Monsterdon

"it's sticky, though" uhhhh, nah too easy.

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#monsterdon She jumped. Ya doofy wench! THAT’S NOT WHERE WE KEEP THE COFFEE!

Spider noise!

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#monsterdon I wonder if they started this one with an eye towards 3d, the cavern scenes look like they were made for it. Perhaps it's just early compositing

This feels like the opening scene to an episode of Bones...

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ugh distracted by technical issues. gd it jellyfin.

at least i've seen this before (too many times) but i'm missing your commentary

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Looks like a high school biology teacher used this cave to dump some of their old equipment.

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I've seen scarier skeleton tableaus in my neighborhood at Halloween

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Nice clean medical skeletons, with perfect teeth.

They found the sticky net!

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The idiot placeholder boyfriend is suddenly very easily swayed by her suggestions.
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Hi Frank! #Monsterdon

@Lazarou Is this like the dad version of Large Marge?

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Can't believe Gene Persson didn't win an Oscar for this riveting performance. #Monsterdon

I'm sorry, the cave goes on *forever*? And you're not concerned about the size of this lovecraftian portal?

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This cave is Amazingly Well Lit for people who have no flashlights

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@randy_s yeah he deserves to be eaten #monsterdon

DAD!? #Monsterdon

For an old cavern, is pretty well lit, isn't it?
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So, it goes on forever? Do you have enough food and water to last the journey?

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#monsterdon nice of the giant spider to leave the warning sign up

Carol has attachment issues.

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