@paco That’s her running while trying to hold her skirt in place.

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Is this before or after Silent Spring??? #Monsterdon

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Never work with children who cause expenses to add up.
Like in "The Spider", which used Troy Patterson who was 35 years old to portray a teenager.

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ITS NOT AN INSECT, KINGMAN

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Well, the sheriff has a pipe carousel on his desk. Perhaps we'll have smoking.

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Mmm, DDT

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What is the right load for spider-hunting?

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#monsterdon I genuinely can't tell whether Carol or the spider is screaming

Sheriff one foot in the grave

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Whew! Okay, everyone can relax, I'm here.

What'd I miss?

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DDT FTW!

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The lamp is wearing a maid outfit what?
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Here's where I have to admit I am not a tarantula person and I can't ID this one. Captive Brachypelma are frequently used in movies, but there's also Aphonopelma native to the southwest US (like California, where I hear many movies are filmed) which we've also seen in previous Monsterdon instalments.

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anybody going to mention the two-skulled skeleton to the sheriff? anybody?

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"Whether we believe their story or not the right man to deal with it is the sherrif" is he going to arrest them if they're lying?? #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

Carol, you need to correct Mike's dad! It's not an insect #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

Hello, Folksy Sheriff’s office” #Monsterdon

Spiders aren't insects Dad. #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

Seriously, I think Joe is one of the top 3 oldest people in this flick.

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Why do they keep stopping?

RUN YOU FOOLS!

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Soooo… are tarantulas web-makers? I didn’t think so, but maybe I’m wrong

Also, how many massive animals that could be trapped in that web in that cave? Enough to keep that spider alive???

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Yeah. Fucking teenagers. #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

lemmie make sure I heard y'right
there's a spider and a giant and he's got a big web FUCK YOU

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Well I don't think those are normal spider noises

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- What is it Mike?
- Clearly a good spider on a bad camera FX!
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@randy_s the latter I think.

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I do not miss the jacked up pants and tiny tie look At All. #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

What a risque calendar for a sheriff's office.

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Earth vs. the Spider (1958) #Watching #Monsterdon https://letterboxd.com/imdb/tt0051570

the sound you're hearing is the wind whistling through the cave that is inside the spider itself, this is a natural conflict between caves when the wind patterns clash between nested caves #monsterdon

Fun fact: while some tarantulas spin webs, they do not use them the way other species of spiders do.

Also fun fact: no spider screams.

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#monsterdon Mike I can't see! I'd better jump forward

They didn’t have “giant” in the title #Monsterdon

Burt and his post cards. #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

Wow. Doesn't this entire sequence remind you of the time #monsterdon did Krull?

The similarities are astonishing! Such as, this film sucked and that one ruled by comparison.

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Sticky ropy stuff got shot everywhere? 😳

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Mike: "Might as well look a little further I guess."

NO MIKE, THERE'S SKELETONS!

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People, don't question this well-lit cave. I've seen too many poorly lit #monsterdon features.

You don’t want to think about what the spider ate to get this big #Monsterdon

It's a member of Theraphosidae, duh.

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"what is that noise?"

it's the audience, realizing that they are stuck in the theater and will now waste the next hour and a half of their lives on this snooze fest.

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THERE'S the spooder! Carol, WHAT DID WE TELL YOU ABOUT RANGE WEAPONS?

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"It's like that rpoey thing we found up on the road" oh you mean the plot? #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

I really can't get over how much this looks like something in a children's museum play area

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#monsterdon Gene Persson is what you name your clone when you know you're secretly going to harvest their organs

so when does Queen Arachnia of the spider people show up? (hi janeway)

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I know you're like, "Does any spider really make a perfect grid-shaped sticky capture web?" and the answer is yes, Cyrtophora tent-web orbweavers.

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I like how they clearly jump on this net!
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Is Carol hearing the arachnid or the theremin? #monsterdon

The giant spider is clearing its throat. That, or its joints need oiling.

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Well now you've done it. That broken stalactite is a park service fine!

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"Mike, I can't see!" when the audience can see very clearly. Modern cinematographers need to learn a lesson from this, Todd's honest truth

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#Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider1958 that was a very convincing fall.

They step off of a cave and onto a pirate ship?? #monsterdon

Yes, yes he is. Very. Oh, you said "Dad", never mind #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

I like that Carol’s calling him “dad” and not “daddy.” I’m not sure why that's standing out to me, but it is.

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STICKY ROPEY STUFF #Monsterdon

Need more hobbits in this spider cave.

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"What's that noise?" The spider stepped on a lego. #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

Wow, theses spider really like to polish bones, huh? They are so clean and whitey!
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"it's just a regular net we're on, you know that"

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Did Mike look up "great first dates" on ChatGPT or something? Spelunking in a dress and heels? She'll block him on all her social media once they get out of there. #Monsterdon #EarthvsTheSpider

"What's that noise?"

"I think it's a hobbit? Yelling something about Mr. Frodo?"

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Gotta respect Mike and Carol for investigating her dad's disappearance

I feel like this is an unusual level of initiative for #Monsterdon characters

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ok that 'web' is macrame

Yes! This is a bad sign.

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IT"S A NET YOU DUMPF--

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It's hemp, Carol. Hemp rope.

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Zoiks, Scoob. Like, maybe they went into that creepy cave...

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They fell into the Disneyland Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse

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I have to give props to Mike for not doing so, in the 50s this kind of reckless behavior would have gotten her spanked.

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Smeagol HELP teenagers!

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I hope that was a prop stalactite #Monsterdon

"Mike, I can't see"

too bad i can.

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*SCREAM* "oh they got the skeletons from ikea! I thought they were out!"

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Mikes face says "the things I do for tail" #Monsterdon

Oh hey I lost a skeleton a while back in that cave #Monsterdon

Aww, the Found Skeleton of Cadavra.

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the cave is surprisingly well lit #monsterdon

"We might as well go a little further"

NO! GO TO TOWN! GET PROFESSIONAL HELP!

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Perfect music sting there, no notes

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#monsterdon No gore, no Gore Vidal, no Vidal Grapes! This game of telephone is silly!

GO GET HELP YOU DUMB BROAD

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you can't blame spiders for the regular self-defensive behavior of caves which try and drop spikes on you when you pass underneath, Mario is the canon depiction of this phenomenon.

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Oh, so that’s where Spirit Halloweeen stores its skeletons #Monsterdon

Wired together medical skeletons... so handy! #monsterdon

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Chekov's stalactite?

I wonder what the THAC0 is on that collar of hers.

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I hope they check for ticks after wading through all that brush!!!

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Keep looking, kids. There can’t be endless matte paintings and models of stalagma stalacta whatsies #monsterdon

DAD had TWO HEADS?!

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#monsterdon dang, we wandered into Carlsbad Caverns. Maybe we can wait for a tour group

Also, Mike and Carol are passing up a lot of opportunities to find spider eggs, those are REAL good in alchemy, JUST SAYIN'

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Carol has some pipes on her.

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... the marquis on the town's theatre. There's a double feature: The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) and Attack of the Puppet People (1958). Both from Bert I. Gordon.

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#monsterdon That's what happens when you're a loudmouth and refuse to FETCH THE COFFEE WENCH! Silently!!! SILENTLY!

ok, not to overthink it, but: I feel like stalactites do not behave like avalanches…?
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Loud noises cause stalactites to fall .That's cave safety 101. #monsterdon

Two pages of this script: “Dad?” “Dad!” “Dad.”

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