"No tarantulas were harmed in the making of this film," not.

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Did the spider set up lights in the cave?

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Yo, dawg. I heard you like caves, so I put a cave in your cave, so you can go caving when you’re caving.

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Beowulf not required reading at this high school #Monsterdon

look for my bracelet, you asshole!

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"There's another cave down there! I think we can get into it through this opening over here!"

OH HEY LOOK Mike found the access into the boss chamber!

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ok, I think Mike's got plot-armor as the love-interest at this point; but god·damn· I'm hoping he gets eaten by the spider 😝

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@nev yeah very true

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well it was just before i found my dead father

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RE: https://timeloop.cafe/@bunnyhero/116870506457300613

It does. Each new scene more boring and unconvincing than the one before. #monsterdon

Professor Zaddy was played by Ed Kemmer, a world war 2 fighter pilot who also played Buzz Corry in Space Patrol.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Kemmer

Helen: "It's a tragedy, the spider didn't eat the baby and it still won't shut up" #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

First Wednesday of the month, gotta do the spider siren test #Monsterdon

At no point have we seen the spider enter this house

so how did the inside *really* get wrecked 🤔

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Okay, but when does "The World" get involved? So far it's "The scientist and some townspeople vs. The Spider"

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CAN I INTEREST YOU IN SOME AMWAY PRODUCTS?? #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

Giant spiders is one reasonable justification for the increasing police militarization, at least...

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The Monster Is Due On Maple Street #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

See! There's the baby, crying because they're covered in Karo syrup.

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lol, Spidey really crashed that Wedding, huh?

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#monsterdon The giant spider is actually the kool-aid man

"The DDT just stunned it…"

So stun it again and grab a chainsaw, you dork. This is the *smart* one?

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I can forgive the tarantula making weird breathing noises but what's with the wibbly warpy scifi noises?
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as the camera pans to the desolation of the knocked-over post box

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Yeah, we wouldn’t want to stun it again

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Y'know we haven't actually seen the spider attack anyone

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Will the spider become a beatnik and start wearing a beret and grow a goatee?

Spider has the right of way, tbh.

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Neat, the city has an spider attack siren
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sure are a lot of people out in the street in this tiny town

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@nev That's one for the ages

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Attack of the Puppet People on the marquee

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uh oh, we goin' to silent hill now

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The Gays aren't gonna save your ass now

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@apLundell

DDT doesn't break down. That's why is was such a problem, it accumulated in the food chain.

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#monsterdon Sheriff Kegel speaking. WHAT? You're clenching your WHAT???

GAY MATTRESS COMPANY

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Spider got bigger.

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Gay Mattress Company #monsterdon

#monsterdon that is a sick Les Paul Jr though

#monsterdon The baby has DDT poisoning, there's no food, and… WHERE IS THE FUXXING COFFEE!?!?

We're seeing Art's family....I don't think he's coming back

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"I think we need a really large shoe."

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That baby is 15 years old. #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider 🕷️🕸️🕷️

Congrats Helen, you are now a prisoner.

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Oh good, gotta set up the kid so they can put it in mortal danger later. #Monsterdon

I know a fair amount about period telecommunication devices but I couldn't tell you why people in movies would jiggle the hookswitch when they thought the connection was broken.
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fucking love the model high school wall they made for literally 3 seconds of "spider breaks out." even in an AIP picture you get real models in this day of age #monsterdon

#monsterdon I always wanted to be in a band but I didn't know 8 other people who all play different instruments

@apLundell Oh they definitely don't need him... unclear on the rest of it

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Oh no! They got most of the band, but the theremin player is still stuck in there!

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Call from a safer phone

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ROCK AND ROLL RAISES THE DEAD (spider)

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Bassist on too much weed?

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Music! Even the spider is groonvng, he’s got moves. #Monsterdon

@Newpa_Hasai ha good point 😂

Hugo the web designer 🕸️

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Saying that, the swinging people around is always impressive

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Jazz has awoken the Giant SPider@!@

If only one of them asked the spider to dance...

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Cool daddio! #Monsterdon

"don't go to sleep on it"

advice this movie decided not to take.

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Anyway, here’s Wonderwall (rockabilly remix)

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River Falls' own Weezer!

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@diazona To be fair, you can make web sites in hugo

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What's up with the 30-year-old with the peasant shirt polo with the pocket square? #Monsterdon

@diazona oh well done Bert! #Monsterdon

"we're only little kids"

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Jo and that old man are actually brothers in real life

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all these "high school guys" actors appear to be in their 30s, yeah?

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It's Dick Miller's grandad

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@Lazarou Someone said they are

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Joe is Middle Aged.

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@xerozohar I do believe so

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#Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider1958 “I loved him too” past tense huh. Quick to get over things, must be the barbiturates.

“Something about puppet people…”

Isn’t that a reference to the other movie we’ve seen June Kenney in?

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ah he works at a theatre that only plays Bert I. Gordon

*shudder*
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"Jo" was at Iwo Jima as well...

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Joe's been in high school for 14 years now...

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#monsterdon Mike is compliant. Maybe he suspects SHE WILL BRING THE COFFEE… if he just pushes her enough.

Not today Carol he's got to go to Tashi station for the power converters. #monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider

This movie kinda passed the Bechdel Test when she told her to do her homework.

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I love how the 1950s had this notion of scientist who could look at like 4 black and white photos, and then tell you the entire origin story and lifecycle of an alien creature. Back when we thought scientists were super smart.

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What a lousy theater

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They really could be sisters. REally.

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(oh man, these sweet and spicy snack cones are as excellent as ever!)

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so, mom's not sad that dad's gone, and daughter's most depressed about the fact that she accidentally dropped the jewelry. okay. cute family they've got here.

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Mike's on a date with the spider

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@CactuarJoe That's a Disney Channel movie concept if I've ever heard one

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Uhh, maybe a lot of spider eggs will hatch from the dead spider and destroy this city of elderly teenagers.
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#monsterdon Do we even want to start with how spiders have book lungs, and the limit on their size is the concentration of oxygen in their environment? So, ours is around 20% oxygen on Earth, used to be higher, so that's why spiders have been naturally shrinking over the millions of years they've been with us. Less O2, smaller spiders, because of their book lungs.

Mom looks like she already cashed the life insurance check #monsterdon

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Sometimes I need a good couch-cry too.

Oh, to look at a tarantula paw up close! See e. g. this photo by Melvyn Yeo showing its cat-like claws and soft, dense toe pads.

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wait spiders have muscles?

"It's what we usually call a bird spider" which is why it died flipping us all 8 of those #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheSpider Spider1958

HAHAHHAHA
Knock the fucker down.
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"Do you realize how easily they could overcome us humans?'

Not… not that easily. Giant spiders are terrifying, but they're solitary creatures and ambush hunters that size would have some serious problems.

I mean, it's not like they're giant ants. THOSE would be terrifying. We'd stand no chance against … THEM!

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“Otherwise there may be more giant spiders comng into the world” says the insightful scientist #Monsterdon

the egghead jumps immediately to a spider-ocracy, as we all have #monsterdon