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An expedition is sent to investigate a viral outbreak on a remote island but instead they find an extraterrestrial arachnid which is more than just a new species of spider... Read more

Starring Chris Potter, Alex Reid, Jose Sancho, Neus Asensi
Director Jack Sholder
Genres Horror

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Arachnid

An expedition is sent to investigate a viral outbreak on a remote island but instead they find an extraterrestrial arachnid which is more than just a new species of spider...

Starring Chris Potter, Alex Reid, Jose Sancho, Neus Asensi
Director Jack Sholder
Studio MOSAIC MOVIES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 32 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 17 Feb 2003
Production year: 2001
Format DVD

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  • 1 stars out of 5

    The second in Re-Animator producer Brian Yuzna's “Made in Spain” movies under the Fantastic Factory umbrella label is no improvement on the first, Faust: Love of the Damned. An air force jet crashes into a UFO and the zoological alien cargo is showered over a South Pacific island. A research team, investigating the outbreak of an unknown virus on the island, find themselves fighting mutant bugs instead, culminating in a battle royal with a giant spider. Saddled with a stupid story, an equally stupid script and duff special effects, director Jack (The Hidden) Sholder aims squarely for rapid-fire incident but even that desperate tangent fails to excite in a survival of the fittest adventure where the questionable winner is clearly the viewer who lasts until the final credits roll.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    A good attempt

    The first thing I noticed was the amount of people mentioned in the credits at the beginning of the film, this appears to be a Spanish movie made with EU funding. It is a lot better than many US straight to DVD releases, with a good build up of tension in places. However, I didn't understand the alien sequence at the beginning of the film - it appears if the alien who has crashed after the collision with the fighter plane is killed by the evolved spider, so was this brought by the alien or was it already on the island? If the former, what is the relevance of the alien sequence?

      • A customer from Birmingham, UK
      • Posted 03 Mar 2005 19:31

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    A good attempt

    The first thing I noticed was the amount of people mentioned in the credits at the beginning of the film, this appears to be a Spanish movie made with EU funding. It is a lot better than many US straight to DVD releases, with a good build up of tension in places. However, I didn't understand the alien sequence at the beginning of the film - it appears if the alien who has crashed after the collision with the fighter plane is killed by the evolved spider, so was this brought by the alien or was it already on the island? If the former, what is the relevance of the alien sequence?

      • A customer from Birmingham, UK
      • Posted 03 Mar 2005 19:31

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