Spider Baby

Spider Baby (1967)

Timing: 1:21 (81 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1967-12-24

Country

United States

Production

Lasky-Monka

Genre

Comedy, Horror

Budget

$65 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Jack Hill

Actors

Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner, Sid Haig, Mary Mitchel, Karl Schanzer, Mantan Moreland, Joan Keller Stern
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Scenario

Jack Hill

Producer

Gil Lasky, Paul Monka

Operator

Alfred Taylor

Composer

Ronald Stein

Artist

Audition

Editing

Jack Hill, Bart Patton
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• In the 1990s, the film was considered lost until it was discovered that a 17mm VHS tape version with poor sound quality existed. Director and screenwriter Jack Hill found the original negative, made a clean digital copy, and released it. The film's copyright had lapsed, and Hill was able to release the copy as his own property. Hill included a scene cut from the original release and called the resulting version the 'director's cut'.
• The film was shot in 12 days in August 1964. On the small stage without air conditioning, the heat was often unbearable. On some days, Lon Chaney Jr. (1906-1973) had to wipe streams of sweat from his face between takes.
• In the scene where Ralph descends the wall of the house and looks into the window, Syd Haig (1939-2019) was lowered using a rope tied to his feet. Blood rushed to his head, the actor panicked, so the scene was filmed very quickly.
• During a fight scene with Mary Mitchell, Syd Haig had a temperature of over 104 degrees Fahrenheit due to the flu. He was examined every few hours by a doctor stationed on set for this purpose and periodically given an injection.