Spider Baby - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Spider Baby"

Spider Baby (1967)

Timing: 1:21 (81 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Film crew

Director

Gil Lasky

Producer

Paul Monka

Producer

Writer

Editor

Ray Storey

Art Direction

Ronald Stein

Original Music Composer

Production Supervisor

Marvin Levine

Associate Producer

Alan Riseman

Associate Producer

Alfred Taylor

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

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.

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