I used to love spiders when I was a kid (kept them in jars as pets), but after seeing this movie when I was 9, I developed a fear of them. So grossed out was I by this film I never looked at spiders the same way again.
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I had a terrible fear of spiders BEFORE I saw this movie. I was afraid of spiders as a small child, but what may have really affected me was when I had been bitten on the thigh while I was in the bathtub! I was probably around 5 years old, which would make it 1971; several years before "Kingdom Of The Spiders" was made. I saw the spider on the bathroom ceiling, but it was some distance away. I guess the spider crawled my way while I was playing in the bathtub. The next thing I knew, I felt a sharp pain on my thigh, and there was the spider floating in the water! Horror movies do not scare me...unless they are about spiders!
shareI totally agree with you onnano.
I only saw this movie, because I had arachnophobia. I've never been bit. But its' my biggest fear
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I love spiders I infact have a Chile Rose and Bird Eating spider as pets, but even though I love them this film still gave me chills!!!
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Oh Yes definetely.I Cannot stand even thinking about them makes my skin itch crawl,especially tarantulas.I think I would have a heart attack if one was on me.Not to mention several!
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I've had arachnophobia since I was a toddler, but I like watching films/documentaries about them. Can't explain why.
However, I'm bloody glad I'm British cos we have nothing like these beasties (except for people who have them as pets-mad buggers) living there. I seriously don't know how people in Arizona/Texas/New Mexico cope with these 'orrible things living near their homes and gardens.
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Hey, a lot of excellent feedback to this question. I saw this at the theater in my small hometown and, man, I got so shaken up I actually kept looking inside my popcorn bag to make sure no hairy legs were sticking out of it. I had a cousin who once lived in Arizona and when she told me how bad the tarantula problem was over there (having to check your shoes before putting them on and looking under your bed blankets before turning in) I made the vow to never visit that part of the continent.
It grossed me out too when she said she was driving down the Arizona highway with her family and they came across a large herd of tarantulas crawling across the road. Her father just ran over them.
They survived the impossible...by doing the unthinkable.
I was already scared of spiders, but this movie did little to enhance that fear because it feels so fake.
shareIn a word, yes. I was 4 when this movie was released in theatres and was still in single digits when I saw it on network television for the first time. I credit this movie for my fear of spiders to this day.
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