23 - Itsy Bitsy Nightmares
When Animals Attack Podcast · Jen & Nilo
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Show Notes
In Episode 23, Jen and Nilo swap stories of unfortunate arachnid encounters before discussing the invading spider armies of Arachnophobia (1990) and Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) and the far more disturbing spider sex of Latvian art-horror curiosity Spider (1992).
SOURCES:
BJ Colangelo, "Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)," When Animals Attack: The 70 Best Horror Movies with Killer Animals
Gordon Grice, The Red Hourglass
Gordon Grice, The Book of Deadly Animals
Niklas Salmose, "We Spiders: Spider as the Monster of Modernity in the Big Bug and Nature-on-a-Rampage Film Genres," Animal Horror Cinema: Genre, History and Criticism
https://www.grunge.com/161796/creepy-real-life-stories-about-giant-spiders/?utm_campaign=clip
https://www.thecut.com/2020/10/sinkhole-opens-in-nyc-sidewalk-plunging-man-into-rat-pit.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-hairy-spider-attacks-spark-panic-in-india/
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/15/experience-i-was-nearly-killed-by-a-spider-bite