Arachnophobia
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
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2007★ 6.9
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2006★ 6.5
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2014★ 5.8
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1987★ 5.9
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1990★ 6.9
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2023★ 7.0
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2012★ 5.8
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Splinter
2008★ 6.2
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2025★ 6.1
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1985★ 6.6
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