IMDb plot summary: A caretaker devotes himself to three demented siblings after their father's death.
Directed by Jack Hill. Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, and Beverly Washburn.
The opening credits definitely set a distinct horror-comedy tone for this movie! The rest of it doesn't quite live up to that, but it comes close at times, with lots of pieces that are really enjoyably ridiculous. My biggest complaint is that this bizarre disease is never really explained as much as I want it to be, it just speaks vaguely of them "regressing," which I guess doesn't mean becoming more childlike so much as becoming murderers. Overall pretty fun, more so with a group of snarky friends.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Spider Baby > UHF
Spider Baby < Cats
Spider Baby > Princess Mononoke
Spider Baby < Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Spider Baby < Poltergeist
Spider Baby < Dark Shadows
Spider Baby < The Gold Rush
Spider Baby < The Kite Runner
Spider Baby < Interiors
Spider Baby > Children of Paradise
Spider Baby > Loving Vincent
Spider Baby < Swing Girls
Final spot: #1156 out of 3098.
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