Earth vs. the Spider
Earth vs. the Spider
| 07 October 2001 (USA)
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A shy comic book fan is injected with an experimental serum and starts turning into a spider. When web covered bodies start appearing a policeman starts to investigate the strange case.

Reviews
Cubussoli

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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AniInterview

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Dotsthavesp

I wanted to but couldn't!

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Smartorhypo

Highly Overrated But Still Good

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Neil Welch

This bloke gets bitten by a spider containing a super-serum and becomes a hero. Then he metamorphoses and becomes a villain.This cheap and not-very-cheerful movie takes Spider-man's origin and nails The Fly's ending onto it. The cast has, in supporting roles, some very recognisable names: however, they are either past their sell-by date (Dan Aykroyd, Teresa Russell), or else they are in the "before they were famous" category (John Cho). The principals are completely unknown unless you are familiar with US soaps, which I'm not.This film passes the time. It isn't very good, but it's not dreadful either.

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sammy-stokes

When I first saw this movie, it appeared to be engaging, but it quickly became a cross between SpiderMan and The Fly, and that cross was not incredibly engaging. As an animal lover, especially beagles, I was happy his dog escaped his wrath, however, even that pacifying concept presented by the writers is trite. I don't recommend this movie in any capacity where you have to pay to watch it. The only possible exception is where you are up extremely late, with or without company.The irony is, I love comic book stories, tragic and heroic. This one just flopped, period. Sorry, Dan Akroid, I love what you've done over your career, but this was, for lack of a better term, pooh.

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Rautus

Earth Vs The Spider is a remake of the 1958 film except instead of a huge Spider attacking people we get a cross between Spider-Man and The Fly, a Secuirty Guard named Quentin Kemmer (Devon Gummersall) is working for a lab and is obsessed with comic books especially the Aracnid Avenger. When a group of armed men come into the lab and steal some things he's fired from his job. He then injects himself with a Spider serum and soon he starts to get spider like powers (Like Spider-Man) except he shoots webs from his chest not wrists.Things start to happen though as he slowly starts changing into a Spider Monster, Quentin's neighbour Stephanie Lewis (Amelia Heinle) is curious why he's hiding himself in his apartment all day while Det. Insp. Jack Grillo (Dan Aykroyd) starts to go on a search for the Spider. Earth Vs The Spider is a good Television movie with some great Spider effects.

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joshlemli

This may not be the best film ever, but the writing and direction manages to be fresh around every bend. You'd expect lots of dumb noise-swell scares, cheesy one-liners, etc, but you'll find none of that here. Good old fashioned horror is alive and well here, and although this movie isn't the most involved or beautiful film you'll ever see, give it a chance.The direction and cinematography is surprisingly good, and the transformation of the spider is done just right -- you don't see too much too soon, but just enough to keep it creepy and interesting. I really can't say enough about how this film avoided the pitfalls into which most big-budget movies stumble. Horror movies in particular, having made a big comeback in the last few years, suffer from cheap jump-out-at-you thrills, poor plot, and weak plot twists. This movie keeps it good and simple.My favorite part is that you can sympathize with all the characters, which is especially awesome with the "villian." Oh, and the spider looks FRIKKIN AWESOME. But just as a forewarning, the ending is a little disappointing.

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