Horror,Science Fiction,Thriller
United States of America
Tarantula is a 1955 science fiction monster movie directed by Jack Arnold and starring John Agar, Mara Corday and Leo G. Carroll. The film revolves around a scientist named Dr. Matt Hastings, who has been conducting experiments to find a solution to world hunger. He has been injecting lab animals with a hormone that causes them to grow to enormous sizes. However, things go wrong when one of the lab animals, a tarantula, escapes and begins to wreak havoc on a nearby desert town.
The movie begins as a lab assistant to Dr. Hastings is found dead, and the town's doctor suspects that something unusual is going on. He decides to investigate and teams up with the scientist's new assistant, Dr. Stephanie Clayton, who turns out to be a beautiful but tough female scientist. As they begin to dig deeper, they discover that the tarantula, which has grown to the size of a house, is responsible for the strange deaths and disappearances happening in the town. The creature is also responsible for the sudden increase in size of local cattle, as well as the mysterious disappearances of many local townspeople.
With the help of a team of military personnel and local law enforcement, the group attempts to track down the tarantula and stop it before it can cause any more damage. However, the creature proves to be highly intelligent and difficult to catch. In the end, they are forced to lure it out into the open by using explosive charges, where it dies in a fiery explosion, but not before causing massive destruction in the town.
Tarantula is considered a classic of the 1950s monster movie genre, featuring a giant, prehistoric spider that terrorizes a small town. It features a number of iconic scenes, including the tarantula attacking a small desert settlement, and it is still remembered for its impressive visual effects, which were cutting-edge at the time.
