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| Spider Baby |
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Genre:Classic
Reviewed In Issue 25 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Lon Chaney, Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker, Beverly Washburn & Jill Banner |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Image Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
ID3560JN |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.99 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
81 |
| (Color Type): |
Black & White |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1964 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Jack Hill |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Jack Hill |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Ronald Stein |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Ray Story |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
NA |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Gil Lasky & Paul Monka |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Spider Baby is an off-beat, low-budget horror film known under other titles as Cannibal Orgy: Or The Maddest Story Ever Told and The Liver Eaters. Lon Chaney, Jr. stars as Bruno, guardian to the last remaining members of a luckless family, all of whom suffer from the dreaded Merrye Syndrome—a disease causing progressive regression into infantile mentality. The family’s extensive deterioration has led to innocent, but savage cannibalism and when they are threatened by the arrival of “normal” interlopers, the term “family values” takes on a whole new and blackly comic meaning. Includes footage of the cast and crew at the 30th Anniversary Reunion at Nuarte Theatre in Los Angeles and commentary by writer/director Jack Hill.
LaserDisc Picture:
The black and white picture exhibits an inconsistent grayscale that is sometimes washed out. Images are wanting in sharpness and detail with poor contrast and mediocre shadow detail. Major and distracting artifacts and print scratches are sometimes apparent. The aspect ratio is measured at 1.66:1
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is undistinguished and compressed monaural.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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