Spider Baby is a 1968 black comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as Bruno, the chauffeur and caretaker of three orphaned siblings who suffer from "Merrye Syndrome", which causes them to mentally, socially, and physically regress backwards down the evolutionary ladder starting in early puberty. Cinematography is by Alfred Taylor, who had previously worked on the cult film The Atomic Brain, and would later work on the television series The Paper Chase.

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  • Spider Baby is a 1968 black comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as Bruno, the chauffeur and caretaker of three orphaned siblings who suffer from "Merrye Syndrome", which causes them to mentally, socially, and physically regress backwards down the evolutionary ladder starting in early puberty. Cinematography is by Alfred Taylor, who had previously worked on the cult film The Atomic Brain, and would later work on the television series The Paper Chase. The entire production cost about $65,000, and took only 6 to 7 days to shoot in black and white. Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker, Mary Mitchel, and Karl Schanzer also star. The film was shot between August and September 1964. However, due to original producer's bankruptcy, the film was not released until January 18, 1968. Spider Baby suffered from poor marketing as well as a series of title changes, being billed alternatively as The Liver Eaters, Attack of the Liver Eaters, Cannibal Orgy, and The Maddest Story Ever Told. Although these alternate titles have little or no relation to the plot, the latter two appear in the lyrics of the title song sung by Chaney: "This cannibal orgy is strange to behold in the maddest story ever told. " The opening titles of the film also dub it Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told.
  • Spider Baby ist ein amerikanischer Horrorfilm aus dem Jahre 1968, der in schwarzweiß gedreht wurde. Regie führte Jack Hill. Der Film wurde in nur sechs bis sieben Tagen gedreht. Das Budget betrug 65.000 $. Obwohl der Film im August und September 1964 gedreht wurde, kam er wegen finanzieller Schwierigkeiten des Produzenten erst im Januar 1968 in die Kinos.
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  • Spider Baby is a 1968 black comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as Bruno, the chauffeur and caretaker of three orphaned siblings who suffer from "Merrye Syndrome", which causes them to mentally, socially, and physically regress backwards down the evolutionary ladder starting in early puberty. Cinematography is by Alfred Taylor, who had previously worked on the cult film The Atomic Brain, and would later work on the television series The Paper Chase.
  • Spider Baby ist ein amerikanischer Horrorfilm aus dem Jahre 1968, der in schwarzweiß gedreht wurde. Regie führte Jack Hill. Der Film wurde in nur sechs bis sieben Tagen gedreht. Das Budget betrug 65.000 $. Obwohl der Film im August und September 1964 gedreht wurde, kam er wegen finanzieller Schwierigkeiten des Produzenten erst im Januar 1968 in die Kinos.
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