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The Spider) is an independently made 1958 American black-and-white science fiction horror film produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, who also provided the plot upon which the screenplay by George Worthing Yates and Laszlo Gorog was based. Though the title suggests a global crisis, the film focuses entirely on a small town being terrorized by ...
The festival also featured Beginning of the End (1957), set in Ludlow, Illinois, just 30 minutes north of UIUC, where giant grasshoppers cause destruction—though the crew never filmed in Ludlow, adding a fun trivia point. Another highlight was Earth vs. the Spider (1958), in which a giant spider, exposed to DDT, terrorizes a high school ...
1958: Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes Attack of the 50 Foot Woman: Nathan H. Juran: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers: United States: Horror Attack of the Puppet People: Bert I. Gordon: John Agar, Michael Mark, Jack Kosslyn: United States: Horror Ballad of the Ming Tombs Reservoir (a.k.a Shi san ling shui ku chang xiang ...
Bert Ira Gordon (September 24, 1922 – March 8, 2023) was an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for screenwriting and producing and/or directing science fiction and horror B-movies such as King Dinosaur (1955), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Village of the Giants (1965), and Empire of the Ants (1977).
Earth vs. the Spider: 1958 United States giant spider [98] Ebirah: Horror of the Deep: 1966 Japan Godzilla, Ebirah [8] [99]: Chapter 14 The Empire Strikes Back: 1980 United States Exogorth (giant slug) [100] [101] Eight Legged Freaks: 2002 United States, Germany, Australia giant spiders [21] [102] Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure: 1984 ...
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Fraser eventually became typecast in low budget 1950s sci-fi films. She played a wife possessed by aliens in the Roger Corman film It Conquered the World (1956), the sister of the titular monster in War of the Colossal Beast (1958), and a mother protecting her baby in Earth vs. the Spider (1958).