16MM FILM NITE~ TARANTULA

ANTEBELLUM ia obsessed with B&W sci-fi and monster films from the 1950s. 

please join us for our premiere screening  of

ORIGINAL 16MM FILM projected on a screen!

JULY ~ 25TH

7PM

$10 COVER

NO~HOST BAR

KINKY ART

LIVELY CHAT

ANTEBELLUM 

1643 N LAS PALMAS AVE

HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028

323 856~0667

Tarantula is a 1955 science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring John Agar, Mara Corday and Leo G. Carroll. 

The screenplay by Robert M. Fresco and Martin Berkeley was based on a story by Arnold inspired by Fresco's teleplay for Science Fiction Theatre, "No Food for Thought."

Although the film is set in Arizona, it was shot in California, with locations for the desert scenes in Apple Valley.

The special effects for both the giant animals and the unfortunate scientist's deformity are fairly advanced for the time, with real animals (including a rabbit and a guinea pig in Professor Deemer's lab) being used to represent the giant creatures. A real spider was also used for shots where the whole monster was shown, with models reserved for close-ups and the final shots of the creature on fire. 

Jack Arnold said of this and the entire film, "We decided to do this film because generally, people are very afraid of spiders".

TARANTULA , 1955~ directed by jack arnold, 

starring~

Leo G. Carroll as Prof. Gerald Deemer John Agar as Dr. Matt Hastings Mara Corday as Stephanie Clayton Nestor Paiva as Sheriff Jack Andrews Ross Elliott as Joe Burch

Edwin Rand as Lt. John Nolan Raymond Bailey as Townsend Hank Patterson as Josh Bert Holland as Barney Russell Steve Darrell as Andy Andersen

• Clint Eastwood appears uncredited in a minor role as the jet squadron leader.
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