Comments on: SIX LEGS GOOD EIGHT LEGS BAD: Why giant spider movies aren’t scary http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Pete http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-396167 Pete Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:26:45 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-396167 Of course, you're right. I have made that mistake before and it keeps coming back. I did consider updating this article with Shelob, when the LotR films came out, but beyond Peter Jackson's obvious ability as a horror director, I still don't think the spider itself is all that scary. Good to see someone else agrees. Of course, you’re right. I have made that mistake before and it keeps coming back.

I did consider updating this article with Shelob, when the LotR films came out, but beyond Peter Jackson’s obvious ability as a horror director, I still don’t think the spider itself is all that scary. Good to see someone else agrees.

]]> By: LD http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-396048 LD Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:43:19 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-396048 oopss.. I meant to write that it was not Vincent Price's head on the fly. oopss.. I meant to write that it was not Vincent Price’s head on the fly.

]]> By: LD http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-396047 LD Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:42:00 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-396047 Enjoyed the article. One correction, it is not Vincent Price's head on the spider. It is his movie brother's head. It is Vincent who destroys the fly and spider with a rock....thus keeping the secret. But that chilling "help me, no no no..." is truly frightening. Enjoyed the article. One correction, it is not Vincent Price’s head on the spider. It is his movie brother’s head. It is Vincent who destroys the fly and spider with a rock….thus keeping the secret. But that chilling “help me, no no no…” is truly frightening.

]]> By: destiny clontz http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-394450 destiny clontz Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:13:35 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-394450 Another iconic and very effective spider encounter can be found in "The incredible shrinking man". As in "The Fly" and other "altered scale"-films, the spider is of normal size and is acting "natural". It becomes a threat because the protagonist is suddenly finding himself on the other end of the food-chain. In those films the spider is always a threat that has to be killed so that man can survive. The scene in "shrinking man" is incredibly well done by Jack Arnold who also did Tarantula. Compare it to a very similar, but failing, scene in "Lord of the Rings". I also find it very frustrating that all spiders (and actually all other creatures) in any film are emitting the same, high-pitched, squeeling noise. Can´t sound designers find another menacing sound that was not generated out of a squeeling pig and lions roar? Another iconic and very effective spider encounter can be found in “The incredible shrinking man”. As in “The Fly” and other “altered scale”-films, the spider is of normal size and is acting “natural”. It becomes a threat because the protagonist is suddenly finding himself on the other end of the food-chain. In those films the spider is always a threat that has to be killed so that man can survive.

The scene in “shrinking man” is incredibly well done by Jack Arnold who also did Tarantula. Compare it to a very similar, but failing, scene in “Lord of the Rings”.

I also find it very frustrating that all spiders (and actually all other creatures) in any film are emitting the same, high-pitched, squeeling noise. Can´t sound designers find another menacing sound that was not generated out of a squeeling pig and lions roar?

]]> By: RB http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-366634 RB Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:49:08 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2002/09/spiders/#comment-366634 I thought that the alien spinders in the "lost in space" film, where quite scary. I thought that the alien spinders in the “lost in space” film, where quite scary.

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