Spider Baby1967
“Come into my parlor, said the spider to the...”
Directed by Jack Hill
🏆 1 nomination total
The premise
In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess the family of its home.
Horror Vault's take
Deep in a crumbling rural estate, the last surviving members of the Merrye family carry a terrifying hereditary curse that causes them to mentally regress into something feral and dangerous as they grow older. Their devoted chauffeur does his best to shield them from the outside world — and the outside world from them. When opportunistic relatives descend on the property with legal documents and dollar signs in their eyes, they have no idea what manner of household they are intruding upon. Spider Baby is a deliriously strange slice of early 1960s gothic grotesque that plays its darkest cards with a knowing, pitch-black grin.
Content: Violence, Dark Themes Involving Children, Disturbing Behaviour, Mild Sexual Content
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