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Earth vs. the Spider is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Scott Ziehl released in USA on 7 october 2001 with Dan Aykroyd
Earth vs. the Spider (2001)
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Add to a movie listEarth vs. the Spider is a 2001 horror-thriller television film directed by Scott Ziehl. It is the first of a series of films made for Cinemax paying tribute to the films of American International Pictures. The films in this tribute series reused the titles of old American International Pictures films, but are not remakes of the earlier films.
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Quentin Kemmer (Devon Gummersall) is a shy security guard and obsessive comic book fan who dreams of becoming a superhero like his favorite comic book character The Arachnid Avenger, and going out with his next-door neighbor Stephanie Lewis (Amelia Heinle). When his partner is killed during a botched robbery at the research laboratory where he works, Quentin is fired and he injects himself with an experimental serum derived from spiders. The next day he is wracked with a severely high fever and spends most of the day unconscious. After he recovers he discovers that he has developed increased strength.Actors
Dan Aykroyd
(Det. Insp. Jack Grillo)
Devon Gummersall
(Quentin Kemmer)
Amelia Heinle
(Stephanie Lewis)
Theresa Russell
(Trixie Grillo)
Christopher Cousins
(Officer Williams)
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