Tarantula movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant tarantula movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychotronic, cult film, scary, slasher, humorous and weird films and TV shows about / with tarantula, spider, danger, violence, suspense, catastrophe, death, fight, dialogue and storytelling plots mostly in Horror, Comedy and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tarantula: 2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016), Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), Spidarlings (2016), Village of the Giants (1965), The Beyond (1981), The Amityville Curse (1990), Kiss of the Tarantula (1975), Treasure of the Moon Goddess (1987), Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977).

List of tarantula movies

2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When an unprecedented amount of sinkholes erupt all over Florida, a new nest of fire spitting LAVALANTULAS is awakened… wreaking their fiery havoc all over the sunshine state.
Style: captivating, tense, semi serious, natural horror, weird
Plot: giant spider, tarantula, monster, beast, apocalypse, animal attack, mutant animal, mutant, mutation, creature, father and daughter, heroes ...
Time: 2010s
Place: florida
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Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.
Style: slasher, psychotronic, erotic, disturbing, perverse ...
Plot: serial killer, tarantula, female nudity, lesbianism, dysfunctional marriage, cat, whodunit, obsession, suspense, killer, murderer, lust ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, europe
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Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hoards of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, intense, harsh, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spider, death, creature feature, tarantula, monster, plague, amateur detective, chaos, dangerous animal, investigation, family in danger, animal attack ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona
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 4.5
 230
Spidarlings (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Poverty stricken lovers Eden and Matilda have enough trouble just getting through the days, but when Eden buys a pet spider the real troubles start.
Style: lgbt cinema, feminist film, psychedelic, psychotronic, queer horror ...
Plot: spider, body horror, lesbian, punk, camp, tarantula, lgbt, strong female lead, lgbtq, gay culture, punk rock, lesbian couple ...
Place: england
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Village of the Giants (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: "Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, ...
Style: natural horror, campy, not serious, humorous, psychotronic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: giant, fight, spider, dance club, duck, giant animal, dog, dancing, laboratory, electrocution, teenager, bicycle ...
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 6.6
 24K
The Beyond (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where after a series of supernatural 'accidents', she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
Style: gothic, scary, slasher, surreal, disturbing ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted house, blindness, violence, murder, spider, zombie attack, afterlife, macabre, monster, revenge ...
Time: 80s
Place: louisiana, new orleans, italy, usa
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The Amityville Curse (1990)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Five people spend the night in an abandoned house, the Amityville haunted house, and soon find themselves terrorized by assorted ghosts, venomous insects and ghostly apparitions.
Style: scary, dark, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nude, ghost, supernatural, spider, death, haunted house, paranoid, justice, redemption, lone hero, police investigation, mentor ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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Kiss of the Tarantula (1975)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A disturbed teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against her "enemies."
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot: spider, serial killer, tarantula, killer child, night, exploitation, insect, female villain, arachnophobia, animals, daughter murders mother, mortician ...
Time: 70s
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Treasure of the Moon Goddess (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A minor jungle adventure in which a singer (Linnea Quigley) is held captive by whitewashed Central American natives who worship her because she looks like their idol. Or maybe it's because she also looks a little like Goldie Hawn. At any rate, ...
Plot: lost treasure, island, sword, goddess, jungle, pop singer, kidnapping, tarantula, boat, capture, gangsters, captured ...
Place: central america
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Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky ...
Style: natural horror, slasher, psychotronic, retro
Plot: animal attack, insect, killer animal, spider, tarantula, disaster, giant spider, animals, arachnophobia, air disaster, spider bite, police officer ...
Time: year 1977
Place: ecuador, latin america, california, south america
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Nothing to Lose (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed ...
Style: funny, humorous, absurd, entertaining, buddy comedy ...
Plot: revenge, friendship, on the road, robbery, husband wife relationship, desert, mistaken identity, farce, culture clash, criminal, reckless driving, advertising executive ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: arizona, los angeles, new jersey, usa
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Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The son of Torren learns of his heritage, goes to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers, and rescue his sister/love interest from the evil Dakkar and his spider cult. Ator battles giant spiders, swordsmen cloaked in shadow, re-animated dead ...
Style: psychotronic, exciting, captivating, semi serious, cult film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: barbarian, sword and sorcery, zombie, sword, warrior, incest, ancient, exploitation, sorcery, wizards and magicians, heroes, good versus evil ...
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The Lost Empire (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In a land in a distant past, three beautiful women, members of a lost tribe, battle a male genius with diabolical plans to destroy their "Lost Empire." If the victor can find the sacred jewels, they can anticipate total power.
Style: sex comedy
Plot: monster, female fighter, sword fight, female fight, strong female lead, woman with a gun, immortal, female exploitation, erotica, undead, female nudity, female protagonist ...
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Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Down at the docks a very enterprising but dangerous element is making life miserable for Sheriff Marga. But she is distracted by a series of puzzling kidnappings that is plaguing her parish. Could the culprit be the mysterious Queen - the dance hall ...
Style: psychotronic, cult film
Plot: stripper, coitus, voyeurism, female masturbation, fondling, sex, female nudity, lesbian sex, lesbian, voyeur, lust, masturbation ...
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 6.2
 4K
Madhouse (1974)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
Style: psychotronic, psychological, surreal, mind bending, scary ...
Plot: murder, movie star, serial killer, false accusation of murder, costume party, foster parent, red herring, new year's eve party, whodunit, nervous breakdown, actor, insanity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: scotland yard, england
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 4.4
 7K
Frogs (1972)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a pollution layout for an ecology magazine. Jason ...
Style: psychotronic, surprise ending, campy, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nature, animal attack, swamp, leech, bird attack, monster, revenge, dysfunctional family, disaster, spider, island, arrogance ...
Time: 70s
Place: florida, usa
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style: touching, emotional, depressing, sad, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, adolescence, teenager, cancer, terminal illness, coming of age, dying, friendship, school, leukemia, teenage boy, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
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 6.6
 79K
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, touching, feel good, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, preschoolers ...
Plot: witch, magic, childhood, nanny, children, family values, mischievous children, parents and children, single father, prank, mentor, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: edwardian era, 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, london, europe
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The Holy Mountain (1973)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A Mexican master leads a Christ figure and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men. The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, disturbing, art house, experimental ...
Plot: hermaphrodite, male nudity, trippy, enlightenment, alchemist, female nudity, surrealism, cult, bird, mountain, insanity, existentialism ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, peru
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 7.7
 599K
Home Alone (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, preschoolers ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, mischievous children, home alone, children, youth, when the parents are away, child protagonist, home invasion, child, precocious child, childhood ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: chicago illinois, usa, new york, illinois, france ...
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 7.6
 73K
Duel (1971)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, exciting, psychological, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, car chase, truck, chase, road rage, car, psychopath, truck driver, survival, stalking, highway, mysterious villain ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california, canada, usa, los angeles
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 6.2
 200K
Dracula Untold (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural, dracula, medieval, legends and myths, immortality, monster, mythology, vampirism, immortal, fight scenes, regeneration ...
Time: 15th century, 19th century
Place: transylvania, romania, london, ottoman empire
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Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: With the help of Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, NBA superstar LeBron James must rescue his missing son Bronny by navigating through movies in the Warner Bros. catalogue as they challenge against the villainous Al-G's plot to win a basketball ...
Style: humorous, captivating, funny, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: basketball, bugs bunny, coyote, game, african american, evil computer, rabbit, cartoon dog, duck, monster, villain, pig ...
Time: 2020s, future, year 1998, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 3.9
 15K
The Turning (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: India, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw".
Style: scary, gothic, bleak, dark, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: ghost, sexual assault, haunted house, rape, suspense, nanny, supernatural, orphan, maze, puppet, uncover truth, paranoid ...
Time: year 1994
Place: maine
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 7.1
 215K
Planet Terror (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend Wray lead a ...
Style: bloody, splatter, exciting, scary, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie, violent, dark humor, apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, military, survival, hospital, cannibalism, survival horror, save the world ...
Time: 2000s, 70s
Place: texas, austin texas, mexico, usa
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 6.8
 46K
The Bad Guys (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When the infamous Bad Guys are finally caught after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.
Style: entertaining, 3d animation, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Audience: kids
Plot: heist, chase, hacking, prison, organized crime, gang, robbery, pickpocket, escape, friendship, animal that acts human, wolf ...
Time: future, 2020s
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 6.4
 40K
Severance (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Members (Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny) of the Palisades Defense Corp. sales group arrive in Europe for a team-building exercise. A fallen tree blocks the route, and they must hike to their destination. However, a psychotic killer lurks in ...
Style: scary, witty, slasher, splatter, parody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dark humor, workplace, suspense, isolation, survival, trap, rivalry, female nudity, fish out of water, weekend, violent, macabre ...
Place: hungary, europe, eastern europe
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Human Experiments (1979)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A demented prison doctor performs gruesome shock therapy experiments on inmates.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: women's prison, prison, women in prison, female nudity, humiliation, human experiment, brainwashing, marijuana, gynecological exam, female masturbation, sexual desire, mind control ...
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Struggle for Life (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Marc Châtaigne, an intern at the Ministry of Standards, is sent to French Guiana to implement European construction standards at Guyaneige: the first Amazonian ski slope, intended to boost tourism in French Guiana. There, he meets Tarzan, an ...
Style: humorous, light, funny, not serious, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: absurd humor, ski resort, jungle, aphrodisiac, sex scene, gold, forest, nature, golf, crocodile, boat, chainsaw ...
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Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.
Style: sexy, feel good, parody, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: toilet humor, erotica, loss of virginity, millionaire, porn parody, defloration, rich man poor woman, sex scene, male objectification, fall in love, first sex, sexual abuse ...
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