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When a tarantula, which has been injected with a special nutrient formula, escapes from a scientist's laboratory. it grows into a 100-foot beast that menaces the Arizona countryside. Professor Gerald Deemer has been working on a special nutrient to help ease a predicted food shortage that is expected to come with the increase in human population. His experiments have been moderately successful but there have been some failures as a result. One day while he is gone, two of his colleagues inject themselves with the nutrient with disastrous results and die a few days later. One however goes mad and injects Deemer with the formula. During a struggle, a giant tarantula injected with the formula escapes its cage and grows even larger and starts to attack cattle as well as human beings.

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Jack Arnold

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Parental Guidance - general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children

Release Date:	03/04/2006
Production Year:	1955
Run Time:	77 minutes
Aspect Ratio:	Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Format:	Pal
Colour:	B & W