Big Damn Spiders
Reviews
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Tarzan’s Desert Mystery (1943)
Have Rocket — Will Travel (1959)
The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
Curse of the Black Widow (1977)
Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)
Confirmed Sightings
Nursery Favorites – 1913
Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville – 1921
The Thief of Baghdad – 1940
Mesa of Lost Women – 1953
Tarantula – 1955
The Cyclops – 1957
The Strange World of Planet X (Cosmic Monsters) – 1958
Earth vs the Spider (The Spider) – 1958
Queen of Outer Space – 1958
La caperucita roja (Red Riding Hood) – 1960
The Lost World – 1960
Village of the Giants – 1965
Kairyu daikessen (The Magic Serpent) – 1966
One Million Years, B.C. – 1966
Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko (Son of Godzilla) – 1967
Kaijû sôshingeki (Destroy All Monsters) – 1968
Red Sonja – 1985
Spookies – 1986
Gremlins 2: The New Batch – 1990
It – 1990
Sai yau gei: Dai yat baak ling yat wui ji – Yut gwong bou haap (A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora’s Box) – 1994
Jumanji – 1995
James and the Giant Peach – 1996
Spiders II: Breeding Ground – 2001
Eight Legged Freaks – 2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – 2002
Webs – 2003
Arachnia – 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 2003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 2004
Godzilla: Final Wars – 2004
Mysterious Island – 2005
King Kong – 2005
King of the Lost World – 2005
Ice Spiders – 2007
In the Spider’s Web – 2007
Futurama: Bender’s Game – 2008
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2 – 2011
Silent Hill: Revelations 3D – 2012
Arachnoquake – 2012
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – 2013
Kong: Skull Island – 2017
7 Guardians of the Tomb – 2018
Itsy Bitsy – 2019
Rumored Sightings
Une nuit terrible (A Terrible Night) – 1896
L’abeille et la rose (The Bee and the Rose) – 1908
Trap Door Spider – 1915
The Fable of the Spider and the Fly – 1923
Killers from Space – 1954
Missile to the Moon – 1958
Beast From Haunted Cave – 1959
Journey to the Seventh Planet – 1962
Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki (Godzilla’s Revenge) – 1969
Ang mahiwagang daigdig ni Pedro Penduko – 1973
Planet of Dinosaurs – 1977
The Hobbit – 1977
Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas – 1978
The Return of the King – 1980
The Ewok Adventure – 1984
Twilight of the Dogs – 1995
Larger Than Life – 1998
The King and I – 1999
Wild Wild West – 1999
Thumbtanic – 2002
Tarantula: King of the Spiders – 2002
The Worst Horror Movie Ever Made – 2005
Pirates of Treasure Island – 2006
The Mist – 2007
AVH: Alien vs Hunter – 2007
Antfarm Dickhill – 2011
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader – 2012
Cabin in the Woods – 2012
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – 2012
Enemy – 2013
Arachnicide – 2014
Disproven Sightings
King Kong – 1933
(Footage was cut and is presumed lost)
The Incredible Shrinking Man – 1957
(Technically a normal sized spider. May decide to include later.)
Las Tarantulas – 1973
(A handful of redknee tarantulas. May decide to include later.)
Damnation Alley – 1977
(Giant scorpions)
Ator 2 – L’invincibile Orion (The Blade Master/Cave Dwellers) – 1984
(Footage from previous movie in opening)
Mo (The Boxer’s Omen) – 1983
(Tarantula-sized puppets)
Treasure Planet – 2002
(Insectile alien with 6 legs)
Journey to the Center of the Earth – 2008
Web of the Big Damn Spider 
