Spider Baby (1967)

[Oscar Rothman]

Spider Baby Blu-ray



Street date -June 9


High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the main feature, available in the UK for the first time
Original 2.0 Mono Audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
High Definition transfer of the feature supervised and approved by director Jack Hill
English SDH subtitles for deaf and hearing impaired
Audio commentary featuring Jack Hill and star Sid Haig
Panel discussion from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences FILM-TO-FILM Festival, recorded September 2012, featuring Jack Hill and stars Quinn K. Redeker and Beverly Washburn
The Hatching of Spider Baby - Interviews with Jack Hill, Sid Haig, star Mary Mitchel, fan Joe Dante and more on the making of the film
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein - The composer of ‘The Terror’ and ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman’ among others is remembered by Harlene Stein, Jack Hill, American Cinematheque’s Chris D. and others
The Merrye House Revisited - Jack Hill revisits the original house that was used as the main location in the film
Alternate opening title sequence
Extended scene
Original Trailer
Gallery of behind-the-scenes images
The Host (1960) – Jack Hill’s early short film featuring Sid Haig in his first starring role [30 mins]
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
Collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by artist and writer Stephen R. Bissette, and an extensive article re-printed from FilmFax: The Magazine of Unusual Film and Television featuring interviews with the cast and crew, illustrated with origi


Credit to EddieLarkin

[drat]

Great News! If my math is right this might be the 10th film in the Indiegogo package I bought.

[PLG1962]

I got the UK Arrow disc love this film

[cakefactory]

Are those extras confirmed for the US version too? If they add anything new I'll re-buy it. I don't know if they'll bother, but the UK disc is a couple years old so I figure in this case they might (unlike the other discs they've re-released in the US).

[Jobla]

I hope that Arrow will get around to Jack Hill's SWITCHBLADE SISTERS someday. They've certainly released many of his films.

[bgart13]

Originally Posted by Jobla

I hope that Arrow will get around to Jack Hill's SWITCHBLADE SISTERS someday. They've certainly released many of his films.

I hope they do SWITCHBLADE SISTERS too! Such a fun Hill romp.

[cramped_misfit1990]

I imported the UK version quite a while back, looks FANTASTIC! I love this movie, way better than what most people would expect. I'd like to have this since no rating code will be on the newer artwork. Then again, I always use the UK flip-side with original artwork and no rating code anyway. Hopefully at least a couple new extras are added, I'd for sure get it then.

[bigshot]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre has a lot of parallels to Spider Baby.

[Alfred E. Neumann]

Originally Posted by bigshot

Texas Chainsaw Massacre has a lot of parallels to Spider Baby.

[MifuneFan]

RIP Sid Haig

[horroru]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

RIP Sid Haig

Damn, I heard he was really sick during the filming of 3 From Hell.
A great actor, he'll be missed.

[EVERYONE LIES]

Originally Posted by horroru

Damn, I heard he was really sick during the filming of 3 From Hell.
A great actor, he'll be missed.

I just saw him about 7 weeks ago and he seemed frail but certainly not sick. He even discussed the filming of Beyond Atlantis and how it was the worst shoot he ever did.

[LanceL]

What's weird is that my UK Arrow import is region B locked, yet this sight claims it's both region A and B locked. That means it should play on my regular player, correct? It doesn't.

Edit: Holy-schnikes. It read that if you push Top Menu it does play and they are correct! Awesome!

[Zombo]

Saw a tweet today from Dread Central saying there was a remake of this on the way.

I'd welcome a remake of this classic.

[bigshot]

no thanks.

[LanceL]

To speak about another movie, if that one would have been remade, then perhaps the original wouldn't have been tampered with. I'm talking about Star Wars. Even after the endless changes, and endless changing continuing to happen with that trilogy, even if a remake is implicated, those who would have really loved to have gotten the original trilogy on DVD/Blu-ray/UHD. Then again, people want to be stubborn to new ideas. A new idea to make another movie into something potentially good for today's audience, maybe it's a good thing. Not claiming that Spider Baby has been tampered with. Just giving my two cents.

[ponderingtheuniverse]

I didn't know this film existed until I saw it on the schedule on TCM in October of last year. It only caught my eye because Carol Ohmart was who they chose for the still for it. Then I saw Lon Chaney Jr. was in it too. I waited till November to watch it and like several films I watched last year, I wished I had seen it sooner.

While I personally wish this wouldn't get a remake, I do wish more people knew about the film in general. It can be strange and uncomfortable at times, but thats part of its charm. I really can't wait to get my hands on the Arrow blu-ray of it.