Arachnophobia When Pg Horror Works
So long time Steven Spielberg collaborator Frank Marshall was onto some challenge from the moment he decided to take on Arachnophobia for his directorial debut. Notwithstanding the fact that Marshall was citing the likes of The Birds as his influences (although it wasn’t the sole Hitchcock nod: a shower scene towards the end of the movie has Psycho tattooed throughout it) – thus, not 100% a horror movie – the film was always going to be a tough sell....