Arachnophobia (disambiguation)

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Arachnophobia is the state of being afraid of spiders. Other uses include:

Arachnophobia is the unreasonable fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions.

<i>Arachnophobia</i> (film) 1990 film directed by Frank Marshall

Arachnophobia is a 1990 American black comedy horror film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Jeff Daniels and John Goodman. It was the first film released by The Walt Disney Studios' Hollywood Pictures label, as well as being the directorial debut of Marshall. The film's story centers on a newly discovered Venezuelan spider being transported to a small American town that produces a new species of deadly spiders, which begin killing the town's residents one by one.

Arachnophobia is a video game based on the film of the same name. It was developed by BlueSky Software and Disney Software for the MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and Amiga platforms.

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