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By far the scariest aspect of this film...

posted 15 years ago by digitalboy72
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is the fact that, in real life as well, spiders are everywhere and they are virtually undetectible.

In the movie when Jennings is looking for spiders under his daughters bed before bedtime and says "All clear.", there really is no possible way to know with 100% certainty that the room is clear of creatures that can fit, squeeze and crawl in from any possible crack and hide in places that he couldn't possibly see.

Couple that with the fact that the spiders in this film are deadly and there is a REALLY good chance that his daughter could be bitten in her sleep and you've got a really good reason to simply leave the area rather than stay.

Go into your kitchen and look around really well for spiders, cover every possible crack and space you can think of...you still won't see spiders or insects that are hiding in there even if you spent hours looking.

That's a truly scary situation, that you can EASILY be killed at any moment from creatures that you cannot hear, see or detect with any degree of accuracy or certainty.

If you expect the unexpected doesn't the unexpected then become the expected?

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[–] nutsberryfarm 15 years ago

the idea of a panda bear jumping on me when i'm not looking scares me.
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"Rue the day?" Who talks like that?

[–] AnotherSchmoe 15 years ago

Fortunately most spiders are not dangerous to humans at all. The only ones in North America for instance is the Black Widow, Brown Recluse, and Funnel Web Spider. Just look them up online, see if they're in your area, find out what they look like, and fear not the other spiders.

We get bitten in our sleep a lot and people even eat spiders while we sleep, it happens to everyone we just never realize it because they're harmless. =)

They are creepy though.

[–] crobertson105 15 years ago

Those are really small spiders that we eat in the middle of the night while unaware. Not Wolf Spiders or anything big like that. Really really small.

Also, fellow arachnaphobes, remember that almost all of the most poisonous spiders are not aggressive, and usually only bite if pressed into a warm surface (skin), and when they get caught in between clothing and stuff like that. Most don't do anything and stay out of your way if not provoked or put in one of those situations.

[–] BrainGremlin 14 years ago

...and usually only bite if pressed into a warm surface (skin), and when they get caught in between clothing and stuff like that.

Thanks.

You just made my arachnophobia so much worse.

Now I will always imagine that spiders are in my *beep* clothes.

Taslima: What are you doing here in L.A.?
Snake Plissken: Dying.

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[–] ebrock1988 14 years ago

i second that; thanks a lot bud.
there was a spider on my ceiling the other day. ON THE GADDAM CEILING!!! do you know what it would have done to me to have that thing drop onto my head? "5 year old girl" doesn't quite say it.
and yet i keep watching this movie over and over again.

[–] crobertson105 14 years ago

I've had that happen to me before. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and freaked out completely, jumped up and took my shirt off and starting doing the "IT'S ON ME!" dance.

[–] chrisdaco2 14 years ago

Yeah and spiders DON'T crawl into your mouth while you're asleep. If that's true why not roaches or beetles or gnats,fleas, bedbugs,scorpions, centipedes,and every other crawling thing that likes dark moist places? People are so gullible. Having said that, I once had a sun spider crawl down my leg while I was camping. I splattered that thing with my bare hand and fell right back to sleep,I was SO tired.

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[–] missnat (1172) 6 years ago

Lol I've done that dance too when i noticed a spider crawling up my dressing gown.

[–] puirt-a-beul 14 years ago

there was a spider on my ceiling the other day. ON THE GADDAM CEILING!!! do you know what it would have done to me to have that thing drop onto my head? "5 year old girl" doesn't quite say it.

That happened to my sister recently. Landed right on her face.

Wasn't actually a spider, though - it was a black cockroach about 6 cms long, with its feet and antennae flailing. Right on her face.

Even so. Ugghhh.

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

[–] tdl797 14 years ago

that reminds me. one day i go to pee standing up, i'm a dude, and i was wearing some older blue jean shorts that were worn with frayed strings hanging down. i feel a tickle, so i just assume its the blue jeans. then it lasts too long so i look and it's a waterbug. ugh.

for some reason our yard is crawling with these brown spiders. any time i weedeat they will start hopping up the wall. the worst is when you're barefoot and go to the kitchen at night and one runs across the floor.

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[–] flyerzzrul 9 years ago

there really is no possible way to know with 100% certainty that the room is clear of creatures that can fit, squeeze and crawl in from any possible crack and hide in places that he couldn't possibly see.

I work maintenance for an apartment complex and this reminds me of how moronic some people are. I have to contstantly calk different areas because someone sees bugs, usually spiders or ants, and they bitch how they can possibly get into their apartment.

No offense, but you're an idiot.