#arachnophobia movie

[fanofspooky]

Scream King - Julian Sands

Requested by @lenny-kosnowski

[johnny-dynamo]

"ARACHNOPHOBIA" by Jim Harris

[e-von-dahl]

I watched the movie arachnophobia like a week ago and was surprised how little affect it seemed to have on me considering I suffer from actual arachnophobia.

My mum also happened to buy popcorn scented hand soap, which means I’ve been craving popcorn all week. She went to the supermarket earlier and bought me some because I’d mentioned it, and I was so excited to finally have some… Those of you who have seen the movie have probably figured out the problem here.

Turns out watching it did have a lasting effect and now I can’t even enjoy my goddamned popcorn.

[miscelliteeous]

20/31 I love spiders when they're far away, but Arachnophobia sure creeped me out at times! Fun movie with a great cast that apparently treated the spiders really well so I like that. A fun watch if you're not too scared of spiders. RIP Julian Sands, you were incredible.

[valewritessss]

Headcanon that Percy shows Annabeth the Home Alone movie because he thinks she would like the traps and all that but he forgets about the spider scene and it nearly puts Annabeth into a coma

[horygory]

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

Holy crap I’m loving your writing! Im especially obsessed with Ken and the ranch owner

I’m wondering if you’d be willing to do an fem human reader x Ken where the reader gets a bit sick, nothing too serious but Ken absolutely freaks out and thinks the reader is dying or sum (he learned about death from Stero Barbie. Also spiders. He’s terrified of both) and the reader thinks it’s a bit funny so she’s like “yeah I’m dying” but then he gives her the most terrified and sad kicked puppy look and she has to explain that it’s just a cold lol

Awh thank you!! Im glad that ppl still love my barbie movie stuff even though barbie summer has come and gone 💔

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There were only two things that Ken feared after beginning his new life in the Real World:

One is the mortality of humans, as Barbie told him all about how fragile their lives were and the two paths they were given: either growing old and dying peacefully in their beds, or some terrible occurrence cutting it short long before their time on this earth was up.

The second was spiders.

He especially hated the spiders.

You only recently discovered he had that fear after finding one of those 8-legged critters in your house--or more specifically in his room, where he came barreling out from as though he accidentally set something on fire.

At first, you thought he really did start a fire until he dragged you back into there, begging you to get rid of the "strange beast".

You had no clue what he could possibly be referring to....and then he pointed to the corner, where a little cellar spider sat completely unbothered, weaving its web.

In that moment, you realized you may have turned him arachnophobic, considering you did show him one insect-themed horror movie this past Halloween. He kept freaking out over it potentially growing horse-sized or injecting venom into his bloodstream when he was asleep.

But despite you assuring him neither of those things could happen (and insisting that the spider was more afraid of him), Ken refused to go into the room until it was gone.

You find it hard to fathom that this same doll who led an entire revolt, came to terms with his own identity crisis, and bravely made the transition to humanity....was totally inconsolable in the presence of a tiny bug.

Then again, maybe showing him that movie--and allowing Barbie to explain why arachnophobia was among the top fears humans had--was a huge mistake.

Regardless, you made it your mission to get rid of the critter.

Oddly enough Ken insisted that you didn't actually kill it, but you found you it sweet that he valued its life despite it scaring the shit out of him. So you contained it in a cup, putting a napkin underneath it before releasing it outside.

After that, you mentioned how most people usually killed spiders and other pests that invaded their home.

He looked wildly uncomfortable at that fact, before he began talking about some rather... concerning things: like if the spider knew how short its lifespan was, how easily it could have been crushed, if it feared death or if it was even aware of it at all-

Before he could derail and start rambling about death itself too much, you stopped him, asking if he was feeling alright.

And he went quiet for a moment, before smiling and giving you a kiss, reassuring you he felt better.

Yet even as he left the room, he still appeared awful tense.

It was that day where you worried that it's more than just spiders he feared..

.......

"Babe, what's wrong? Are you sick??"

"...unfortunately, but it's nothing serious. Just a stupid cold I caught at work." Sighing tiredly, you sat up in bed, seeing Ken walk into the room.

He looked nothing short of horrified at how drained and exhausted you sounded this morning. "A-Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I don't want you to catch anything, so I'm sorry...but no kisses today."

"Then..what about tomorrow?"

You just rolled your eyes, drinking some tea you made for yourself. "Maybe, but we'll see if I wake up."

Although it was meant to be a little joke, your foggy brain forgot how seriously the blond often took jokes, and he rushed to your bedside, kneeling down.

His eyes were wide as he took your hand. "If you wake up??? Are you dying??"

Putting down your mug, you sighed once more, trying to figure out a way to remedy this situation before you upset him too much. "No....I mean I just feel like I'm dying, but.." You paused, noticing the tears coming to his eyes. "Ken?"

Now that he was a lot closer, you could see the utterly terrified look on his face--as though you kicked a puppy right in front of him.

Yep, it was already much too late. He was upset.

"I-I know tomorrow is not guaranteed for anyone, but you have to get through this, [y/n]! Please..I can't lose you, too...not when you've done so much to help me." He was extremely close to crying, his lips trembling.

Your heart sunk as you placed a hand ober his own. "Oh honey, I was only kidding around when I say-"

"Why do humans joke about death so much? Don't they know y-you...you can't come back? That they have such short lives?? O-Or sure, some believe you can be reincarnated but that doesn't make it any-"

At this point, he was just blubbering nonsense, so you took him into your arms. And for a moment he fell silent, before burying his face into your chest, trying to calm himself down. "I-I'm sorry.."

"No, no..I'm sorry. You're right..I shouldn't be joking about death around you." Frowning slightly, you stroked his hair. "I promise I'm not dying. Not today, or tomorrow..not for a long, long time. This cold will pass and I'll feel better soon enough."

".....a-are these the irrepressible thoughts of death Barbie had?"

'Oh.'

It finally hit you.

He was going through the same thing she once did.

"Ken.." You had him sit up so you could see his face. Aside from it being a little red and his eyes puffy and watery, there were tear marks trailing down to the stubble that had formed along his jaw and chin. "Why didn't you tell me you were having those thoughts?"

Sniffling, he just shrugged. "I don't know. And... I don't know why I'm thinking them. Barbie could blame it on somebody who was playing with her, but...I can't. Because I'm not a doll anymore, I'm human....a-and...those were my thoughts alone." He shuddered, terrified at that realization. "I guess I just..didn't wanna scare you, b-but obviously it's too late for that..."

A small chuckle came from him, although it dissolved into a small sob as he wiped his eyes. "S-Sorry, I....I want these thoughts to just pass already."

"And they will." You nodded, squeezing his free hand reassuringly. "It looks like you're just experiencing them for the first time, and that's okay. They won't be all you think about. And you don't have to apologize for how you're feeling, as long as you're honest with me."

"Th-Thank you.." He sniffled. "I should be taking care of you, not the other way around. Do you need you anything? More tea? Meds? Anything at all?"

You smiled fondly, leaning forward to kiss him on the forehead. "You're all I need right now, sweetheart."

That response seemed to bring Ken's giddy old self back, as he smiled bashfully in return. He melted back into your arms when you wrapped them around him, and he listened to your heartbeat: the only assurance he needed that you were still living.

Eventually...those thoughts of death did pass him by, and he felt okay again.

[cipheramnesia]

I don't know what about France seems to crank up the dial so hard on horror. Australia is where horror goes in absolutely bizarre directions, but France seems to amp up the stakes, the realism, the emotional trauma of it all. So it's not a huge surprise for something like Infested (Vermines, 2023) to be as good as you're going to get from the killer spider genre. It's worth the price of entry for the spiders alone, but the real showcase is the characters and subtext throughout. This is a movie that is interested in the lives of disenfranchised groups - poor, racial minorities, immigrants, etc - both the communities they live in and how they're treated in society. Infested is firing spectacularly on all cylinders, working as a conventionally exciting and thrilling monster movie, a deeply distressing experience of trauma and terror as I've started expecting from anything French in horror, and a coherent idea of how disposable people at the bottom of the socioeconomic rung are considered. Over the course of the movie what emerges is the idea that while it is a story about scary deadly spiders, the title "Infested" is not about the arachnids.

[yodaprod]

1990

[fanofspooky]

Purple - Otherworldly, Suffering, Unnatural

[zcmbee]

something about older horror movies but specifically the ones that are obviously popular but not “halloween-friday-the-13th-scream-franchise” popular. personal and all time second favorite horror movie has to be psycho (1960). arachnophobia and pet sematary (that one’s pretty popular though) are up there too.

an american werewolf in london is obviously hands down my favorite but older horror movies have a special charm that modern horror could never replicate.

[m00nb04rd5]

Mood board for Spider-Man (Peter Parker) pls :3

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel)

[figures4fun]

Scouting the unknown planet.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Arachnophobia (1990) directed by Frank Marshall

[schlock-luster-video]

On July 18, 1990, Arachnophobia debuted in Canada and the United States.

[flickpulse]

Most modern X-Men stories summed up