Arachnophobia is STILL terrifying * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary *

[@greypossum1]

The spiders were real. They sourced over 200 of them from New Zealand. To get them to move in the desired direction, they used hair dryers to blow warm hair on them.

[@awkwardashleigh]

NOO. SHUT UP.. NO WA.. I HATE KNOWING THAT.

[@vordt4139]

@@awkwardashleigh He is right, they are 100% real.

[@paulonius42]

*Most of the spiders were real. The "big Bob" huge one is animatronic, for example.

[@Emerald-ym9rh]

If it helps, the "New Zealand" spiders are a type that cannot bite humans. @@awkwardashleigh

[@skepticcritic4995]

I know most of the spiders were real. But I think the ones that leapt up to the cameras looked fake. The one that leapt to the man's camera at the beginning looked like a rubber spider

[@hk43xx]

I love that every time Ashleigh reviews a movie with Jeff Daniels in it, she thinks it's Uncle Joey from Full House.

[@billwenham]

😂

[@adrianhempfing2042]

He does look a bit similar. I hope Ashleigh was maybe thinking in the back of her mind - Dumb and dumber

[@benjamingardner3314]

@@adrianhempfing2042 I don't see that movie in her history, did she review it?

[@adrianhempfing2042]

@@benjamingardner3314 ah bummer . Maybe she hasn't seen it yet

[@joeblankenship377]

I can see that. Especially in this.

[@shainewhite2781]

This is the movie that makes you even more afraid of spiders! RIP, Julian Sands, 1958-2023.

[@johnsteward9137]

Hallowed are the Ori!

[@wratched]

Somewhat poetically for this film, he died trekking through the wilderness 😞

[@mikethemotormouth]

Apparently not a name she needs to know though so... RIP in pepperonis

[@lordofchaosinc.261]

Yeah RIP, loved his performance i as Warlock.

[@emilykeegan4345]

He was really good in Boxing Helena..early 90s its pretty messed up but I thought it was so cool when I was a kid

[@sonicspindash74]

"Are they having a secret spider meeting?" Well, Ashleigh, when a mommy spider and a daddy spider love each other very much, they give each other a very special hug and weeks later all the eggs hatch.

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Secret spider meeting sounds like fun . Not that I wanna attend that meet. Reminded me of Witches, Angelica Houston, they had secret meetings. But they weren't spiders

[@TarossBlackburn]

@@adrianhempfing2042 Ugh... Just think of the handshake involved...

[@adrianhempfing2042]

@@TarossBlackburn lol. We thought human secret societies had difficult handshake. Let alone all those spidery legs

[@ianobrien3248]

All the babies go parachuting away from the egg sac on that special day, where'er the air takes them...

[@irenemichelleanne]

@@adrianhempfing2042 Naw they were just turning folks to mice lol

[@nicholaslindsey7087]

R.I.P to Julian Sands. Great character actor.

[@mylesturvey7593]

“EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS.” That should be another film you put on your list. The spiders in this movie are only babies compared to the critters in that one. Great reaction as always, apart from a few jump scares in this, I find this a fun movie.

[@Mel-ly7mo]

Excellent movie!

[@Professor-of-Gaming]

Is no one going to call out how Ashleigh's fear response in a fight or flight situation (Jump scare at 5:22) is apparently to yell out *Checks notes* "Fuck my ass"

[@scottboswell6406]

I noticed, but there are NO appropriate responses. LOL!!

[@crankfastle8138]

@@scottboswell6406 are you sure? Wesley might respond with an "as you wish".

[@PromptCriticalJello]

She really need a short clip of Hubbins opening the door and saying "Okay" cut in right after that.

[@irenemichelleanne]

LOL that was the funny shit I've seen in a while. This whole reaction had me laughing my ass off.

[@aquatadevore9335]

​@@crankfastle8138🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@panowa8319]

RIP to Julian Sands, who died tragically earlier this year. You should have "Warlock" (1989) on your next on your Hallo-Beans watchlist, which he played the titular character.

[@dustinmichel7608]

Agree

[@Spindler2007]

I agree. Warlock is one of my favourite fantasy horror movies.

[@Johnny_Socko]

I was always a fan of his, he had such a unique look and voice. Personally I'd be curious to see Ashleigh's reaction to "A Room with a View", and one scene in particular. 😄

[@Lucy116]

Warlock is such a scary film.... would love to see Ashleigh react to it!

[@rubensalvador9422]

@@Johnny_Socko That is a very good movie. With a lot of great British actors including young Helena Bonham Carter and Daniel Day-Lewis.

[@HautaAntero]

Fun fact! Most of the spiders were real, but one spider was made as animatronic for the close up shots. And that animatronic was created by one of the Mythbusters, Jamie Hyneman.

[@tadcooper9733]

I thought he made the spiders in Jumanji

[@HautaAntero]

@@tadcooper9733 But he also work on this.

[@tadcooper9733]

@@HautaAntero nifty!

[@KtQkazoo]

Ah, so he's to blame.

[@dizzy-izzy]

​@@KtQkazoo😂

[@blakewalker84120]

28:05 I saw this in a theater with my best friend and his wife. Right at this very second he suddenly grabbed her leg and she screamed like she was dying. No spider on the screen, no jump scare in the movie, but a few hundred random strangers all screamed with her. Best part of the whole movie. Also, I love this movie! RIP Julian Sands. As a tribute to this actor we lost so recently, consider watching Warlock, my favorite Julian Sands movie (though I admit it's not great, but also, not awful - definitely fun though). If nothing else, it qualifies for Hallowbeans.

[@andidreyes5323]

I feel like mentioning that "Warlock" feels like Julian Sands most iconic movies.

[@w1975b]

Vibes is another fun movie Julian is in. Bonus - movie also has Jeff Goldblum!

[@vanyadolly]

RIP Juian Sands. He had such a comforting presence. He was a great actor and in some of my favourite movies, but I always especially appreciated him in scary movies (Rose Red nearly killed me as a teen).

[@kharma7755]

As someone who actually likes spiders, this film still freaks me tf out... Too many spiders!! Also, RIP Julian Sands (the blonde entomologist)

[@madeincda]

I guess we can only suppress that survival instinct so far.. 🫤

[@darthgorbag]

I guess I'm a rare person who likes spiders enough that I'm even scared by this movie. I LOVE this movie!

[@donkfail1]

Yup, same feelings here. (About J Sands too.) Any movie that manages to scare me with something I'm not scared of is a good horror flick.

[@sadfaery]

😞 Yep, Julian Sands was in a lot of films I really loved. RIP.

[@deeluve22]

"Screamed a lot, laughed a lil bit, was in suspense the entire time" Honestly, the perfect description of what a great horror movie should be!

[@runescryer]

Julian Sands, the etymologist, recently passed away. He was hiking in the San Gabriel mountains outside Los Angeles and was lost for several months before Search and Rescue recovered his body. Hw was absolutely magnificent as the bad guy in Warlock, another 80's horror film that should be on your list.

[@dnasty312]

I liked him in _Rose Red_ too

[@horrorgreenbook]

Rest in peace to Julian Sands. I so happened to see him at Texas Frightmare 2022 a few months before he went missing. Major tragedy to the acting community.

[@ajivins1]

He was great in 'Warlock'.

[@onejester]

When I saw this movie in 1990, I, A 22 year-old Marine, spent the entire movie crouched in my seat, my feet on the cushion, because there was NO WAY I WAS DANGLING MY LEGS to the floor. 😵‍💫 Side note: I just thank goodness it was Not The Cat!

[@irenemichelleanne]

LOL I saw this movie in the theaters with my cousin when it came out. I was 9, so my cousin Chris was 11. Our grandma took us. She was originally suppose to see a different movie, but I guess she thought I was going to be scared so she sat a few rows behind us to keep an eye on us. LOL honestly I think that movie scared her more than it did us. I'm not really afraid of spiders, but I don't do big ones and I sure don't do webs lol. Honestly I think this movie erks me more now as an adult then it did as a kid. I'm with Ashely. I'm not putting youe ass outside. You come into my bubble space and I'm smashing your ass.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

So you basically played "the floor is spiders" game? Also thank you for your service.

[@mass4552]

Hopefully this is the year you get to The Crow, Bram Stokers Dracula or Interview With A Vampire. Three great movies that get passed over every year. Damn. Not the cat.

[@satanclaus8381]

The small spiders used was a species from New Zealand that, despite their fierce appearance, is a docile member of the crab-spider family and is, in fact, harmless to humans.

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

Yes, Delena cancerides, known as the Avondale spider in New Zealand but is actually native to Australia where it's known as the Social huntsman.

[@Islanders83]

The blond guy, the spider expert, Julien Sands. He died a few months back. He was hiking and got lost. They found him over a month later. Poor guy.

[@hippiecheapskate]

The spider species they used was the communal huntsman spider, native to (you guessed it) Australia and introduced into New Zealand. Huntsman are generally solitary, but the communal one lives in groups under tree bark. Although the communal huntsman is relatively small, the huntsman group also includes some of the largest spiders. The golden huntsman is the largest in Australia and it has a legspan of ~25cm (10 inches). The majority of large spiders you see on youtube videos in australian homes are common huntsmans which are smaller than that, about the size of your hand splayed out. The largest spider by leg span is the giant huntsman in Laos, with a 12 inch legspan...

[@markhackett2302]

"Eight Legged Freaks" is also a scary movie about spiders. Not quite as terrifying as Arachnophobia. But on the DVD of it came the directors' film project as a student, and THAT was far more scary. Because to market, a story has to hit some points, but a student film doesn't HAVE any such restriction, so it is far scarier.

[@commonsensecraziness7595]

One the one hand, I'd like to see Ashleigh react to it, but on the other hand I don't want to see her have a nervous breakdown.

[@kristyathome]

This was huge when I was a teen, we flocked to the theaters to see it. And I agree, "Not the cat!"

[@kettle_of_chris]

Same. I was 18

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

14:54 When you cough, they lift up momentarily, it's to check for hernias although the doctor is supposed to do more than just cup them, you turn your head so you're not coughing in someone's face, especially a doctor. 17:49 Egg Sac, Where all the little bitty spiders come out of 20:02 EXIT ! STAGE LEFT ! 26:20 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID !

[@CourteJester69]

"Turn your head and cough" As opposed to "let me cup your balls and now you cough in my face."

[@rhystilshadowhelm]

For those who know it's for hernias but don't know what they're feeling for, as OP said, your balls lift when you cough. A hernia is a tear or separation in the muscle wall/floor of your abdomen and your intestines can begin to drop into the scrotum (ballsack), so when your testes lift, they can tell easier if there is a hernia by feeling for the intestinal drop.

[@benjamansharer7969]

​@@rhystilshadowhelmunless you have a doctor with a secret fetish of holding your nutsack...

[@TheCrazyNette]

I've always been terrified of spiders. My oldest sister rented this movie for our movie night. She said she had more fun watching me watch the movie. My BIL planned ahead and had stuff placed around the room that he could 'touch' the back of my arm or on my ear with so I'd think it was a spider. I've never screamed so much in my life. This is the first time I've watched this movie since then and I still jumped everytime.

[@ShawdellWolfheart]

The actor who played the spider doctor in Arachnophobia also starred in the great 1989 film "Warlock." I recommend. The actor's name is Julian Sands.

[@Kragar01]

I first saw this as a kid while staying at a friends house. That place was out on a farm and was made from actual logs with spiders everywhere, and after the movie ended we went into the yard to sleep in a tent….I did not sleep that weekend. Oh and I live in Australia, our normal spiders are no joke.

[@user-wr9ej6xe4j]

This is truly the ultimate horror movie. Glad its not forgotten about. EOM Reacts also reacted to this movie. Possibly even more entertaining. Both great

[@rottsylvania]

NOT THE CAT!! RIP Julian Sands. That was a great reaction. Glad you didn't have a hardtack ,Ashleigh, but it looks like you came close a couple of times.

[@Philbert-s2c]

"Arachnophobia." The film that taught us that spiders could scream.... God, how I love every single frame of this batshit movie. RIP to the late, great Julian Sands.

[@PromptCriticalJello]

"8 Legged Freaks." The film that taught us that spiders can giggle...

[@fredfredburger5150]

You now know the Australian Hissing Spider exists...

[@Philbert-s2c]

@@fredfredburger5150 I'd rather not know that. It's bad enough I know what a Funnel Web spider is.

[@thewickedwizard]

@@fredfredburger5150There's a whistling spider too., although that just makes a hissing noise aswell

[@TheWebcrafter]

26:31 - The largest spider in the world is commonly known as the Goliath birdeater, according to National Geographic. This tarantula can reach up to 11 inches in length and weigh 6 ounces; this size is big enough to cover a dinner plate, says Guinness World Records.

[@thechonus3858]

Re: your question if spiders actually get that big -- yes, they get that big and even bigger. Look up "Huntsman spider" or "clock spider."

[@ElliotNesterman]

"Every scary movie has a shower scene." Yep, ever since _Psycho._ Not the cat.

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

Not a fun fact: First time I watched this movie I was eating popcorn out of a big bowl in the dark. I immediately turned on a light to make sure my bowl contained no spiders. I also doublecheck lamps now when turning them on... ugh (this was years ago)

[@ericbogerd5306]

Not the cat! That's how you know the spiders are the villains, when they killed the cat. That's what Hollywood taught me, anyway.

[@SkiGolfer]

"Not the Cat" One of the things that makes this movie so scary to me is the fact that it is plausible. I'm sure there are scary ass spiders in the Amazon that still haven't been discovered. Another great reaction, thanks Ashleigh!

[@michaelanderson7288]

And the only thing keeping them from the rest of the world is their natural environment. You know, the environment that industry keeps destroying by clear-cutting. It's only a matter of time till something gets unleashed....

[@vodengc520]

John Goodman was the highlight of this movie for me when I was a kid. I laughed at every damn line he had, lol. I'm glad he didn't die by the end. The true badass.

[@lees1328]

Great movie and reaction R.i.P to the recently passed Julian Sands who plays Dr. James Atherton. The scientist who was responsible for the expedition that ended up dealing with the general.

[@irenemichelleanne]

You should watch him in Stephen King's Rose Red. He plays a mind reader.

[@wratched]

The "big bad" spider was partly animatronic, but was also played by a goliath birdeater, the largest spider in the world. And yes, they do get that big. BIgger in fact. The opening was filmed at a Tupui, a South American mesa that is completely ecologically isolated from the rest of the world, and so has been the subject for years of speculation about "lost worlds". They were also featured in "Up".

[@ElliotNesterman]

The largest spider by weight is the Goliath Birdeater, a species of tarantula, weighing up to 6 oz. with a 5 inch long body. They are found in South America. The largest spider by leg span is the Giant Huntsman Spider, which can have a leg span of up to 1 foot. They are found in Laos. Happy nightmares.

[@awkwardashleigh]

you're wrong for this.

[@amandadougherty6615]

@@awkwardashleigh😂😂😂😂

[@magules13]

Some wholesomeness from Wikipedia: The cast actually adopted a few of the spiders and were not afraid of them in any way. After "cut" was yelled on the set, the cast would stop screaming and say "Oh, be careful, don't step on that one" and "don't forget that one over there", laughing the whole time after "cut!" was called.

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

I'm sure this is already been said numerous times but I'm not going to go through all the comments and see, but the actor that played the long haired scientist was recently pronounced officially dead when they found his body after going missing on a hiking trip. They had to suspend the search until after the winter and they finally found him. Very sad story

[@courtneyhuntington5262]

Ashleigh, this movie has Julian Sands (the doctor) has recently passed in real life, so you made this a very welcome remember ace of Julian Sands. Not the cat

[@charlie.h.4]

The noise the camera makes is winding up the film. This is all pre-digital cameras. So when she took the last photo in the roll, so it was auto winding so she could take out the roll.

[@pedanticperson1149]

I remember watching this when I was young, pranked a mate by dumping a load of little plastic spiders on him about midway through, his scream still makes me laugh...

[@electronash]

18:28 RIP, Julian Sands. (both in the movie, and IRL.) All these actors passing recently, making me feel very old. I can only hope John Goodman has a long life.

[@electronash]

24:53 Michael J Fox was filming that sitcom (Family Ties) at the same time as Back To The Future. So he would often need to go directly from the sitcom set, to film the night scenes for BTTF. It was a rough schedule, to say the least.

[@kevinhooper3003]

Studies have shown that you are no more than 10 feet away from a spider at any time. Happy watching!

[@kettle_of_chris]

my necks hurt now! Thanks a lot!

[@BoganDoleBludger]

In Australia it's only 1 foot away.

[@kettle_of_chris]

I wanna go to Australia SO bad Everyone I've met (and I mean everyone) I have met from there, I liked. Same for the Kiwi's but I'd rather go to Australia. And maybe I'll fall in love with a beautiful Australian woman. Either way: much love from Northern California!@@BoganDoleBludger

[@cristonsloan]

@@BoganDoleBludger 😂And South Africa.

[@ruditrevino7361]

I hate you now! How am I going to sleep tonight?

[@chefskiss6179]

I've woken up to a spider in my nose... it's arms started coming out, bending back, pushing at my nostril to pry its body out of my nose... and that's all I'll say about that :/ This movie still holds up, thanks for a 'fun' watchalong with you, Ashleigh.

[@emilykeegan4345]

Woke up with a spider in my ear when I was little... traumatized lol

[@katieturner6685]

To quote Ashleigh " I simply could not! "

[@HivisoftheScale]

Awww poor Ashleigh. This movie is not kind to those who fear the spiders... But when John Goodman shows up, it's so awesome! Not the Cat!! 😭😭

[@RichardM1366]

Arachnophobia is terrifying! It is the only movie that legitimately scared me! The spiders were real and it sent chills down my spine! It is a perfect Halloween treat!

[@adrianhempfing2042]

I like this film . horror for many of us , with a little humour in there

[@thewickedwizard]

Not all the spiders were real. There are some puppets. I loved this movie but a lot of the spiders were mistreated. Like the one under John Goodman's boot. That was real. I love spiders. I have 8 tarantulas in my house. I think this movie actually made me more fascinated by them. Looking forward to the remake due soon

[@adrianhempfing2042]

@@thewickedwizard they said they tried to care for the spiders. When he steps on it , apparently the shoe has a false bottom to not squash it

[@user-wr9ej6xe4j]

@@thewickedwizard All that goo is obviously fake lol

[@eddieevans6692]

I just wanted to give a small shout out to Julian Sands, the blonde, British scientist, who died this past winter while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains. They finally found his body in June, after the snow had melted. You can also see him in The Room With a View and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

[@buddytesla]

The house they used in the film is just few miles from where I live. And unfortunately Julian Sands, the actor who played the spider expert, disappeared not very far from there while hiking during a storm recently. They didn’t find his body until months later

[@edwardthorne9875]

It is so funny to see Jeff Daniels paying in a creature feature. To me, he resembles a vanilla ice-cream cone. He is in 'Pleasantville', which few reactors tackle. Loving your selection of Beans Movies.

[@snarkysquirrel]

i love pleasantville

[@normlee6566]

There are spiders that can grow as large as a dinner plate. I did see one spider as a kid that was bigger than my hand. That was big enough for me. I quickly turned and walked away.

[@marennicholson5444]

I saw this in the theater when I was a kid with all my friends and the scene where the spider crawls out of the mortician’s nose made us all jump and scream so badly that the box of popcorn (which the spider was in in the scene) flew in the air and landed in my open screaming mouth which of course made me freak out more bc my mind went immediately to spider. Also RIP to Julian Sands

[@philsowers]

Awesomely hilarious yet traumatizing. Never was scared of spiders before... welp, I definitely caught the phobia back in 1990! lol

[@nothefabio]

In the Amazon Forest there is a spider species that can reach a diameter of 12 inches. It's called "Goliath Birdeater".

[@sifumode9460]

I dated a woman in college who had two kids. She was from a town about three hours away and had to make regular trips back for the father's visitation. There was a special challenge, though. Her daughter (4) would NOT use a public restroom. On one of their trips, they stopped at a gas station for the daughter to use the bathroom. The lights did not work, so the mother held the door open to let in light from the outside. Suddenly, the daughter starts screaming bloody murder. Turns out, a frog was in the toilet and as the daughter was using the toilet, the frog jumped up and hit her bum. Emotional damage.

[@ladytopcat]

This movie is Fantastic. I hate spiders as well, but when I want something that will make my skin crawl and pull the blanket in closer, I watch this movie. And I love that she said not the cat get the humans 😂

[@sarahh9097]

Ashleigh, I feel you about the poor kitty; every time I watch this, I'm like not the cat! 🐈💔

[@awkwardashleigh]

EXACTLY

[@matthewdekker6064]

The dad is Jeff Daniels, probably best known for Dumb & Dumber (with Jim Carrey). He was more recently in the show The Newsroom, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, which was pretty good. He won the award for Best Actor in a Drama for the first season.

[@victormargraf7180]

Not the Cat! My first viewing of this was in 1990 after winning tickets to an advance screening in Chicago with Siskel and Ebert, the original movie reviewers and now, 34 yrs later I've come full circle with Ashleigh, arguably the best movie reviewer on YT. Life is good.

[@AlejandroMontenegroGranados]

Loved to see you scared, Ash. Sad to see the late Julian Sands here. Fun facts here: 1) Steven Spielberg realized here about the resemblance between John Goodman and Fred Flintstone, and oofered him the role. 2) Steven Spielberg had planned for the film to be joined for the 2nd Roger Rabbit short, "Roller Coaster Rabbit". But Michael Eisner (Then Disney's CEO) put the short as an aditional atraction for "Dick Tracy". Spielberg wasn't happy about this and after "Trail-Mix Up", the third and final Roger Rabbit short, other projects with the character were canned.

[@nickgjenkins]

I don't know why but Ashleigh's reaction to seeing the photographer's emaciated corpse was hilarious.

[@RoSaWa386-33]

Big-Screen Huge Theater viewing is a must. No one in those theaters came out without jumping, screaming, flinching. Those scenes with lotsa spiders - wow.

[@maximillianosaben]

14:45 - *Hahaha* I love that Ashleigh's question is why you have to turn your head, instead of why they're grabbing your genitals and having you cough. I've never actually had a doctor do that, but you turn your head so you're not coughing in the doctor's face.

[@w1975b]

Those spiders hatched SUPER fast. I just looked it up, and spider eggs usually take a few weeks. This movie took place (after we see the young doctor arriving in town) within one week probably.

[@sorscha1308]

Julian Sands (the expert) also passed away this year BTW. His body was found in June, months after he went missing on a hike in some California mountains. Very sad but at least his family finally got some closure.

[@alyxgriffen5073]

BTW, Ashleigh, yes -- spiders DO get that big. 😁 The biggest huntsman spiders in Australia are the world's largest spider by length/width measurement, and the goliath birdeater tarantula is the world's largest spider by mass. Google them if you'd like to see pictures. 😁

[@Luxington1]

Pretty sure the largest huntsman are from Vietnam

[@bobjohnston1239]

I believe they used the Goliath as the main villain spider for this movie.

[@alyxgriffen5073]

I was so keyed up and jittery by the time this movie was over that, when my friend and I walked out of the theater, I wanted to sprint madly around the theater building just from sheer nervous tension.

[@DesiSJ]

I watched this as a child and it started my fear of spiders. As an adult, it's the only movie I've had to break up to watch in halves because my heart was racing too fast. They are doing a modern remake. It looks terrifying lol

[@irenemichelleanne]

LOL I totally wanna see the remake. I grew up on this movie. Hope they don't fuck it up 😆

[@jaywolford3898]

They used various different methods to make the spiders move. One I remember was using a hair dryer from a making of that I saw.

[@SurrealNirvana]

I was around 5 or 6 when this movie was released. My mom and her boyfriend decided to play it, it was a new movie and they didn't think it would be traumatizing. However, after the Goodman scene, I was DEEPLY traumatized and couldn't watch any more. I bolted out of the room, with my newly-acquired arachnophobia firmly in place. It took me many years to attempt to "face my fears." By the time I did, I found the ending kind of silly, but my phobia was already deeply ingrained.

[@0HellcatMary0]

This was one of my favourite movies growing up. It kinda got forgotten in the ether of time, and I'm glad to see it be rediscovered in this new Reactor YT culture

[@jrussellcase]

Every time I think "such and such was Ashleigh's best video", you put out one where I have to change my mind. This was awesome. 👍

[@Akihito007]

Oh goodness, I remember seeing this in the theatre with my parents when it came out. We didn't actually expect it to be as scary because the trailers showed John Goodman a lot and made it look like it'd actually be more of a comedy lol. So we were surprised when he was hardly in it. Still a great movie. Go Vols!

[@tonyrossell832]

Great job Ashleigh! This was a fun reaction. 2 movies in and you're killing it for HallowBeans so far. It's just too bad this movie didn't follow the rule of not the cat. Keep up the great work.

[@noev]

In the graphic novel they showed the original opening of the movie. he wasn't two, when Dr. Ross was a baby the spider descended down onto his face while he was in the crib. That memory scarred him forever. That was why he was paralyzed with fear at the end of the movie, and you could still hear a little bit of the music that was playing on his mobile in that final scene if you listen carefully.

[@lesliesummey5880]

Well this was a most enjoyable reaction! I'm sorry that you were scared by all the jump scares, but it was so entertaining watching you! "Not the cat!"

[@amexgirl84]

I saw this movie in a theatre with my best friend. As terrifying as it is to watch at home, it was horrifying to see in the theatre. It was all too easy to feel like the spiders were crawling over and under everything in the theatre. By the end, my friend and I were holding each other’s clenched hands and had our feet up on the seat in front of us trying not to run screaming up the aisle. I’ll never forget it! Loved the reaction and am looking forward to the rest of HalloBeans!

[@Telleryn]

I'm so glad there are no properly eusocial spiders, like imagine a thousand spiders cooperating like ants, closest thing that exists are social spiders that kinda live together, they still build huge webs together though

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

The spiders in the movie are Delena cancerides, the Social huntsman so yes, these are the spiders that live together. They're native to Australia although those in the film are from New Zealand; they were introduced there some time back and are known as the Avondale spider.

[@andreatreese8347]

They chose the huntsman spider because "leggy" spiders are extremely creepy, and they are defs all legs. However, they are also huge, fast, and agile--you put one on the end of a pencil and it can easily climb to the top on the very tips of its long legs. But they are also completely harmless--they are a "friendly" spider, in that they don't bite unless very agitated, and will happily crawl over anything you put them on.

[@Dracounguis]

There's enough scary spider movies to fill up all of Hallobeans if you really wanted to. 😆

[@sabrinaduckett5057]

I'm with you Ashleigh, I said "not the cat" at the same time you did! You can get the humans but not the poor furbabies!

[@DegrassiInstantStar]

Facing my fears with Ashleigh for this one. And it is broad daylight here.

[@torontomame]

Yep. I started to watch but got freaked out. So decided to watch it in broad daylight when I'm on the streetcar. Not when I'm home and definitely not at night. 😱

[@LongShaynx]

When I was a kid, I loved spiders. Used to pick them up, and let them crawl all over me. Probably would have ended up with a tarantula or something. Then this movie came out, and I begged my parents to take me to the spider movie. I am no longer a fan of spiders. *Edit*: Not the cat. Whatever you do, don't imagine the bit of your missing toe as a bite.

[@Jessethegoodwitch]

Wait was the movie that stopped your love?

[@nicholasholloway8743]

​@@Jessethegoodwitchyes he's saying the movie gave him "Arachnophobia", I don't blame him, even I'm scared of the jumping spiders that are naturally in my house even though I think they are intelligent and cool my Arachnophobia keeps me from actually picking one up. It's like pure terror.

[@LongShaynx]

@@Jessethegoodwitch I was six when it came out, yeah the movie messed me up

[@thewickedwizard]

This movie made me love spiders more. I have 8 tarantulas now

[@ladyyuna2000]

Creepy-Crawly facts about Arachnophobia: (1990) 1) John Goodman’s hollow-soled boot. When it came to the welfare of the live spiders that were used during the making of the film, the team went to great lengths to prevent any harm coming to the little critters! In one scene, where John Goodman’s character, McLintock the exterminator, stomps on a spider, they actually used a boot with a hollowed-out sole, so that it would trap the spider instead of killing it. 2) Natural causes. If any shots of dead spiders needed to be filmed, the crew had to be very particular about which arachnid corpses they would use for propping. They would only use spiders that had died of natural causes. 3) Big bob. The huge spider that gets into the coffin at the start of the film was actually a bird eating tarantula. At the time of filming, there was only one in the whole of the US. Frank Marshall, who directed the movie, decided to call the spider ‘Big Bob’ after his friend Robert Zemeckis. 4) One of the MythBusters built the animatronic Big Bob double. Near the end of the film, the characters face off against the enormous bird eating tarantula, which the director had nicknamed Big Bob. Whilst a live spider was used for some of the filming, a mechanical double had to be built for some of the scenes. This job went to none other than Jamie Hyneman from MythBusters! As he often says on the show, he used to work in movie effects, and this animatronic spider was one of the first movie props he created. 5) Steven Spielberg hid in the footwell? In a video with GQ, John Goodman revealed that when they were filming a shot of his exterminator truck travelling down a road, the world-renowned director Steven Spielberg (who executive produced the movie) was crouching down in the passenger footwell. Spielberg said, ‘only we will know I was here.’

[@ericstarkey551]

Fun fact there is a KZbin that ordered a tranutula, that was already dead, so that he could eat it. He also was afraid of spiders. Watching him eat that thing you would think it was alive jumping out of his mouth

[@SneakyCustard]

The psychological hold this movie had on me as a child though... Story time: Shortly after seeing this for the first time, I walked around the side of my grandma's house. I spotted something moving above me near the roof. I looked up to see a massive effing tarantula scaling down the wall, running RIGHT at me. Scared the absolute shit outta me so badly I didnt go on that side of the house for a year lol

[@Octoberville]

I saw this one in theaters. I think everybody's reaction to this movie is all about the same lol EDIT: also RIP Julian Sands

[@Teeklin]

Congratulations on 150K! It was all you, not the cat!

[@shannonkish1404]

Ashleigh Burton, here are some recommendations for Hallowbeans 2023: Signs (2002) - Jennifer's Body (2009) - Invisible Man (2020) - A Quiet Place (2018) - Crawl (2019) - Barbarian (2022) - Happy Death Day (2017) I hope at least one of these makes it this year's list! :)

[@Paiste2002Fan]

John Goodman is the best character in this movie. He even has his own theme music.

[@braddishv3146]

I haven't even STARTED this and know it is going to be a banger! Edit - now done - SO glad you enjoyed it! I too share your fear of spiders and saw this on VHS when I was 9... it scarred me. But now I can appreciate some of the humor. It makes the movie far more tolerable! 😂🤣

[@Matacron]

Ashleigh really needs to go to Universal Studios Florida to ride Harry Potter: The Forbidden Journey. I'd pay real money to see her react to Aragog appearing directly in her face from out of the dark. :D

[@user-wr9ej6xe4j]

Harry Potter are dumb childrens movies

[@Matacron]

@@user-wr9ej6xe4j That is one opinion, and you are certainly entitled to it. My comment, however, had nothing to do with the movies, now did it?

[@litl_kim]

That was so fun! Especially feeling the “web” lol

[@kylewilson9260]

Dude, I rode that thing and the ride stopped right in front of Aragog because someone needed help on the ride launch. As someone who as a very young boy developed arachnophobia from this movie, that was...not fun.

[@ericjohnson6120]

Ironically, this film kind of helped me with my arachnophobia, as no other killer spider movie has scared me since.

[@Thundarr100]

YES! You’re finally going to be doing Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein for Hallow-Beans! I LOVE that movie. It’s one of the first Abbott & Costello movies I ever watched as a kid (I believe the first one was Abbott & Costello Meet The Invisible Man). I really think that you are going to enjoy this movie. Good, clean, classic comedy.

[@nessaarandur7740]

OMG, I didn't realise Julian Sands was in this as Doctor James. He just passed away recently so it's kind of poetic and sad to see him in this. If you want to see more of him, you should watch the campy delight "Warlock".

[@Charlee1776]

OMG You did Dr Sleep? I know I've been sick but how did I miss this! I'm going to watch right after this one! Love your reactions! ❤

[@MiketheCabbie]

This is the scariest of all the spider movies, for one reason: Something like this could actually happen. How many unknown species could there be in the Amazon rainforests, waiting to wreak deadly havoc on the rest of the world.....with only their natural environment keeping them in check? But in the name of development, people keep clear-cutting the rainforests. One of these days, something like these spiders, or worse, could be unleashed as a result.

[@thewickedwizard]

Let me tell you as someone that has been fascinated by spiders all my life. This could and will never happen. It's so far fetched it's unreal.

[@BlackavarWD]

​@thewickedwizard It seems to work well for other invasive species... as well as diseases, like HIV.

[@mormacil]

Despite your fears this did not disappoint, really fun reaction.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

Jeff Daniels is best known for being in Dumb and Dumber with Jim Carrey, he's also done quite a bit of family movies, like the Live Action 101 Dalmatians movie and My Favorite Martian which was a reimagining of a 50s tv show, where Jeff Daniels starred with Christopher Lloyd.

[@DaveB806]

I HATE SPIDERS, so when I watched this the first time the only way I could get through it was to stand in the middle of my living room with all the lights on. I have watched it a few times since then. Love your reaction