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The title of this movie comes from the clinical name for fear of spiders, arachnophobia. This name has its origins in Greek mythology. The goddess Athena got furious with a girl named Arachne over a weave she'd made which she claimed was better than anything Athena could produce. In her wrath Athena ruined the weave, and in her despair Arachne ran to the woods and hung herself. Athena felt bad about what had happened, so she found Arachne and gave her life again. She said that she would forever weave the most beautiful things, but people would seldom appreciate it or even notice it. She had turned Arachne into a spider. Arachnophobia, fear of spiders, fear of Arachne and her offspring. There are of course variations of this myth, but this is where the name for fear of spiders comes. See more...

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Arachnophobia (1990) - 11 mistakes

Directed by Frank Marshall, starring Jeff Daniels, John Goodman (add more)

Genres: Comedy, Sci-fi, Thriller, Horror

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Mistake Revealing: When Becky sees the spider in the shower, there are two instances when you can see the bodystocking she's wearing, covering her breasts, to preserve her modesty, most noticeable when she screams.

Mistake Revealing: When the scientists inject the mouse with posion, they put it in a jar. The, after they place it down you can see someone's hand swap the jar for one containing a dead mouse. You can even hear it.

Mistake Revealing: In the scene where Dr. Ross Jennings is trapped in the corner of the cellar, you can see that the tarantula which starts climbing up his leg has a huge black stick stuck to the back of its body, pushing it along.

Mistake Revealing: When Becky gets out of the shower naked, her father walks in on her and you can clearly see her wearing pants, reflected in the mirror, to keep her modesty.

Mistake Revealing: When Jerry Manley gets bitten by the spider in the tent in South America, the others come to look at his corpse, you can see clearly see his neck pulsating, when he should be dead.

Mistake Continuity: When they perform the autopsy on the three victims, Metcalf is all grey and stiff, whereas the two exhumed victims look alive and fresh.

Mistake Continuity: When Becky is in the shower, the position of her hair as she washes it changes, and the amount of shampoo bubbles in her hair differs also.

Mistake Continuity: When Irv and Blaire are snuggled up on the couch, watching Wheel of Fortune, watch the big bowl of buttery popcorn they have. In the first shot it is full to the brim. In the next shot it's half full.

Mistake Audio problem: Right after the doctor falls in the basement he is talking about how no spiders are going to be there. Then he keeps repeating "Oh s***" but it looks like his lips are delayed.

Mistake Audio problem: When Bunny says "Yo Dr Death" when riding off in the car with Shelley, her lips don't move.

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: When the dog and the cat run out through the dog flap, you can see the puppeteer moving behind the flap handling the spider.

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