Carol Ohmart

Perversely delightful, often hilarious, anddownright horrifying. Chaney is the household master of an eerie mansion full of regressive psychos. A tasty blend of pure horror and black comedy that keeps you coming back for more. Although he was probably hitting the sauce pretty hard during this period, Lon really gives it his best shot. The result is a minor cult classic.

This highly influential cult classic from writer-director Jack Hill (Switchblade Sisters, Foxy Brown) tells the demented and darkly comic tale of the Merrye children -- Elizabeth (Beverly Washburn), Virginia (Jill Banner) and Ralph (Sid Haig)-- all of whom suffer from a rare genetic malady that causes its victims to mentally regress to a condition of "pre-human savagery and cannibalism."The children live in the old family mansion, and though under the cautious guardianship of chauffeur Bruno (Lon Chaney Jr.), they manage to terrorize anyone or anything which passes through the gates. So when the family is visited by a pair of distant relatives and their greedy lawyer, a wild night of murderous thrills ensues.Dark Sky Films proudly presents the Director's Cut of Spider Baby, transferred and restored in High Definition from the original 35mm negative under the personal supervision of Jack Hill and featuring previously lost footage.

Perversely delightful, often hilarious, anddownright horrifying. Chaney is the household master of an eerie mansion full of regressive psychos. A tasty blend of pure horror and black comedy that keeps you coming back for more. Although he was probably hitting the sauce pretty hard during this period, Lon really gives it his best shot. The result is a minor cult classic.

This highly influential cult classic from writer-director Jack Hill (Switchblade Sisters, Foxy Brown) tells the demented and darkly comic tale of the Merrye children -- Elizabeth (Beverly Washburn), Virginia (Jill Banner) and Ralph (Sid Haig)-- all of whom suffer from a rare genetic malady that causes its victims to mentally regress to a condition of "pre-human savagery and cannibalism."The children live in the old family mansion, and though under the cautious guardianship of chauffeur Bruno (Lon Chaney Jr.), they manage to terrorize anyone or anything which passes through the gates. So when the family is visited by a pair of distant relatives and their greedy lawyer, a wild night of murderous thrills ensues.Dark Sky Films proudly presents the Director's Cut of Spider Baby, transferred and restored in High Definition from the original 35mm negative under the personal supervision of Jack Hill and featuring previously lost footage.

The Merrye children -- Elizabeth, Virginia, and Ralph-- suffer from a rare genetic malady in which they mentally regress to a condition of "pre-human savagery and cannibalism." They live in the old family mansion where they terrorize and kill anything which passes through the gates. When the Merryes are visited by a pair of distant relatives and their greedy lawyer a wild evening of bizarre and murderous thrills ensues.

Blonde bombshell Mamie Van Doren is a trick rodeo rider with a knack for singing and a hankering for a man who just doesn't seem to notice her.

Vincent Price is an millionaire married to a gold digger. Together, they host a party in a haunted house. Restored and In Color!

Vincent Price is an millionaire married to a gold digger. Together, they host a party in a haunted house. Restored and In Color!