Spider Baby Now on Netflix Watch Instantly

Spider Baby is now on Netflix Watch Instantly. This was a bizarre film - especially for a film made in 1964 (released in 1968). It was loaded with extremely dark humor with a suprisingly comical performance by Chaney. Unlike his role in one of the funniest horror comedies of all-time "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" where he just played his Wolfman character (Talbot) as a straight man against Costello's brilliance, Chaney delivers a solid, yet nutty performance as a caretaker of murderous, cannibalistic young adults.

There's some gore as body parts are cut off, but more disturbing was the subtle uncomfortable feel of this movie mostly due to the unsettling characters. It almost has a Lynch-Eraserhead feel but not as dark and with laughs.

I checked it out in IMDb.com and found it was directed by Jack Hill, who many will recognize as the director of "Foxy Brown." Here's a movie that can easily have influenced films like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or "The Hills Have Eyes." A bizarre, murderous, cannibalistic, inbred family; good times. I saw this movie for the first time about 2 years ago on Turner Classic Movies, the best channel on television for movies.