Our Take

Spider Baby (1967) - Jack Hill’s twisted masterpiece is a descent into a family tree that should have been burned to the ground a century ago. Lon Chaney Jr. delivers a heartbreaking, weary performance as the caretaker of a brood of regressive, cannibalistic siblings. It’s a pitch-black comedy that feels like a secret, forbidden transmission from a crumbling mansion. Weird, depraved, and strangely moving, it’s a cult relic that defies every genre convention ever written in the history of the macabre.