10 Best Horror Movies Turning 30 In 2020

This film could have simply been four minutes of a still image of a spider and it would have been one of the most frightening films on this writer's list. Spiders. God's little sick joke. However, they are a species that are so naturally designed for scaring the absolute be-jeesus out of audiences that a film about them invading a town was inevitable. Arachnophia may not have been the first spider feature but it is one of the most enduringly enjoyable ones.

This film was produced by Stephen Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, with the intention for it be an updated version of Hitchcock's The Birds. Director Frank Marshall wanted the film to be frightening but not terrifying, with varying results. It is a film with many defenders as it is a callback to the creature features of years gone by.

It offers tribute to the monster B-movies of the '50s about small towns threatened by alien invaders, like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and War of the Worlds. Like many films Spielberg is involved in, while it has chills and shocks, the film stops short of pure horror but piles on the creepy factor. Good luck comfortably enjoying a shower or turning on a lamp after watching this film.