Jack Hill
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Oct 30, 2026
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For the horror thrill of your life, see Spider-Baby from American General Pictures.
Klon WaldripHOST
The most consequential movie they managed was Jack Hill's 1967 film Spider-Baby.
Klon WaldripHOST
Hewitt saw something special in it and was willing to take a chance, keeping the movie alive after rights issues and bankruptcy threatened to leave the movie unreleased.
Klon WaldripHOST
Today, the movie has earned a well-deserved cult following after being championed by Johnny Legend and Quentin Tarantino and having a successful re-release campaign in the 90s.
Chelsea StardustHOST
Prove me wrong.
Chelsea StardustHOST
So our three picks are 1967's Jack Hill's film Spider Baby.
Chelsea StardustHOST
The
Kynan DiasHOST
1989 Brian Yuzna Gem Society.
DevlinHOST
that is from 1967.
DevlinHOST
This is Jack Hill's Spider Baby or The Maddest Story Ever Told.
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American General Pictures imprisons you in a bloody web of terror.
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Spider-Baby has the seductive innocence of Lolita and the savage hunger of a black widow.
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Starring Spider-Baby and Lon Chaney.
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For the horror thrill of your life, see Spider-Baby from American General Pictures.
DevlinHOST
The reason I wanted to watch this is that I really like Jack Hill.
DevlinHOST
Jack Hill's a great filmmaker.
Freddy TrujilloGUEST
he was a character actor.
Freddy TrujilloGUEST
He's been in a lot of those Jack Hill movies and he was our singer.
Freddy TrujilloGUEST
And for some reason, I feel like that's the first time I ever played like beyond a party, you know, like we played a gig and because he was a celebrity, we would do these like celebrity events, you know, I mean, he was a minor league celebrity, but you know, he ended up having a second wave in his career with like being in Jackie Brown and Because you've seen all those Jack Hill movies with Pam Grier, you know, like those.
Mike WattHOST
Yeah, Pam Grier was Jackie Hill.
Mike WattHOST
So do you remember the first gig, though?
Robert LambHOST
And, uh, ooh, 1967's Spider Baby.
Robert LambHOST
Uh, if you haven't seen this one, this is a great proto-Texas Chainsaw Massacre film directed by Jack Hill.
Robert LambHOST
He plays the, the patriarch of, like, a, um, you know, like, a, a killer hillbilly family.
Joe McCormickHOST
Uh-huh.
Rob LambHOST
And, uh, ooh, 1967's Spider Baby.
Rob LambHOST
Uh, if you haven't seen this one, this is a great proto Texas Chainsaw Massacre film directed by Jack Hill.
Rob LambHOST
He plays the, the patriarch of, like, a, um, you know, like a, a killer hillbilly family.
Joe McCormickHOST
Uh-huh.
Cindy FranklinHOST
Oof.
Chris FranklinHOST
Spider Baby was written and directed by Jack Hill.
Chris FranklinHOST
In the cast, as we said, we had Lon Chaney Jr., although billed just as Lon Chaney, as Bruno, Carol Ohmart as Emily, Quinn K. Redeker as Peter, Beverly Washburn as Elizabeth, Jill Banner as Virginia, Sid Haig as Ralph, Mary Mitchell as Anne, Karl Schanzer as Schlockmer, and Mantan Moreland as the Messenger.
Lon Chaney Jr.SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs] Brains and bones and bats and brooms.
7 MINS LATER
Chris FranklinHOST
Carl Shansser, who plays Schlockmer in the film, was a private investigator working for Gil Lasky and Paul Monka.
Chris FranklinHOST
He informed them he was an out of work actor, and the two related that they always wanted to produce a movie.
Chris FranklinHOST
Shansser had recently worked on a film called Blood Bath with director Jack Hill and pointed the would-be producers toward him.
Chris FranklinHOST
Hill just had a germ of an idea for a story, but Lasky and Monka agreed to fund the film, and they were off and running.
Chris FranklinHOST
He gets him a new toy.
Chris FranklinHOST
Spider Baby was written and directed by Jack Hill in the cast.
Chris FranklinHOST
As we said, we had Lon Chaney Jr., although Bill just as Lon Chaney, as Bruno, Carol Olmart as Emily, Quinn K. Rediker as Peter, Beverly Washburn as Elizabeth, Jill Banner as Virginia, Sid Haig as Ralph, Mary Mitchell as Anne, Carl Shanzer as Schlocker, and Manton Moreland as the Messenger.
Lon Chaney Jr.SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ha ha ha! Teenage monsters in haunted homes, a ghost on the stair, a vampire's bite.
7 MINS LATER
Chris FranklinHOST
Carl Schanzer, who plays Schlocker in the film, was a private investigator working for Gil Lasky and Paul Monka.
Chris FranklinHOST
He informed them he was an out-of-work actor and the two related that they always wanted to produce a movie.
Chris FranklinHOST
Shanzer had recently worked on a film called Bloodbath with director Jack Hill and pointed the would-be producers toward him.
Chris FranklinHOST
Hill just had a germ of an idea for a story, but Lasky and Monka agreed to fund the film, and they were off and running.