Film
1036: Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told
Trivia: Notorious
plagiarist Lianne
Spiderbaby took her writing pseudonym from the title of this film.
Star Lon Chaney Jr. sings the
films quirky theme song.
The
Smith Estate of Los Angeles, California was used for the exteriors of the
Merrye house. The house still stands today.
The
Smith estate house was originally occupied by Judge David Patterson Hatch,
where he wrote occult books as well as metaphysical writings after he retired
from the bench.
The wrap
party was held at the home of actress Mary Mitchel and her
then-husband, producer Bart Patton.
The couple's dog had recently had puppies, and that evening co-star Sid Haig and his wife took
one of the pups home and named it "Uncle Ned" after the character in
the film.
For the
scene in which Ralph climbs down the house and peers in the window, Sid Haig had a rope tied
around his feet and was lowered in front of the window. Pressure built up
behind his eyes and he panicked, so this footage was shot very quickly.
This had
to wait 33 years before it was released to cinemas in the UK.
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