http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/strange-and-wonderful-posters-by-artist-and-designer-michael-boswell

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.