History GiantSpider / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'': Old Joe, the fence who recieves Scrooge's bed linen, is portrayed as a spider in a battered top hat, about the same size as a typical Muppet.

** ''Film/KingKong2005' features giant spiders (detailed in the ''[[AllThereInTheManual Natural History of Skull Island]]'' as spider-like arachnids called "Arachno-Claws") in the Bug Pit scene. Based on the above mentioned 1933 example, of course.

* ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'': The monstrous spiders of Mirkwood, lesser spawn of Ungoliant, aren't quite as big as Shelob... but are still plenty huge, and have similarly horrific maws. And, when Bilbo's wearing the One Ring, ''he can understand their speech''.

*** There was a 2000s film with the same name about a guy who injected himself with spider DNA in an attempt to become a super-hero, only to mutate into a grotesque humanoid arachnid-thing that was eternally hungry and devoured people indiscriminately. It was basically a horrifying parody of ''Franchise/SpiderMan''.

** Having produced TheFilmOfTheSeries for ''Film/WildWildWest'', one could think that producer Jon Peters included the giant {{Steampunk}} mechanical spider as an attempt at an interesting sequence. However, the man has an apparent fascination with giant arachnids: Creator/KevinSmith's story of his time working on ''Film/SupermanReturns'' (at that point known as ''Superman Lives'') in the late '90s includes an amusing anecdote about Mr. Peters's demands on what be in the movie, which included not having Superman wear his suit or fly, and to have him fight a giant spider in the final act (Peters's justification being that "spiders are the fiercest killers in the insect kingdom"). [[spoiler:''Film/TheFlash2023'' finally granted Peters's wish by showing the Creator/NicolasCage Superman fighting a giant spider.]]

* The 2001 Spanish production ''Film/{{Arachnid}}'' is about a giant spider infestation on a small island near Guam.
* The largest spider in the aptly-named ''Film/{{Arachnophobia}}'' is not very big compared to Kumonga, but still slightly bigger than any real spider. Even Australian ones. The real problem with the spiders in said film are their [[SpiderSwarm sheer numbers]] and insanely venomous bite.
* In the astoundingly bad ''Film/Beowulf1999'' starring Christopher Lambert, Grendel's Mother transforms into a spider hybrid to fight Beowulf.
* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rather unsurprisingly]], one of these is the villain in ''Film/BigAssSpider''.
* ''Film/CamelSpiders'': While camel spiders are already pretty pig in real life (they typically grow to six inches in length), the ones in this movie can become as big as a grown person's head. Even the smaller ones are the size of a show.
* One TransformationSequence in the silent film version of ''Film/DrJekyllAndMrHyde1920'' features one; Jekyll sees a transparent giant spider crawling towards him, and once it reaches its destination, it disappears and he has turned yet again into Mr. Hyde.
* These appear in various dream sequences in the somewhat surreal film ''Film/{{Enemy}}''. [[spoiler: Not to mention in the GainaxEnding.]]
* The titular monster of ''Crazy Spider'' (or, alternatively, it's international title, ''Abyssal Spider'') is a giant spider. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc3bdgEy1Ek It starts off the size of the truck]], but it soon grows out of control until it becomes kaiju-sized.
* At the end of ''Film/TheFly1958'', a fly with a tiny human head -- the other half of the movie's human/fly MixAndMatchCritters -- is menaced by a normal-sized spider. "Heeeelp meeeee!"
* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' features a minor arachnid-themed monster called Scylla, who spends most of the movie hibernating in the Arizona Desert until King Ghidorah awakens it to go on a rampage. The end credits however reveals Scylla to be a SeaMonster closer in relation to crabs.
** A more straight example appears briefly in a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot]]. When Mothra is flinging people around the cave, one of them is thrown into a giant spider web, and you can briefly see a [[NightmareFuel giant spider lingering above him]].
* In ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'', the monstrous spiders of Mirkwood, lesser spawn of Ungoliant, aren't quite as big as Shelob... but are still plenty huge, and have similarly horrific maws. And, when Bilbo's wearing the One Ring, ''he can understand their speech''.

* In ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'', the title character encounters an ordinary-sized spider which is huge to him. The film couldn't afford a fake spider, so they just used a real one filmed up close. Sweet dreams.
* One of the last things to come from the ''{{Film/Jumanji}}'' game were giant spiders. They didn't do much, as they got scared off by the earthquake in the very next turn, but they were still one of the more memorable and frightening parts of the film... [[SpecialEffectFailure even if they look more like wind-up toys.]]

** Creator/PeterJackson's [[Film/KingKong2005 version]] also featured giant spiders (detailed in the ''[[AllThereInTheManual Natural History of Skull Island]]'' as spider-like arachnids called "Arachno-Claws") in the Bug Pit scene. Based on the above mentioned 1933 example, of course.
** In one scene of ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', the characters are attacked by a gigantic spider-like creature so tall that its legs blended into the bamboo forests they were walking through. It impales one of them with its leg and attempts to draw another up by its fleshy tendrils into its BellyMouth. [[AllThereInTheManual On the Skull Island MONARCH website]], it's given the name of Mother Longlegs and isn't actually a spider, but a colossal harvestman that's also [[{{Planimal}} part bamboo]], and [[OneGenderRace all female]], with mouths at the ends of its spiked legs.
* A giant spider attacks a mook and eats him in a scene of ''Film/KingSolomonsMines'' (1985).
* One of the side plots in ''Film/{{Krull}}'' involves a giant albino spider guarding/imprisoning an oracle in a rather comfortable-looking cocoon in a gigantic web. It moves to eat anyone coming to consult with her and is only prevented when she pours the sands of her life away (freezing it in place while the sands are in motion).
* For ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'', director Creator/PeterJackson [[AuthorPhobia plied his actual arachnophobia to full use]] to make Shelob as horrible as possible. Strangely, Shelob had a stinger in her belly and a gaping mouth instead of actual spider fangs.
* In the 1966 Toei film ''Film/TheMagicSerpent'', a giant spider appears at the very end for the Big Battle. She is a good guy, though. She throws silk and snow (yes, snow) over the title creature to subdue him.
* A giant spider also appeared in Peter Jackson's earlier film ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'', where it [[spoiler: [[OffWithHisHead bites a character's head off]] and gets its face smashed against a hanging cargo]].

* In ''Film/MonsterHunter2020'', the giant spiders known as Nerscylla are responsible for the deaths of much of Alpha Team, and Artemis probably spends more time fighting than any other monster. (That said, the other monsters mostly appear singly, while the Nerscylla are a swarm.)

* In ''Film/PrincessOfMars'', the Thark patrol which captures is attacked by a pack of giant spiders. John helps to fight them off, there by earning the respect of Tars Tarkus.
* In ''Film/SonOfGodzilla'', Monster Island is home to Kumonga, a spider with a 164-foot leg span. Unlike most of the other examples listed here, she gets a HeelFaceTurn in the next movie in the series, ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters''. She shows up again in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', still shooting her yellow webbing.

* For ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'', the director Creator/PeterJackson [[AuthorPhobia plied his actual arachnophobia to full use]] to make Shelob as horrible as possible. Strangely, Shelob had a stinger in her belly and a gaping mouth instead of actual spider fangs. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that she is meant to be an EldritchAbomination.

** Having produced TheFilmOfTheSeries for ''Film/WildWildWest'', one could think that producer Jon Peters included the giant SteamPunk spider as an attempt at an interesting sequence. However, the man has an apparent fascination with giant arachnids: Creator/KevinSmith's story of his time working on ''Film/SupermanReturns'' (at that point known as ''Superman Lives'') in the late '90s includes an amusing anecdote about Mr. Peters's demands on what be in the movie, which included not having Superman wear his suit or fly, and to have him fight a giant spider in the final act (Peters's justification being that "spiders are the fiercest killers in the insect kingdom"). [[spoiler:''Film/TheFlash2023'' finally grants Peters's wish by showing the Creator/NicolasCage Superman fighting the giant spider.]]

* ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'': Abu fights one in a surprisingly suspenseful atmosphere as he climbs a wall, eventually cutting the spider's thread and sending him to a DisneyVillainDeath.

** Having produced TheFilmOfTheSeries for ''Film/WildWildWest'', one could think that producer Jon Peters included the giant SteamPunk spider as an attempt at an interesting sequence. However, the man has an apparent fascination with giant arachnids: Creator/KevinSmith's story of his time working on ''Film/SupermanReturns'' (at that point known as ''Superman Lives'') in the late '90s includes an amusing anecdote about Mr. Peters's demands on what be in the movie, which included not having Superman wear his suit or fly, and to have him fight a giant spider in the final act (Peters's justification being that "spiders are the fiercest killers in the insect kingdom").

** Having produced TheFilmOfTheSeries for ''Film/WildWildWest'', one could think that producer Jon Peters included the giant metal spider as an attempt at an interesting sequence. However, the man has an apparent fascination with giant arachnids: Creator/KevinSmith's story of his time working on ''Film/SupermanReturns'' (at that point known as ''Superman Lives'') in the late '90s includes an amusing anecdote about Mr. Peters's demands on what be in the movie, which included not having Superman wear his suit or fly, and to have him fight a giant spider in the final act (Peters's justification being that "spiders are the fiercest killers in the insect kingdom").

* One TransformationSequence in the silent film version of ''Film/DrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (1920) features one; Jekyll sees a transparent giant spider crawling towards him, and once it reaches its destination, it disappears and he has turned yet again into Mr. Hyde.

* ''Film/CamelSpider'': While camel spiders are already pretty pig in real life (they typically grow to six inches in length), the ones in this movie can become as big as a grown person's head. Even the smaller ones are the size of a show.

** Peters's fascination doesn't even end there: he is known to have requested a mechanical spider be present in a film adaptation of Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' comics as well. Rumour has it that he was at one point involved in the live-action adaptation of legendary anime movie ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' too, which conjures up terrifying mental images of Tetsuo mutating into a giant spider.

* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' features a minor arachnid-themed monster called Scylla, who spends most of the movie hibernating in the Arizona Desert until King Ghidorah awakens it to go on a rampage. The end credits however reveals Scylla to be a SeaMonster closer in relation to crabs, however.

* ''Film/AMuppetChristmasCarol'': Old Joe, the fence who recieves Scrooge's bed linen, is portrayed as a spider in a battered top hat, about the same size as a typical Muppet.