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* EitherOrTitleEitherOrTitle: Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told.
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*AccidentalMisnaming: Bruno refers the lawyer Mr. Shlocker as "Mr. Shocker" a few times.
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*MatureYoungerSibling / ChildishOlderSibling: The nature of the Merrye Syndrome causes this in the three children: Ralph the oldest is essentially a toddler mentally, while the younger Virginia and Elizabeth act like slightly older children.
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*EvilVegetarian: Kind of. During dinner, Bruno explains the Merrye children are on a vegetarian diet, as their late father belived eating meat would quicken their mental regression. When Ralph starts chowing down on the "rabbit" prepared for the guests, Bruno hand waves this, as "Ralph's allowed to eat what he catches." Virginia also eats bugs, which are NOT vegetarian.
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* CannibalClan: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The incest and isolation are there, but the Merryes' cannibalistic tendencies arise as an end-stage symptom of a progressive and hereditary brain disorder that reduces them to a bestial state, not willful maliciousness or twisted clan "custom".
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* IAmAHumanitarian: More regressed Merrye syndrome victims exhibit cannibalistic traits.
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* IAmAHumanitarian: ImAHumanitarian: More regressed Merrye syndrome victims exhibit cannibalistic traits.traits.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: The Merrye clan suffer from a degenerative disease that causes them to become murderous, insane cannibals.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: The Merrye clan suffer from a degenerative disease that causes them to become murderous, insane cannibals.
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* KnifeNut: Virginia, who likes playing "spider" with two knives in hand.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Ralph. He is a full-grown man, but operates on the mental level of a very young child. Emily and Virginia also qualify to a lesser degree, being less regressed and in their teens.
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* PsychoKnifeNut: Virginia, who likes playing "spider" with two knives in hand.
* PsychopathicManchild:Ralph. He The Merrye siblings have a condition that causes them to revert intellectually until they have childlike minds in full-grown bodies. For example, Ralph is a full-grown man, but operates on the mental level of a very young child. child, while Emily and Virginia also qualify to a lesser degree, being less regressed and are in their teens.teens and less regressed. They have no problem with committing horrific crimes like killing deliverymen as part of their games, which demonstrates how fortunate it is that humans can be taught morality before they're big enough to do real damage.
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''Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told'' is a 1967 low-budget comedy horror film written and directed by Jack Hill.
The film centers around the Merrye family, whose members are affected by the Merrye Syndrome, which causes them to regress into crazy and cannibalistic beings. Looking after them is family's chaffeur Bruno (Creator/LonChaneyJr).
The film centers around the Merrye family, whose members are affected by the Merrye Syndrome, which causes them to regress into crazy and cannibalistic beings. Looking after them is family's chaffeur Bruno (Creator/LonChaneyJr).
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''Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told'' is a 1967 low-budget comedy horror film film, written and directed by Jack Hill.
Hill and starring Creator/LonChaneyJr, Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redecker, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner, and Creator/SidHaig.
The film centers around the Merrye family, whose members are affected by the Merrye Syndrome, which causes them to regress into crazy and cannibalistic beings. Looking after them is family's chaffeur Bruno(Creator/LonChaneyJr).(Chaney).
The film centers around the Merrye family, whose members are affected by the Merrye Syndrome, which causes them to regress into crazy and cannibalistic beings. Looking after them is family's chaffeur Bruno
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''Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told'' is a 1968 low-budget comedy horror film written and directed by Jack Hill.
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''Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told'' is a 1968 1967 low-budget comedy horror film written and directed by Jack Hill.
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''Spider Baby'' is a comedy horror film from the year 1968.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Ralph. He is a man full-grown, but operates on the mental level of a very young child. Emily and Virginia also qualify to a lesser degree, being less regressed and in their teens.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Ralph. He is a man full-grown, full-grown man, but operates on the mental level of a very young child. Emily and Virginia also qualify to a lesser degree, being less regressed and in their teens.
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* TheSpeechless: Ralph appears to be incapable of speech, communicating solely with animalistic grunts.
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The film centers around the Merrye family, whose members are affected by the Merrye Syndrome, which causes them to regress into crazy and cannibalistic beings. Looking after them is family's chaffeur Bruno (Lon Chaney Jr.).(Creator/LonChaneyJr).
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** The house is filled with spiders.
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** The Merrye house is filled with spiders.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Ralph. He is a man full-grown, but operates on the mental level of a very young child.
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* MadwomanInTheAttic: Merrye children's uncle and aunts are kept in the basement of the house.
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* MadwomanInTheAttic: The Merrye children's uncle and aunts are kept in the basement of the house.
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* EyeScream: Virginia stabs the postman in both eyes with her knives.
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* ActorAllusion: At one point old horror movies are brought up, including ''Film/TheWolfMan1941''...which leads to Bruno declaring ominously, "There's a full moon tonight." Lon Chaney Jr. had, of course, played the title role in that film.
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* IAmAHumanitarian: More regressed Merrye syndrome victims exhibit these traits.
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* ActorAllusion: At one point during dinner old horror movies are brought up, including ''Film/TheWolfMan1941''...which leads to Bruno declaring ominously, "There's a full moon tonight." Lon Chaney Jr., had, of course, had played the title role in that film.
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* DaddysGirl: Virginia who gives her daddy a goodnight kiss even though he's nothing but a skeleton.
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* DaddysGirl: Virginia Virginia, who gives her daddy a goodnight kiss even though he's nothing but a skeleton.
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* ActorAllusion: At one point during dinner old horror movies are brought up, including ''Film/TheWolfMan''...''Film/TheWolfMan1941''...which leads to Bruno declaring ominously, "There's a full moon tonight." Lon Chaney Jr., of course, had played the title role in that film.
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* DaddysGirl: Virginia who gives her daddy a goodnight kiss even though he's nothing but a skeleton.
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* NotIfTheyEnjoyedIt: After being chased and raped by Ralph, Emily becomes so sexually insatiable she starts to chase 'him.'
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* NotIfTheyEnjoyedIt: After being chased and raped by Ralph, Emily becomes so sexually insatiable she starts to chase 'him.'
* OldRetainer: Bruno the family chauffeur acts as a surrogate father to Ralph, Elizabeth and Virginia.
* OldRetainer: Bruno the family chauffeur acts as a surrogate father to Ralph, Elizabeth and Virginia.
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* ChekhovsGun: The dynamite used for buildding the new highway.
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Lon Chaney Jr. sings (or rather recites) the opening theme.
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* KillEmAll: Except Peter.
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'''''Spider Baby''''' is a comedy horror film from the year 1968.
The film centers around the Merrye family, whose members are affected by the Merrye Syndrome, which causes them to regress into crazy and cannibalistic beings. Looking after them is family's chaffeur Bruno (Lon Chaney jr.).
Problems arise as new legal guardians are given to the family, and their overnight stay turns out to be very troublesome.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: The postman is first one to go when he pokes his head through the house's window and Virginia kills him.
* ChekhovsGun: The dynamite used for buildding the new highway.
* CigarChomper: Mr. Schlocker.
* TheEndOrIsIt: The ending suggests that Peter's daughter Jennifer might have the Merrye Syndrome.
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* IAmAHumanitarian: More regressed Merrye syndrome victims exhibit these traits.
* KnifeNut: Virginia, who likes playing "spider" with two knives.
* LingerieScene: Emily provides one, and Ralph peeps on her.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: Merrye children's uncle and aunts are kept in the basement of the house.
* SpidersAreScary: The house is filled with spiders.
** Moreover, Virginia has two pet tarantellas named Winifred and Barney.
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The film centers around the Merrye family, whose members are affected by the Merrye Syndrome, which causes them to regress into crazy and cannibalistic beings. Looking after them is family's chaffeur Bruno (Lon Chaney jr.).
Problems arise as new legal guardians are given to the family, and their overnight stay turns out to be very troublesome.
!!Examples in this film:
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: The postman is first one to go when he pokes his head through the house's window and Virginia kills him.
* ChekhovsGun: The dynamite used for buildding the new highway.
* CigarChomper: Mr. Schlocker.
* TheEndOrIsIt: The ending suggests that Peter's daughter Jennifer might have the Merrye Syndrome.
* EitherOrTitle
* IAmAHumanitarian: More regressed Merrye syndrome victims exhibit these traits.
* KnifeNut: Virginia, who likes playing "spider" with two knives.
* LingerieScene: Emily provides one, and Ralph peeps on her.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: Merrye children's uncle and aunts are kept in the basement of the house.
* SpidersAreScary: The house is filled with spiders.
** Moreover, Virginia has two pet tarantellas named Winifred and Barney.
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