{"id":12171,"date":"2012-04-09T11:48:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T00:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=12171"},"modified":"2012-04-09T12:03:13","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T01:03:13","slug":"weekend-fright-flick-spider-festival-2-spider-on-the-ceiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/04\/09\/weekend-fright-flick-spider-festival-2-spider-on-the-ceiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Fright Flick Spider Festival 2: Spider on the Ceiling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 2 of our Easter weekend arachnophobic special is a short film from the home of Spiderdom: Australia.<\/p>\n

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Spider on the Ceiling<\/strong> was directed by Anthony O’Neill for Rectangular Films of Australia. It stars Steve Danielsen, Camilla Jackson, and Steve Carroll (pictured below during production).<\/p>\n

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Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

An Aussie slacker wakes up one morning to find a giant huntsman spider on the ceiling. Complications ensue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Says O’Neill:<\/p>\n

The film was made as a bit of a lark at this time last year. Every year in summer I seem to find a huntsman or two on my ceiling — not as large as the one in the film, admittedly, but it’s never a pleasant sight. I’m a novelist (see www.anthonyoneill.net<\/a> ). The producer (Pete Roberts) and the guy who played the possum catcher (Steve Carroll) have worked as sculptors on such films as Knowing<\/em> and Where the Wild Things Are<\/em> (just about every big-budget film that’s been made in Melbourne recently). They handled the effects. Camilla Jackson is delightful and should be much better known — I believe she’s been trying to get some US work….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Trust me — if you have any twinges of arachnophobia in you at all (and who hasn’t?), this one will freak you out. Excellent film — and funny, too!<\/p>\n

Spider on the Ceiling<\/em> is screening now in the Cinema of the Backbrain<\/a>. Go check it out! Entry is as cheap as it gets (that is, it’s free!)<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: Anthony O’Neill via Avery Guerra; IMDb entry<\/a>. Written by Robert Hood.<\/p>\n

Addendum<\/strong>: More pics<\/p>\n

The Spider, resting between takes:<\/p>\n

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Anthony O’Neill and Rob Van Dam on set:<\/p>\n

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The cast and crew:<\/p>\n

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