---
title: 'Spider Baby (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Hill'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/spider-baby-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058606/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Spider Baby (1964)

1964 · 81 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

Spider Baby: or, the Maddest Story Ever Told is a 1967 American comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Lon Chaney Jr. as Bruno, the chauffeur and caretaker of three orphaned siblings who suffer from "Merrye Syndrome", a genetic condition starting in early puberty that causes them to regress mentally, socially and physically. Jill Banner, Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Sid Haig, Mary Mitchel, Karl Schanzer and Mantan Moreland also star.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jack Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hill), [Bart Patton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bart-patton)
- **Screenplay:** [Jack Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hill)
- **Editor:** [Jack Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hill)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ronald Stein](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-stein)

## Cast

- [Beverly Washburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/beverly-washburn)
- [Sid Haig](https://cinepixo.com/people/sid-haig)
- [Jill Banner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-banner)
- [Lon Chaney Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney-jr)

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