CinemaNiche Presents: Spider Baby (1967) with music guest Blood Ponies

CinemaNiche Presents: Spider Baby (1967) with music guest Blood Ponies

Join us for an early Halloween treat! The 1967 cult camp horror classic SPIDER BABY, The Maddest Story Ever Told. The recently restored film starring Lon Chaney Jr. (best known for playing the classic Universal Monster, The Wolf Man), Jill Banner, Sid Haig, and Beverly Washburn, directed by Jack Hill. Get there early for a live set from Richmond's own BLOOD PONIES, garage rock with a dark edge!

FREE popcorn and Halloween candy!

7:00 PM - doors open

7:30 PM - Blood Ponies

8:00 PM - Spider Baby (1967) - Film Not Rated - run time: 1h 21m

Movie Synopsis:

Come into my parlor, said the spider to the…

In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess the family of its home.

Host or Publisher CinemaNiche (Jeff Roll, Shane Brown, and PJ Sykes)