Arachnophobia

1990 film directed by Frank Marshall
Movie film Q624609
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Arachnophobia is a film[1]. Arachnophobia ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,035 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Frank Marshall[3]
  • Screenwriter: Wesley Strick[4]
  • Composer: Trevor Jones[5]
  • Genre: comedy horror[6], science fiction film[7], comedy film[8], horror film[9]
  • Cast member: Jeff Daniels[10], Julian Sands[11], John Goodman[12], Mark L. Taylor[13], Henry Jones[14], Garette Ratliff Henson[15], Brandy Norwood[16], Frances Bay[17], Harley Jane Kozak[18], Brian McNamara[19], James Handy[20], Kathy Kinney[21], Roy Brocksmith[22], Stuart Pankin[23]
  • Producer: Kathleen Kennedy[24], Steven Spielberg[25]
  • Performer: Trevor Jones[26]
  • Production company: Hollywood Pictures[27], Amblin Entertainment[28]
  • Director of photography: Mikael Salomon[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 93%[32], 7/10[33], 67/100[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36]
  • Publication date: July 18, 1990[37], January 10, 1991[38], January 4, 1991[39]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[40], Netflix[41]
  • Narrative location: California[42], Venezuela[43], San Francisco[44]
  • Filming location: San Francisco[45], California[46]
  • Main subject: spider[47]
  • Film editor: Michael Kahn[48]
  • Title: Arachnophobia[49]
  • MPA film rating: PG-13[50]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[51]
  • Duration: 105[52]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 1.85:1[53]

Why It Matters

Arachnophobia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Arachnophobia is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Arachnophobia. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/arachnophobia-q624609
MLA “Arachnophobia.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/arachnophobia-q624609.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_arachnophobia-q624609_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Arachnophobia}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/arachnophobia-q624609}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Arachnophobia — https://4ort.xyz/entity/arachnophobia-q624609 (retrieved 2026-10-11)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/arachnophobia-q624609 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 99052
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 99052, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 977
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 977, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  3. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 30592
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create P14671 statements based on Rating certificate id qualifier"
  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1990-07-18T00:00:00Z, +1991-01-10T00:00:00Z, +1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Wesley Strick
    Imda rating → PG
    Duration → {'amount': '+105'}
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.