Arachnophobia (1990) - Quotes

Taglines: In the 60s, it was The Birds. In the 70s, Jaws. In the 80s, Alien. Now for the 90s, Arachnophobia!

Taglines: The suspense of Alien! The excitement of Jaws! The fun of Back To The Future!

Taglines: Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude.

Dr. Jennings: Chris, I'm scared to death.

Chris Collins: Yeah, we all are, but our brains secrete a neurotransmitter that enables us to deal with them.

Dr. Jennings: I don't think I have that particular neurotransmitter.

Delbert McClintock: Spiders would find your barn a tad breezy this time of year. In that respect, spiders are a bit like you and me. No, I frankly doubt there are any spiders in your barn.

Dr. Jennings: Well, I frankly know there is, Delbert. I saw a web! There is a web in my barn!

Delbert McClintock: ...a web would indicate an arachnoid presence.

Delbert McClintock: Would anybody object if I tore this floor out?

Molly Jennings: I would.

Delbert McClintock: False alarm then. Lead on.

Milt: What could have killed it?

Ross: The shock of seeing Lloyd?

Sheriff Parsons: Excuse me. Professor? This is our town exterminator.

Delbert McClintock: Delbert McClintock, infestation management. Always nice to meet a collegue.

Sheriff Parsons: Now, he believes he came across one of the offending spiders a couple of hours ago.

Dr. Atherton: Might you have brought it with you?

Delbert McClintock: Actually, he's probably still at the bottom of my shoe. You really can't tell what it is anymore.

Molly Jennings: What's wrong?

Dr. Jennings: Metcalf - he's having a seizure.

Molly Jennings: Thank God you didn't examine him this morning.

Dr. Jennings: What do you want to bet they're going to go chase fireflies?

Bunny: Want to blow up a bullfrog?

Shelley: Okay.

Molly Jennings: I'm sure you knew exactly what you were doing when you took Margaret off those pills.

Dr. Jennings: Like I knew what I was doing when I chose this town... with the country doctor from hell!

Henry Beechwood: Bobby here, he's a, he's a Bronco star quarterback.

Bobby Beechwood: Hi.

Molly Jennings: Hi.

Henry Beechwood: I taught him to throw a football before he could walk. I coach the team.

Molly Jennings: Nepotism huh?

Edna Beechwood: Actually, we're Baptists.

Dr. Jennings: In my opinion...

Margaret Hollins: In my opinion, Dr. Metcalf isn't aware of the difference between his ass and a hole in the ground

Jerry Manley: So how long will it take us to get back to camp?

Dr. Atherton: What's the matter? You still worried about dinosaurs?

Dr. Atherton: What's your specialty, Manley?

Jerry Manley: Football.

Dr. Atherton: [flicks an ant off Manley's knee] 24 hour ant.

Jerry Manley: They bite?

Dr. Atherton: They kill, Mr. Manley. In sufficient numbers.

Dr. James Atherton: [stroking the web; hears a screech and turns too late to see a giant spider leaping onto his neck and screams as it sinks its fangs into his neck] Supper's, ready...come and get it

Dr. James Atherton: [On seeing the giant web covered in various dead animals] You have been busy. Incredible.

Dr. James Atherton: In this first generation, the original male also produced a queen, and together they will construct a primary nest which the queen will guard. But eventually, she will create reproductive offspring of her own. And when that happens, this town is dead... and the next town... and the next town... and the next one, and so on.

Delbert McClintock: [discovering Dr. Atherton hanging cocooned and covered in spiders] Oh my god...They got the professor!

Delbert McClintock: [attacking a large group of spiders] Rock and roll!

Delbert McClintock: [after killing a spider] Yeah, that's right, I'm bad!

Dr. Ross Jennings: [hunting the spider] God damn it, where are you?!

Dr. Ross Jennings: [while throwing wine at the spider] Not the Chateau!

Dr. Ross Jennings: [hears a spider in the pipes] The itsy-bitsy spider crawled up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out.

Dr. Ross Jennings: [sighs] Milt, why don't you cover the living room. Chris, why don't you check out back. And uh Lloyd, take the kitchen. And I'll just uh, I'll oversee the uh, I'll just coordinate the uh, I'll just stay right here.

Dr. Ross Jennings: Come on, let's go find that spider. And let's find your mom to take care of that spider. Honey, we're in the living room. We need you to kill a spider.

Dr. Ross Jennings: Respect is fine, but actually I've always wanted to be feared.