The Arizona Tarantula is the main antagonist of the 1955 American horror film Tarantula.
A secret animal research lab loses track of a steadily growing mutant tarantula that is slowly making its way towards human civilization.
Appearance
The Arizona Tarantula resembles a gigantic pitch-black tarantula.
Powers and Abilities
The Arizona Tarantula possesses the following powers and abilities:
- Enormous size
- Venom
- Tough exoskeleton
Fate
The spider is killed after jet planes ignited it with a napalm strike.
Trivia
- The film relied almost entirely on footage of real animals rather than puppets or stop-motion.