Review of Tarantula (1955) by Julio S — 01 Nov 2008

Cheesy, seems longer than its 80 min runtime, but the stunning Mara Corday kept me interested. Man, whatta dame!

This review of Tarantula (1955) was written by Julio S on 01 Nov 2008.

Tarantula has generally received mixed reviews.

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