The Black Spider

– Based on the story by Jeremas Gotthelf, this horror film direct by Mark M. Rissi features the halluc..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 38 Minutes
Release Year:
1983
Original Name:
Die schwarze Spinne
The Black Spider
The Black Spider (1983) - Also known as Die schwarze Spinne

Based on the story by Jeremas Gotthelf, this horror film direct by Mark M. Rissi features the hallucinations of a woman after a drug raid gone.

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German

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This film about a black spider that symbolizes evil works well when focusing on the old 19th century story by Jeremias Gotthelf. A group of drug addicts are doing without because of a crooked dealer and in desperation, they break into a chemical plant to get their hands on what they need, later escaping to temporary shelter in a farmhouse. While one woman trips out, she hallucinates the story of the black spider, set in the Emmental valley of Switzerland in the middle ages. At that time, a beautiful farmer's wife makes a pact with the devil: if he helps the men survive the excessive toil imposed by a tyrannical knight, she will give him a newborn baby. When the time comes to collect the child, the wife has the baby baptised right after birth, and the devil is foiled. In revenge, he sends a black spider into the village to spread pestilence and death.

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Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10

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