The Spider Woman Strikes Back (Blu-ray)

Gale Sondergaard
Rondo Hatton
Brend Joyce
Kirby Grant
Milburn Stone
Hobart Cavanaugh

Directed by Arthur Lubin

Gale Sondergaard (The Cat and the Canary, The Mark of Zorro) returns as the sinister Spider Woman, a role she originated as the femme fatale Adrea Spedding in the Sherlock Holmes whodunit The Spider Woman. In this non-canonical spin-off, she is even more diabolical as Zenobia Dollard, a wealthy blind woman shrouded in mystery. Jean (Brenda Joyce, Jane in several Tarzan films) is hired as Zenobia’s caretaker after all the preceding caretakers vanish without a trace. She becomes entangled in a web of horror as she discovers that her employer, aided by a hideously deformed household servant played by legendary creeper Rondo Hatton (The Pearl of Death, The Brute Man), has used the blood of her predecessors to create a death serum when it is mixed with spider venom—and that her own blood is now being harvested at night, while she is in a drugged sleep, to continue the experiment. Veteran director Arthur Lubin (Hold That Ghost, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves) delivers a terrifying tale chock-full of bizarre blood-drinking plants, old-dark-house spookiness and the wickedness of the Spider Woman!

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Blu-ray Extras Include:

Brand New 2K Master

NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Tom Weaver and David Schecter

MISTRESS OF MENACE AND MURDER: MAKING THE SPIDER WOMAN STRIKES BACK - A NEW Documentary Short Featuring Interviews with Historian/Author C. Courtney Joyner, Make-Up Effects Artist Rick Baker, Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray and More

Theatrical Trailer

Optional English Subtitles