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From Revolutionary Times to the 1940s- Abbott and Costello Have "The Time of their Lives"- Tonight!

Tonight on MeTV- it's a mutation situation when a  radioactive isotope-spawned serum affects both men and beasts- especially a fuzzy eight-legged arachnid whose deadly venom and monstrous growth threaten  a desert community- in 1955's “Tarantula”!

Dr. Matt Hastings is called to the local morgue to view a body found in the desert- unusual due to its strange disfigurement, allegedly due to a condition known as acromegaly ( you might remember our discussion of this very real syndrome when we showed films with Rondo Hatton). A little detective work reveals that the man was an assistant to scientist Dr. Deemer, whose laboratory home is located out in the d...

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