Is Arachnophobia actually good?

Arachnophobia sits in the 66.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 66.7% of them.

How does Arachnophobia compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Arachnophobia lands in the 66.4% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Arachnophobia's score based on?

171 calibrated reviewers stand behind Arachnophobia's score.

1990

global pct

66.7

Film · 1990 · Films · 1990s

Arachnophobia

Name: Arachnophobia
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1990

Scored from 171 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

66.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

66.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

86.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

171 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A small-town doctor with a crippling fear of spiders moves his family from San Francisco to rural California, only to discover that a deadly Amazonian spider has hitched a ride in a coffin and is breeding with local house spiders. As townspeople start dying mysteriously, he must overcome his phobia to track the nest and stop the infestation.

Released in 1990, Arachnophobia is a comedy, horror and thriller film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 171 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 173 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 4,834 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Arachnophobia (1990) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 171
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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