Yes, this movie is great. Being someone who is mildly creeped out by spiders, all of the jump scares really sucked me in to the movie.

My favorite part is when the guy enters the barn, plucks a strand of the web and the spider domes jumping out of the dark.

I remember seeing it in the theaters and enjoying it. But as I watched it years later, I felt the movie fell apart once it came down to Jeff Daniels' character against the monster spider. It was far more interesting when they were being terrorized by the smaller, but equally deadly, offspring. John Goodman, though, was reliably good and I miss Julian Sands' presence in modern films.

It's an old favourite. I'll watch it every couple of years or so and enjoy it every time.
Great soundtrack too - very frequently during an 'encounter' with a spider, especially one of those big bastards around September, that ominous theme goes through my mind

@AlienFanatic said:

I remember seeing it in the theaters and enjoying it. But as I watched it years later, I felt the movie fell apart once it came down to Jeff Daniels' character against the monster spider. It was far more interesting when they were being terrorized by the smaller, but equally deadly, offspring. John Goodman, though, was reliably good and I miss Julian Sands' presence in modern films.

I'm curious, why exactly did you feel that way?