Arachnophobia (1990) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - July 17, 1990
Producer Frank Marshall, a longtime collaborator with Steven Spielberg, made his feature film directing debut with this entertaining creepy crawly opus. One that parent company Disney, via its short-lived Hollywood Pictures branch, had a difficult time finding a way to market to the general public. 

I do not know if the term "thrillomedy" was coined for this particular film's release, but the ratio of scares and laughs are very well-balanced. It's a horror-comedy that works because, by and large, the horror aspect is treated dead serious, while the humor comes from how the characters react to said horror.

One thing I do regret is deleting the film's soundtrack album from my collection. That was dumb.