Big Ass Spider

Alex Mathis (Greg Grunberg) is a big ass exterminator; he’s good at his job, but he also wants more than he has. He just can’t figure out quite how to get it. He’s about to find out, however, when fate and ridiculously ineffective soldiers drop a Big Ass Spider on the City of Angels.

Really, it’s all up there in the title; a big ass spider movie by any other name would still just be a big ass spider movie and director Mike Mendez knows that.  He doesn’t even make a pretense of trying to take his subject seriously - going straight for fun without crossing the line to camp.  It’s a difficult dance at best, but Mendez treads it very carefully.

Mostly because he’s got a cast who knows exactly the effect he’s going for and is ready to play along. And none more so than Grunberg himself, perfectly cast as a younger version of John Goodman’s Arachnophobia character, filled with fast talk and bravado and just enough competence to back it up. Grunberg is in pretty much the same spot, appearing as he does in almost every scene. It takes just the right mix of charm and skill to carry a film. Yeah, it’s a movie called Big Ass Spider, but it’s got to be done and carry it he does.

As we told you earlier today, Mike Mendez's latest film, Big Ass Spider! (formerly known as MegaSpider), is premiering at SXSW and we now have a trailer to share with you.

Starring Greg Grunberg, Lombardo Boyar, Clare Kramer and Ray Wise, the film concerns a giant, mutated spider that attacks Los Angeles and the two exterminators (Grunberg, Boyar) that join forces with the military to take the threat on.

Mendez previously helmed The Convent and The Gravedancers.

The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated features in the Midnighters section which will debut at this year’s Festival from March 8 – 16, 2013 in Austin, Texas.  

A lot of familiar names are contributing to this year's line-up including Vincenzo Natali, Rob Zombie, Mike Mendez, Rob Zombie, Dennis Iliadis, E.L. Katz and more.

Joining the previously announced features, the additions to the 2013 SXSW lineup are...

In 2013, we will (hopefully) get a dose of arachnid terror in MegaSpider - the latest film from director Mike Mendez (The Convent, Gravedancers).  The film has been in post-production over the last few months (hey, bringing a giant spider to life is a tough task), but we hear it's nearing the finish line and, today, Mendez, let loose with a new image featuring the creature itself.

Starring Greg Grunberg, Lombardo Boyar, Clare Kramer and Ray Wise, the film concerns a giant, mutated spider that attacks Los Angeles and the two exterminators (Grunberg, Boyar) that join forces with the military to take the threat on.

Head inside for a larger look at the image!