Called “the maddest story ever told,” the freakish and black-humored 1968 film SPIDER BABY is a cult classic that launched Sid Haig into B-movie stardom and was one of the movies Lon Chaney, Jr. ever made.

Rife with cannibalism, incest, morbidity, craziness and quirky humor, it’s also been made into a genuine singing-and-dancing extravaganza — Spider Baby – the Musical! It’s playing in a limited run at the Lyric Hyperion Theater starting October 15.

And why not? Lon Chaney, Jr. sang the jazzy theme song to the original movie… no kidding!

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And remember, as Lon tells us in the movie: “Nothing is very bad!” No matter who ends up under the knife… or in tonight’s dinner…