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| director             = Paolo Bertola
| starring             = Gino Barzacchi<br/>Gabriel Cash<br/>Riccardo Serventi Longhi<br/>Crisula Stafida
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| music                = Erik Ekholm
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| language             = Italian<br/>English
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| producer             = [[Ruben Maria Soriquez]]
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| runtime              = 91 minutes
| company              = See Thru Pictures
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'''''Arachnicide''''' (also known as '''''L9 Commando''''' and '''''Spiders''''') is a 2014 Italian [[made-for-television]] [[Action film|action]] [[horror film]] directed by Paolo Bertola and produced by [[Ruben Maria Soriquez]].

==Plot==
After years of experimenting, a researcher succeeds in creating an incubator that accelerates plant and animal growth. The technology is controlled by a powerful criminal organisation and is being used to accelerate the growth of plants needed for manufacturing of illegal drugs and [[narcotic]]s. To destroy the laboratories they operate, the [[United Nations]] organises an elite team of operatives known as the L9 Commandos.

The L9 Commandos are a task force composed of six of the best soldiers from different [[Special forces|Special Forces Units]]. After successfully taking down the drug operation, the L9 Commandos are called on for an important mission in Albania. There, they discover that the incubator has created a group of colossal spiders.

==Cast==
* Gino Barzacchi as Major Murra
* [[Gabriel Cash]] as Lieutenant Kolman
* {{interlanguage link|Riccardo Serventi Longhi|it|}} as Colonel Monti
* {{interlanguage link|Crisula Stafida|it|}} as Dr. Sarti
* {{interlanguage link|Andrea Graziani|it|}} as Narcotrafficker

==Production==
In 2014, Paolo Bertola served as the film's director, after having worked on another television film, ''Virtually Dead'', which was broadcast in January of that same year. Bertola also acted as the film's editor, as well as a visual effects supervisor. The film was produced by See Thru Pictures on a budget of $670,950, under the working title of ''L9 Commando'', and was distributed by [[Brain Damage Films]] in May 2016.<ref name=rogue /> On December 10, 2015, an official trailer for the film was uploaded to [[YouTube]] by Midnight Releasing.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gelmini |first=David |date=21 April 2016 |title=Giant Spiders Run Amok in Arachnicide Trailer |url=https://dreadcentral.com/news/162325/giant-spiders-run-amok-arachnicide-trailer/ |publisher=Dread Central |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref>

==Release==
The film was released on [[DVD]] by Brain Damage on May 10, 2016.<ref name="allmoviedvd">{{cite web |title=Arachnicide (2014) - Paolo Bertola |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/arachnicide-v654904/releases |website=Allmovie.com |publisher=Allmovie |accessdate=27 August 2018}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{expand section|date=August 2018}}
Jeremy Wheeler from [[TV Guide]] awarded the film 1/4 stars, criticizing the film's acting, and poor special effects.<ref name="wheelerrev">{{cite web |last1=Wheeler |first1=Jeremy |title=Spiders - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/spiders/review/531381/ |website=TV Guide.com |publisher=Jeremy Wheeler |accessdate=27 August 2018}}</ref> ''HorrorNews.net'' gave the film a negative review, writing, "Horror with spiders common because one of the most well-known fears is arachnophobia. In many cases, this leads to fun movies about arachnids killing people. ''Arachnicide'' was not one of them. It felt too long, it had bad effects that weren’t even fun to look at, and it was ugly because of how certain scenes were filmed."<ref name="jessehnrev">{{cite web |last=Jesse |title=Film Review: Arachnicide (2014) |url=https://horrornews.net/112981/film-review-arachnicide-2014/ |website=HorrorNews.net |date=29 October 2016 |publisher=Jesse |accessdate=27 August 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of natural horror films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|4030898|Arachnicide}}
* {{Rotten tomatoes|arachnicide|Arachnicide}}

[[Category:2014 television films]]
[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:2010s action horror films]]
[[Category:Italian horror television films]]
[[Category:Italian action horror films]]
[[Category:2010s Italian-language films]]
[[Category:Natural horror films]]
[[Category:Italian natural horror films]]
[[Category:2010s monster movies]]
[[Category:Giant monster films]]
[[Category:Films about spiders]]
[[Category:Italian science fiction horror films]]
[[Category:Action television films]]
[[Category:Science fiction horror television films]]
[[Category:Italian science fiction action films]]
[[Category:2010s exploitation films]]

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