The following is a collection of print media from the initial runs of 1958's "The Spider" in the Pacific Northwest. "The Brain Eaters" (1958) was the second feature in both Seattle and Portland.
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The Spider (1958)
Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Writers: László Görög (screenplay), George Worthing Yates (screenplay), Bert I. Gordon(story)
Stars: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson
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The Brain Eaters (1958)
The inhabitants of a small Illinois town begin disappearing after a strange cone is found sticking out of the ground nearby.
Director: Bruno VeSota
Writers: Gordon Urquhart (screenplay), Robert A. Heinlein (novel "The Puppet Masters")
Stars: Ed Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, Cornelius Keefe, Leonard Nimoy
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October 28, 1958 ad (Portland)
October 29, 1958 ad (Portland)
October 30, 1958 ad (Portland)
October 31, 1958 ad (Portland)
October 31, 1958 article (Portland)
October 31, 1958 article (Portland)
November 4, 1958 ad (Seattle)
November 5, 1958 ad (Seattle)
November 6, 1958 ad (Seattle)
November 7, 1958 ad (Seattle)
The Spider (1958) trailer
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The Brain Eaters (1958) trailer
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