Arachnophobia (film) Students and staff were used in the football scenes and group events. The locker room and players were the actual students and players from CUHS. To create the sound effects of spiders being stepped on or squished, Foley artists stepped on mustard packs or squashed potato chips. "Arachnophobia" was the first film released by Hollywood Pictures. Advertisers were uncertain as to whether they should market the film as a thriller or a comedy. Therefore, television spots promoting the film billed it as a "thrill-omedy". "Arachnophobia" debuted at #3 behind "Ghost" and "Die Hard 2" with $8 million in its first
Culture of fear Culture of fear Popularized by the American sociologist Barry Glassner, culture of fear (or climate of fear) is the concept that people may incite fear in the general public to achieve political or workplace goals through emotional bias. A largely unrelated concept in sociology is the "fear culture" on the Guilt-Shame-Fear spectrum of cultures. Ashforth discussed potentially destructive sides of leadership and identified what he referred to as petty tyrants: leaders who exercise a tyrannical style of management, resulting in a climate of fear in the workplace. Partial or intermittent negative reinforcement can create an effective climate of fear and