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
Fear of a Black Hat was a financial flop. Fear of a Black Hat Fear of a Black Hat is a 1993 American mockumentary film on the evolution and state of American hip hop music. The film's title is derived from the 1990 Public Enemy album "Fear of a Black Planet". First screened at Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 1993, and later released on June 3, 1994, "Fear of a Black Hat" was written, produced and directed by, and co-stars Rusty Cundieff. The film is a comedic mockumentary depicting the perspective of a filmmaker as she trails a hardcore gangsta rap group called N.W.H.