Arachnophobia (film) in 1999. The film was released on Blu-ray on September 25, 2012. VHS and DVD releases by Hollywood/Buena Vista Home Video curiously omit the original poster art's spider from their cover design, however the Blu-ray now reinstates it. Unusually, the video game version of "Arachnophobia" was also released in 1991, for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and DOS. There is also a novelization of "Arachnophobia" written by author Nicholas Edwards. A soundtrack album for the film, also called "Arachnophobia", was released in 1990. It included Trevor Jones's instrumental music from the film as well as dialogue excerpts and songs such
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