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 Planet Rodriguez, Columbia's senior vice president at the time, said in one of the label's press releases, "What's happening with Public Enemy is unbelievable. The album is selling across the board to all demographics and nationalities". In a December 1990 article, "Chicago Sun-Times" writer Michael Corcoran discussed Public Enemy's commercial success with the album and remarked that "more than half of the 2 million fans who bought ["Fear of a Black Planet"] are white". "Fear of a Black Planet" received rave reviews from contemporary critics. After asserting prior to its release that it was "bound to be one of the most