Ok it's been 3 weeks now that this fine actor has left us. I couldn't find a thread so I come up with one. I'm not too fond of the Rob Zombie flicks he starred in but his role as Captain Spaulding was easily the most interesting in those. After those 2 I had seen enough of Zombie and especially his missus. Sid starred in a lot more but can't say there is that many I have seen of those. he regularly started in Jack Hill movies, some blackploitation with Pam Grier. I have seen a handful of these not really my cup of tea. Pretty tame on violence and nudity regarding its theme.

I wanted to watch a movie starring Sid as means of tribute to the man which I did the day after his passing away. My choice fell on one one of the lesser known 60s flicks: Spider Baby. This movie pretty much fell into obscurity after being shown in theater. It took many years for it to get a VHS release and the director really needed to use some backdoor practices to realize this as he didn't had the copyright to it.

A movie that grew on me with each new visit. It's kind of the godmother of the deranged family, a blue print if you want for movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. and it's not just Sid as the deranged Ralph who does a wonderful job. His movie sisters Beverly Washburn as Elizabeth and Jill Banner as Spider Baby Virginia do an equal great job. And of course not to forget Lon Chaney jr. (mostly known for his role as the Wolf Man) possibly gives his finest performance as chauffeur Bruno eventually becoming the caretaker of the 3 "children".

Any movie you would say Sid Haig really made you go wow (no pun intended)?