By MICHAEL GINGOLD

THE MADDEST STORY EVER TOLD…has been retold.

Director Dustin Ferguson has announced that his redux of Jack Hill’s 1967 cult classic SPIDER BABY, produced by SCS Entertainment, has completed principal photography in Los Angeles. Beverly Washburn, who portrayed Elizabeth (pictured) in the original, returns to play a different role here, and the cast also includes Brinke Stevens, Robert Mukes, Ron Chaney, Peter Stickles, Traci Burr, Jennifer Moriarty and Vida Ghaffari. Hill served as an executive producer on the film, with horror veteran Jeff Burr as a creative consultant. The synopsis: “The film tells of a pair of greedy relatives that try to repossess the Merrye Estate. But the inbred children protect their home and bloodline at all costs.”

“We’ve reached an exhilarating milestone with the completion of the SPIDER BABY remake,” Ferguson says, “and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have worked with an extraordinary ensemble of genre stars such as Robert Mukes, Beverly Washburn, Brinke Stevens and Ron Chaney. Their immense talent and commitment have breathed new life into this iconic story, infusing it with a fresh and captivating energy. I can hardly wait for audiences to experience the chilling world we’ve created when SPIDER BABY premieres.”