Arachnophobia is an intense and unreasonable fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions. An abnormal fear of spiders is called arachnophobia. Those who suffer from arachnophobia, an acute fear of spiders, become particularly horrified. For example, fear of flying or arachnophobia (fear of spiders). Fears of spiders (arachnophobia), birds (ornithophobia) and snakes (ophidiophobia) are also common. Arachnophobia is the state of being afraid of spiders. However, they escape with help from Michael, who overcomes his arachnophobia in the process. He has had roles in numerous motion pictures including "Arachnophobia" and "Short Circuit". He worked with Steven Spielberg on "Always" (1989), "Arachnophobia" (1990) and "The Flintstones" (1994). They met at a showing of "Arachnophobia" in Burbank, California. His feature film directing debut was the thriller "Arachnophobia" (1990), starring Jeff Daniels. This suggests arachnophobia may be a cultural, rather than genetic trait. "Support Your Local Gunfighter", "9 to 5" and "Arachnophobia". A novelization of "Arachnophobia" was written by author Nicholas Edwards. An "Arachnophobia" soundtrack album was released in 1990.