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Constellation

Creepy crawlies onscreen

Created by Jini Maxwell

Featured in this constellation

Webbed (2021)

Arachnophobia

Nausicaa of the valley of the wind = Kaze no Tani no Naushika

Mothra

James and the giant peach

Hollow Knight

This constellation celebrates creepy crawlies on screen, whether they are benevolent heroes like Buddy the spider of Sbug Games’ Webbed (2019), inscrutable arthropods, or arachnid villains.

Webbed (2021) → Arachnophobia