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Spider Filter Prank: A Big Hairy Spider Lands on Their Face

A big hairy spider crawls onto your friend's face, and they scream, swat at their face and jump up from the table. It is the spider filter prank from TikTok, made here by AI from one photo, so tell people it is AI when you share it.

The original Spider Filter Prank reel by @slavonkie2Original reel
  • 1 photo you add
  • 10 to 13 s clip with sound
  • 9:16 for TikTok, Reels, Shorts
  • No watermark

No prompt to write: Add your photo and tap once

Create your own

Ready in a few minutes · From 126 credits

The spider filter prank is the TikTok prank where a big hairy spider appears on someone's face on the phone screen and crawls toward their eyes, and their panic is the whole post. Here AI makes that spider prank video from one photo of your friend, at their table, on their sofa or in the viral clip.

Also called Spider on face · Spider filter challenge · Spider crawling on face filter · Spider face prank · Spider bug filter

Example

What the Spider Filter Prank video looks like

This is the original reel. Your photos replace its characters, so your video follows the same shots with your faces. No two runs come out the same.

Original reel by @slavonkie2, 13 s

The original reel by @slavonkie2: her grandmother tries the spider filter. A big spider crawls over her face on the screen, she grabs at her head, then picks up a lid to fight it off. Original clip puts your friend's face in her place.

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Step by step

How to make the Spider Filter Prank video on MakeViral

Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no prompt to write, no watermark.

  1. Add your photo

    Press "Create your own" and add your friend's photo, face clear. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library.

  2. Press Generate

    The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 films the Spider Filter Prank scene straight from your photo, with no in-between picture, for 10 seconds with original sound. You write no prompt.

  3. Download or share

    The video is ready in a few minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos.

Which photo works best?

Upload one photo; it works for every version.

  • Face to the camera, sharp and well lit, from the chest up. No sunglasses, and no hat or hair over the eyes.
  • Spider on face and From the ceiling: take the photo where the prank should happen, like your friend at the dinner table or on the sofa. The AI uses the place in the photo; a ceiling version looks best with some space above the head.
  • Original clip: any background works, because the room, the spider and the camera moves come from the clip. Your friend keeps their own clothes and hair.
  • Pet: one pet, its whole body and face in view, on the floor or a sofa.
  • Use your own photo, or a photo of an adult friend who said yes. Never a child, a celebrity or a stranger.

Where did the Spider Filter Prank trend start?

The spider filter is a phone camera effect that sticks a realistic spider to a face and makes it crawl as the person moves. It is not new: the #spiderfilter hashtag holds more than 50,000 videos and 270 million views, and #spiderprank another 394 million. Every spider filter prank TikTok post runs the same way: someone films a partner, a friend or a grandparent, the spider shows up on their face, and they scream, swat and run.

One of the most watched clips is by @slavonkie2 from South Africa, posted on 28 September 2025: her grandmother frowns at the phone, sees a spider crawl over her face, grabs at her head, then fetches a lid to fight it off. It has 984,400 views, South African news site Briefly wrote it up, and it is the clip on this page.

The spider on face prank keeps coming back. In July 2026 a compilation by @meowdogy passed 6.6 million views, and from September 2026 tutorials for a photo template that copies the effect drew hundreds of thousands of views; on 4 November one got 590,000. This page makes the same moment with AI from one photo.

  1. @slavonkie2 posts her grandmother's reaction to the spider filter; it has 984,400 views and 64,400 likes on 5 November 2026. TikTok

  2. Briefly News writes up the clip: the grandmother jumps up, pulls at her head and grabs a pot lid, with more than 500,000 views at the time. Briefly News

  3. @meowdogy posts "POV: You See a Giant Spider on Yourself", a compilation of spider filter pranks; it reaches 6.6 million views and 235,900 likes. TikTok

  4. A "Spider filter prank tutorial" for a photo template that copies the effect by @crystal3997 gets 430,300 views and 21,200 likes. TikTok

  5. A new tutorial by @icpaho13016432 passes 590,000 views, and more than 20 US accounts post the same tutorial caption from 2 to 6 November. TikTok

  6. #spiderfilter holds 50,603 TikTok videos and 270.1 million views; #spiderprank holds 11,967 videos and 394.2 million views. TikTok

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The Spider Filter Prank prompts

You do not need this: the one-tap flow runs it for you. [Image 1] is your photo: the video model takes it as a reference and films the scene straight from it, with no photo step first.

Spider on face

1 photo: your friend's photo, face clearSeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A big hairy spider drops onto the face of the person in [Image 1]. They scream, swat at their face and jump up from the table: a spider filter prank video, filmed like a real phone video that a friend holds facing the person, in one continuous shot with no cuts. Photorealistic, fine phone-camera grain. The person = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1] - face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo. The person wears the clothes and the hair from [Image 1]. The same face from the first frame to the last, so their friends recognize them at once, also while they scream with the mouth wide open, swat at their face and jump up. Never morph. If [Image 1] shows an animal, the person is that animal, with its own face, fur and markings and the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. The place is the place in [Image 1], with the same table or sofa, walls and light; if [Image 1] shows little of the place, a home kitchen table in the evening with a plate and a glass in front of the person. The person sits close to the camera, framed from the chest up, the face large and sharp. The spider: one big, realistic hairy spider about the size of a palm, dark brown and black, with a round hairy body and eight long, thick, hairy legs that move one by one. It looks like a phone camera spider filter: sharp, lit like the room and stuck to the face as it moves. 0-3 s: the person sits relaxed at the table, chatting and smiling at the camera, unaware. 3-5 s: the spider drops onto the person's forehead from above and crawls slowly down across the cheek toward the eye and the nose. 5-7 s: the person freezes, eyes wide, feels it, then screams and swats at their face and hair with both hands. 7-10 s: the person jumps up from the table and steps back, shaking their hands and brushing their hair and shoulders, then stares at the camera, breathing hard, half laughing. Audio: quiet room tone, the person's casual chatter, a loud scream, then breathless laughter from the friend holding the phone. No music, no lyrics. A handheld phone camera that shakes a little when the person jumps up. Exactly one person and one spider. The spider stays on the skin or in the air and never goes into the mouth, the nose or the eyes. No bite, no blood, no wound, no gore, no swarm of spiders, no extra limbs, no morphing. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark, no app interface.

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Original clip

1 photo: your friend's photo, face clearSeedance 2.513 s · 720p · 9:16198 credits
Video prompt

Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same close, selfie-style front phone camera held low, the same living room with a sloped white ceiling, a yellow sofa, a dark wooden door and a dining room with high-backed chairs behind, the same framing, timing, head moves, steps and mouth moves, and the same big spider crawling over the face. The ONLY change: the older woman in the patterned dress is now the person in [Image 1]. The person = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1] - face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo. The person wears the clothes and the hair from [Image 1]; if [Image 1] shows only the head or the upper body, invent the rest so it matches naturally. The same real person in every frame, from the first second to the last, so their friends instantly recognize them, also when they grab at their head, when the camera swings and when they walk away across the room. Never morph, never drift back to the original woman's face. NO short curly black hair, NO glasses and NO patterned dress unless [Image 1] shows them. If [Image 1] shows an animal, the person is that animal, with its own face, fur and markings and the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. THE SPIDER stays exactly as in [Video 1]: a big dark hairy spider with long legs that appears on the person's face at about 5 seconds and crawls over the forehead and the cheek beside the eye, stuck to the face like a phone camera filter. It never covers the whole face. 0-5 s: a close selfie from below; the person looks into the phone with a doubtful frown and talks. 5-7 s: the spider crawls across the face; the person sees it on the screen, then grabs at their head and hair with both hands. 7-8.5 s: the camera swings around and the face passes close and blurred. 8.5-12.6 s: the camera pulls back: the person walks away through the dining room, picks up a round white lid and holds it up like a shield, swinging it toward the camera, half angry, half laughing. One head only, on the person's shoulders. Exactly one person and one spider. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark, no blurred patches.

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From the ceiling

1 photo: your friend's photo, face clearSeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A big hairy spider drops from the ceiling on a silk thread right in front of the person in [Image 1] and lands on their face. They scream, swat at their face and jump up from the sofa: a spider prank video, filmed like a real phone video at home, in one continuous shot with no cuts. Photorealistic, fine phone-camera grain. The person = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1] - face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo. The person wears the clothes and the hair from [Image 1]. The same face from the first frame to the last, so their friends recognize them at once, also while they look up, scream with the mouth wide open and jump. Never morph. If [Image 1] shows an animal, the person is that animal, with its own face, fur and markings and the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. The place is the place in [Image 1], with the same sofa or chair, walls and light; if [Image 1] shows little of the place, a cozy living room sofa in the evening with a lamp on. The person sits close to the camera, framed from the waist up, the face large and sharp, with some empty space above the head. The spider: one big, realistic hairy spider about the size of a palm, dark brown and black, with a round hairy body and eight long, thick, hairy legs that move one by one, hanging from one thin, shiny silk thread. 0-3 s: the person relaxes on the sofa, looking at a phone in their hand with a small smile, unaware. 3-5 s: the spider lowers slowly from the ceiling on its thread, turning a little, and stops right in front of the person's face, at eye level. 5-7 s: the person looks up from the phone, sees the spider an inch from the nose and freezes; the spider drops onto the cheek; the person screams and swats it away with both hands. 7-10 s: the person leaps off the sofa, hopping on the spot and brushing their hair, face and shoulders, then points at the sofa, wide-eyed, breathing hard. Audio: quiet room tone, a soft rustle, a loud scream, then laughter from the person filming. No music, no lyrics. A handheld phone camera that shakes a little when the person jumps up. Exactly one person and one spider. The spider stays on the skin or in the air and never goes into the mouth, the nose or the eyes. No bite, no blood, no wound, no gore, no swarm of spiders, no extra limbs, no morphing. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark, no app interface.

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Pet

1 photo: your pet's photo, face clearSeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A big hairy spider drops down right in front of the pet in [Image 1]: the pet sees the spider and jumps back in shock, a funny pet reaction video, filmed like a real phone video at home, in one continuous shot with no cuts. Photorealistic, fine phone-camera grain. The pet = the pet in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 1], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. The same pet from the first frame to the last, so its owner recognizes it at once, also when it jumps. If [Image 1] shows a person, that person does the same reaction with their own face from [Image 1]. The place is the place in [Image 1], with the same floor, sofa or bed, walls and light; if [Image 1] shows little of the place, a living room floor in soft daylight. The pet sits close to the camera, its whole body in view and its face large and sharp. The spider: one big, realistic hairy spider about the size of a palm, dark brown and black, with a round hairy body and eight long, thick, hairy legs that move one by one, hanging from one thin, shiny silk thread. 0-3 s: the pet sits relaxed, looking around, ears up, calm. 3-5 s: the spider lowers slowly on its thread from above and stops right in front of the pet's nose, then lands on the floor and takes a few steps toward the pet. 5-7 s: the pet freezes and stares at the spider with wide eyes, then jumps straight up and back in shock, ears flat, fur puffed. 7-10 s: the pet lands a little further away, crouches low, stretches out one paw to tap at the spider very carefully, and pulls the paw back fast; the spider stays on the floor. Audio: quiet room tone, a startled meow, yelp or squeak from the pet, and a person laughing off camera. No music, no lyrics. A handheld phone camera, slightly low, at the pet's eye level. Exactly one pet and one spider. The pet is never hurt and never bitten, and the spider never touches its eyes. No blood, no wound, no swarm of spiders, no extra legs, no morphing. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark.

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How many credits does it cost?

You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the scene photo and the video, charged once. Each version has its own price: Spider on face 126 credits, Original clip 198 credits, From the ceiling 126 credits, Pet 126 credits. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video.

Video modelSettingsCredits
Spider on face: Seedance 2.5 (this template)10 s, 720p, straight from your photos, one tap126
Original clip: Seedance 2.5 (this template)13 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap198
From the ceiling: Seedance 2.5 (this template)10 s, 720p, straight from your photos, one tap126
Pet: Seedance 2.5 (this template)10 s, 720p, straight from your photos, one tap126

One-time packs and plans are on the pricing page. A failed video gives its credits back.

What happens in the spider filter prank video?

Every version makes the classic spider on face prank: a big, hairy spider, a frozen second, then a scream, a swat and a jump. They differ in how the spider arrives:

VersionLengthWhat happens
Spider on face10 sYour friend chats at the table; at about 3 s the spider drops onto the forehead and crawls down the cheek. They freeze, scream, swat at their face and jump up from the table.
Original clipabout 13 sYour friend's face in the viral clip: a close selfie, the spider crawls over the face, a grab at the head, then a walk across the room to pick up a lid like a shield.
From the ceiling10 sA spider lowers on a silk thread, stops right in front of their face, drops onto the cheek, and they leap off the sofa.
Pet10 sA spider drops down in front of your dog or cat; it freezes, jumps back and taps at it with one paw.

How it works: Spider on face, From the ceiling and Pet are made straight from your photo by top-quality AI video models, with their own sound: the scream, the room and a laugh. Original clip edits the real trend clip, so your friend's face and clothes replace the grandmother's in every frame while the room, the spider and the camera stay; the clip's own sound goes back on after the run, and you can turn it off on the result screen. All are vertical 720p. A run takes 5 to 15 minutes, and the exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything. Every run is a new take, so results differ.

Which version should you make?

  • Spider on face is the prank as most people post it: the spider filter on face, at your friend's own table, so it looks like you caught them for real. Pick it for a spider filter prank on boyfriend, girlfriend or roommate videos.
  • Original clip copies the viral spider prank video shot for shot, with your friend as the star. Pick it to post the trend as people know it.
  • From the ceiling is the classic horror moment: the spider comes down on a thread before it lands. It works best with a photo on a sofa or a chair.
  • Pet turns it into a pet reaction clip. No person needed, and nobody gets scared for real.

Caption ideas: "Tried the spider filter on him and he left the table", "She did not take the spider filter well", "POV: you said you're not scared of spiders", or "Made this with AI, relax". Hashtags on the trend's TikTok posts: #spiderfilter, #spiderprank and #spiderfilterprank.

Looking for a scare with a ghost instead? See the ghost filter prank.

How do you do the spider prank without hurting anyone?

A lot of spider filter prank videos film children, and a real fear of spiders is common. Keep it a joke everyone can laugh at:

  • Adults only. Never make one from a child's photo, and never show it to a child to scare them.
  • Skip anyone with a real spider phobia, anxiety or a heart condition.
  • Use their photo only with their yes. Make it with your own face, or with a friend who agreed.
  • Reveal the joke fast. Tell them it is an AI video right after.
  • Say it is AI when you post it. Keep the platform's AI label on, so nobody thinks it is a real spider or a real bite.

What goes wrong, and how do you fix it?

ProblemFix
The spider covers the eyes or looks oddThe prompts keep the spider on the cheek and forehead. Run it again; every run is a new take.
Your friend gets curly black hair, glasses or a patterned dress (Original clip)The woman in the clip has all three. The prompt bans them unless your photo shows them. Use a clear photo of the face and hair.
The voice does not fit (Original clip)The clip's own sound is her voice. Turn the sound off on the result screen and add your own audio.
The room is not their roomThe AI only sees what the photo shows. Use a photo with more of the table, sofa or room in view.
The face changes when they scream or jumpUse a sharp, front-facing photo in good light, without sunglasses.
The model refuses a photoSome photos get refused. The credits come back; try another photo.
FAQ

Spider Filter Prank trend questions

What is the spider filter prank?
It is a TikTok prank where a phone camera effect puts a big, realistic spider on someone's face: a spider crawling face filter. They see it crawl over their face on the screen, then scream, swat and jump up, and that reaction is the post, often reposted as a spider filter meme.
Where does the spider filter prank come from?
The spider filter is a years-old camera effect: #spiderfilter on TikTok holds more than 50,000 videos. Clips like @slavonkie2's grandmother reaction (28 September 2025, 984,400 views) keep it going, and in autumn 2026 tutorials for a photo template that copies the effect passed 590,000 views. Compilations also run as the face insect prank (@funnypets6789, 13 July 2026, 1.8 million views).
Is there a spider filter app or a spider prank app?
The live spider filter effect sits inside the camera apps people film with, and the spider filter prank app tutorials on TikTok show a photo template. MakeViral is a different way to do it: it runs in the browser and makes an AI spider prank video from one photo, so you need no app, no filter and no live recording.
Is there a spider filter on Snapchat or Instagram?
Spider effects exist on several camera apps, and the spider filter Snapchat and Instagram versions look alike: a spider face filter stuck to the skin. The spider filter prank Instagram and TikTok posts all need a live recording. This AI version makes the clip from a photo instead.
Can I make a spider filter prank AI video from a photo?
Yes. Press "Create your own", pick Spider on face, Original clip, From the ceiling or Pet, and add one clear photo. Press Generate; the button shows the price first. You get a vertical video with sound. You write no prompt.
Can I do the spider filter prank online, on an iPhone or on any phone?
Yes. The spider filter prank online here works in any browser, on an iPhone, an Android phone or a computer. The spider filter effect comes from the AI, not from your camera, so it is the easy way to do a fake spider prank on phone without a live filter.
Can I do the spider filter prank on my boyfriend or girlfriend?
Yes, if they are an adult who likes a scare and agrees to the joke. Spider on face is made for that: use their photo at the table or on the sofa, and show them the spider prank video right after.
Is the spider real?
No. In the viral clips it is a camera filter, and on this page the whole video is made by AI from your photo. Say so when you share it, and keep the platform's AI label on.
Can my pet do the spider prank?
Yes. Pick Pet and upload one photo of your dog or cat. A spider lowers on a silk thread in front of your pet, which freezes, jumps back and taps at it with one paw. No pet is scared for real: it is all AI.
Is the woman from the original clip in my video?
No. In Original clip, your friend's face and clothes replace her in every frame; only the room, the spider, the camera moves and the clip's sound stay. The other versions use nothing from the clip.
Which prompt does this template use?
No creator of the trend shared a prompt: the viral clips use a live camera effect. Spider on face starts from the trend's own description, "A big hairy spider drops onto the face of the person in the photo. They scream, swat at their face and jump up from the table", with rules that keep the face from your photo. Original clip copies the trend clip shot by shot.
How long is the video, and does it have sound?
Spider on face, From the ceiling and Pet are 10 seconds with their own sound made by the AI: the room, the scream and a laugh. Original clip is about 13 seconds with the original clip's sound put back on after the run; you can turn it off. All are vertical 720p.
How much does an AI spider prank cost?
The create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. Original clip costs more than the other versions, because it edits a 13-second clip. If a run fails, the credits come back.
Can I post my spider prank video on TikTok or Instagram?
Yes. It is a vertical MP4 with no watermark, ready for a spider prank TikTok post or a spider filter prank compilation of your own. Keep the AI label on, use #spiderfilter or #spiderprank, and only post someone else's face if they said yes.
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