Eight Legged Freaks

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Eight Legged Freaks

(2002)

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The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs. It's then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople, including the Sheriff's young son, Mike, her daughter, Ashley, and paranoid radio announcer Harlan, into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.

Featured Crew

Ellory Elkayem

Director, Screenplay, Story
Randy Kornfield

Story
Jesse Alexander

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

David Arquette

Chris McCormick
Kari Wuhrer

Sheriff Samantha Parker
Scott Terra

Mike Parker
Scarlett Johansson

Ashley Parker
Doug E. Doug

Harlan Griffith

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A review by John Chard

7.0

Written by John Chard on September 16, 2015

Arach Attack!

Spiders escape from a spider farm in Prosperity, Arizona, and become giant man eating beasts on account of toxic waste carelessly dumped in a near by river. Can the odd ball inhabitants of this Arizona town escape with their lives? Or will spiders rule the earth and lay waste to man kind?

Eight Legged Freaks is unashamedly homaging B movie creature features from the 1950s. The likes of Tarantula and Them! have their Pedipalps well and truly watered, in what is possibly the most undervalued of all the modern day creature feature homages. Having no pretensions what so ever, th... read the rest.

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Status Released

Release Information

July 16, 2002

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July 17, 2002

PG-13
Theatrical

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Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.