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Eight Legged Freaks

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Eight Legged Freaks

PG-13

Released Jul 17, 2002

1h 39m

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

Sci-Fi

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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 up to mining engineer Chris McCormack (David Arquette) and Sheriff Sam Parker (Kari Wuhrer) to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.

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Critics Consensus

This homage to the B-movies of the '50s has a promising first half, but runs out of ideas in the second.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

The plot is predictable, the characters are never fleshed out...

Rated: 1/4

Jan 3, 2019

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Straight-out scarefest.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 24, 2010

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Feb 2, 2003

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Emilie Black

JoBlo's Movie Network

And that’s the big charm of this film, it’s perfectly imperfect.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 19, 2024

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

The production ultimately doesn't know what it wants to be, resulting in a mediocre attempt to revive big bug thrills and chills.

Rated: C

Aug 2, 2021

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The computer graphics are much more convincing than in comparative killer animal movies, advancing in realism just enough not to be a complete distraction.

Rated: 4/10

Sep 29, 2020

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Jacob B

A charmingly silly creature feature, Eight Legged Freaks [sic] might not reach the cinematic perfection of something like Tremors but it does have a few good quotes, funny moments, surprisingly awesome scenes of people facing off against the titular freaks and knows exactly what kind of movie it is. I'm sure I'm not the first to say this quote but what the hell, I'm too amused by it to pass it up: my second-favourite arachnid-based film from 2002.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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Sabi A

This is a cult classic. It’s so bad it’s GREAT. I personally love the movie that it’s one of the few I bought. I love a good giggle and this movie is just that.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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Samuel R

Fun. Dumb. Silly.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/18/25

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Jose Z

No soy un bot, la película es buena y la verdad me gusta si es muy ficticia, algo que me gusta como las arañas atacan, le faltó la esencia roja🩸, la película la Vi muchas veces de chiquito no es aterradora pero es divertida y entretenida.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/15/24

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This Old G

Not a great movie but a fun little schlocky homage to the '50s sci-fi horror films. Self-aware enough to just get by

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/24

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Frank B

I love good spoofs with humour...i liked it so much I bought it. This so well done the critics won't like it. The characters do a great job spoofing 50's horror film with a twist of humour. Worth watching...enjoy

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/29/24

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Synopsis

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 up to mining engineer Chris McCormack (David Arquette) and Sheriff Sam Parker (Kari Wuhrer) to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.

Director: Ellory Elkayem
Producer: Dean Devlin, Bruce Berman
Screenwriter: Ellory Elkayem, Ellory Elkayem, Jesse Alexander, Randy Kornfield
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Centropolis Entertainment, NPV Entertainment, Village Roadshow Prod., Electric Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Sexuality|Sci-Fi Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 17, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.3M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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