Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 142
Fresh: 68 | Rotten: 74
This homage to the B-movies of the '50s has a promising first half, but runs out of ideas in the second.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 19
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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In this throwback monster movie from producer Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Godzilla), David Arquette plays the son of a deceased mine owner, returning home to the economically depressed hamlet of Prosperity, AZ, after a long absence. His arrival coincides with a toxic waste accident in the local water supply, the result of a barrel jostled loose from the back of a passing truck. Unfortunately, said water source abuts the region's least-popular attraction: an exotic spider farm. The farm's
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David Arquette
Chris McCormack -
Kari Wuhrer
Sheriff Sam Parker -
Scott Terra
Mike -
Scarlett Johansson
Ashley -
Doug E. Doug
Harlan Griffith -
Rick Overton
Deputy Pete Willis -
Leon Rippy
Wade -
Matt Czuchry
Bret -
Jay Arlen Jones
Leon -
Eileen Ryan
Gladys -
Riley Smith
Randy -
Matt Holwick
Larry -
Jane Edith Wilson
Emma -
Don Champlin
Leroy -
Jack Moore
Amos The Truck Driver -
David Waterman
Norman -
The Bruiser
Himself -
John Ennis
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Roy Gaintner
Floyd -
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Randi Klein
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Terey Summers
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Ryan C. Benson
Cop
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All Critics (158) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (77) | DVD (33)
Despite nifty F/X, first-time director Ellory Elkayem's staging is altogether devoid of variation.
Top Critic[I]ts marginally amusing, but I'm giving it thumbs down.
This is a poster movie, a mediocre tribute to films like Them!
As green-guts monster movies go, it's a beaut.
However many screaming teenagers it produces at the multiplexes, Eight Legged Freaks isn't good or funny enough to reinvigorate the style. It can't even maintain its own initial zing.
Straight-out scarefest.
An homage to the fifties features and a rather great one at that...
The best giant-spider movie I've seen in quite some time.
No Aracnhophobia but still good.
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There's something distasteful about a supposed 'B-movie' made with the financial backing of a major Hollywood studio and production company.
Fans of the Kevin Bacon action-comedy Tremors (1989) will feel right at home.
If you want to enjoy a campy but fun B-movie, then go with a real B-film . . . Don't fall for mainstream Hollywood's pale big-budget imitation.
Isn't it worth paying into any film that features a talking parrot writing off The Sixth Sense with just a single line?
While the gigantic spider animation is not bad in this movie, just about everything else is absolutely awful, including the story, the dialogue, and especially the acting.
Fun comedy horror that recognizes its limitations and revels in its own absurdity, though too polite to be a classic in its genre.
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